# קֶרֶץ (qerets)

Israeli respelling: qe-rets. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H7171. 1 Old Testament occurrences.

extirpation (as if by constriction)

King James renderings: destruction.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/qerets-h7171

## Occurrences

- [Jeremiah 46:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/46/20) — Egypt is like a very fair heifer, but destruction cometh; it cometh out of the north.