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It is used in the context of physical baldness, often as a result of shaving or natural hair loss. In the biblical context, baldness can also symbolize mourning or shame.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Israelite culture, hair was often associated with strength and vitality, as seen in the account of Samson. Baldness, therefore, could symbolize weakness or loss. Additionally, shaving one's head was a common mourning practice, signifying grief or repentance. This cultural understanding is reflected in various biblical passages where baldness is associated with lamentation or disgrace.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>a prim. root<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>to make bald<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>bald* (1), baldness* (1), made bald (1), make (2), make yourself bald (1), shave his head (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> I. [<font class="hebrew2">קָרַח</font>] <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>verb</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>make bald, or a baldness</b></font>, usually (by mourners) for the dead, compare Rs<sup>Semitic i. 306, 2nd ed. 324</sup> (Arabic parallels) (Late Hebrew <em>id.</em> Hiph`il <em>shew baldness</em>; Arabic <img src="/bdbgif/bdb090101.gif"> <em>wound, make sores</em>, <img src="/bdbgif/bdb090102.gif"> <em>whiteness in face</em> of horse (but <img src="/bdbgif/bdb090103.gif"> <em>be bald</em>, <img src="/bdbgif/bdb090104.gif"> <em>bald</em>); Ethiopic <img src="/bdbgif/bdb090105.gif"> <em>make bald</em> (rare); Aramaic <font class="hebrew2">קְרַח</font>, <img src="/bdbgif/bdb090106.gif">, chiefly derivatives (and derived Meanings); compare Sinaitic proper name, masculine <font class="hebrew2">קרחה</font>, <font class="hebrew2">קרחו</font>; MI<sup>3.21.24.25</sup> proper name, of a location <font class="hebrew2">קרחה</font>); — <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>Qal</b></font> <em>Imperfect</em>3masculine plural <font class="hebrew2">יִקְרְחוּ קָרְחָה</font> <font class="hebrew2">בְּראִשָׁם</font> <a href="/interlinear/leviticus/21-5.htm">Leviticus 21:5</a> Qr (> Kt <font class="hebrew2">יקרחה</font>; "" <font class="hebrew2">יְגַלֵּ֑חוּ</font> compare <a href="/interlinear/deuteronomy/14-1.htm">Deuteronomy 14:1</a>); <em>Imperative</em> feminine singular <font class="hebrew2">קָרְחִי וָגֹ֫זִּי עַל</font> <a href="/interlinear/micah/1-16.htm">Micah 1:16</a> <em>make a baldness... for.</em> <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>Niph`al</b></font> <em>Imperfect</em>3masculine singular <font class="hebrew2">יִקָּרֵחַ לָהֶם</font> <a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/16-6.htm">Jeremiah 16:6</a> men <em>shall</em> not <em>make themselves bald for them</em>. <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>Hiph`il</b></font> <em>Perfect</em>3plural consecutive <font class="hebrew2">וְהִקְרִיחוּ אֵלַיִח קָרְחָה</font> <a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/27-31.htm">Ezekiel 27:31</a> <em>and they shall make a baldness</em> (compare <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>Qal></b></font>) <em>for thee</em>. <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>Hoph`al</b></font> <em>Participle</em> <font class="hebrew2">כָּלרֿאִשׁ מֻקְרָח</font> <a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/29-18.htm">Ezekiel 29:18</a> <em>every head made bald</em> (by carrying load). <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>make self bald <p>A primitive root; to depilate -- make (self) bald. <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>וְהִקְרִ֤יחוּ והקריחו יִקְרְח֤וּ יִקָּרֵ֖חַ יקרח יקרחו מֻקְרָ֔ח מקרח קָרְחִ֣י קרחי kareChi mukRach muq·rāḥ muqrāḥ qā·rə·ḥî qārəḥî vehikRichu wə·hiq·rî·ḥū wəhiqrîḥū yikkaReach yikreChu yiq·qā·rê·aḥ yiq·rə·ḥū yiqqārêaḥ yiqrəḥū<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/leviticus/21-5.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Leviticus 21:5</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/leviticus/21.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">[יִקְרְחָה כ] <b> (יִקְרְח֤וּ </b> ק) קָרְחָה֙</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/leviticus/21.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> <span class="itali">They shall not make any baldness</span> on their heads,<br><a href="/kjvs/leviticus/21.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> <span class="itali">They shall not make</span> baldness<br><a href="/interlinear/leviticus/21-5.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> nor <span class="itali">make bald</span> baldness their heads<p><b><a href="/text/jeremiah/16-6.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Jeremiah 16:6</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/16.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">יִתְגֹּדַ֔ד וְלֹ֥א <b> יִקָּרֵ֖חַ </b> לָהֶֽם׃ </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/jeremiah/16.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> will anyone gash <span class="itali">himself or shave his head</span> for them.<br><a href="/kjvs/jeremiah/16.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> for them, nor cut <span class="itali">themselves, nor make themselves bald</span> for them:<br><a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/16-6.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> gash nor <span class="itali">shave</span> like<p><b><a href="/text/ezekiel/27-31.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ezekiel 27:31</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/27.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> <b> וְהִקְרִ֤יחוּ </b> אֵלַ֙יִךְ֙ קָרְחָ֔ה</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ezekiel/27.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> <span class="itali">Also they will make themselves bald</span> for you And gird<br><a href="/kjvs/ezekiel/27.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> And they shall make themselves utterly <span class="itali">bald</span> for thee, and gird<br><a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/27-31.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> <span class="itali">will make</span> and utterly<p><b><a href="/text/ezekiel/29-18.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ezekiel 29:18</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/29.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">כָּל־ רֹ֣אשׁ <b> מֻקְרָ֔ח </b> וְכָל־ כָּתֵ֖ף</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ezekiel/29.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> head <span class="itali">was made bald</span> and every<br><a href="/kjvs/ezekiel/29.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> every head <span class="itali">[was] made bald,</span> and every shoulder<br><a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/29-18.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> every head <span class="itali">was made</span> and every shoulder<p><b><a href="/text/micah/1-16.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Micah 1:16</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/micah/1.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> <b> קָרְחִ֣י </b> וָגֹ֔זִּי עַל־</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/micah/1.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> <span class="itali">Make yourself bald</span> and cut off your hair,<br><a href="/kjvs/micah/1.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> <span class="itali">Make thee bald,</span> and poll<br><a href="/interlinear/micah/1-16.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> <span class="itali">Make</span> and cut of<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7139.htm">5 Occurrences</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7139.htm">Strong's Hebrew 7139<br>5 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/karechi_7139.htm">qā·rə·ḥî — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/mukrach_7139.htm">muq·rāḥ — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/vehikrichu_7139.htm">wə·hiq·rî·ḥū — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/yikkareach_7139.htm">yiq·qā·rê·aḥ — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/yikrechu_7139.htm">yiq·rə·ḥū — 1 Occ.</a><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' 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