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It is used in the Bible to describe natural phenomena associated with cold weather, often symbolizing the power and majesty of God in creation. The term is used to illustrate the divine control over the elements and the changing seasons.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In the ancient Near East, where the climate is predominantly warm, occurrences of ice and frost were notable events. These phenomena were often seen as manifestations of God's power and were used metaphorically to describe His ability to control nature. The rarity of ice in the region made it a powerful symbol of God's might and the awe-inspiring aspects of His creation.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>of uncertain derivation<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>frost, ice<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>crystal (1), frost (2), ice (4).<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> <font class="hebrew2">קֶ֫רַח</font> <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>noun masculine</b></font><sup>Job 38:29</sup> <font size="+1"><b>frost, ice</b></font>; — absolute <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">ק</font> <a href="/interlinear/genesis/31-40.htm">Genesis 31:40</a> +, <font class="hebrew2">קָ֑רַח</font> <a href="/interlinear/job/6-16.htm">Job 6:16</a> +; suffix <font class="hebrew2">קַרְחוֺ</font> <a href="/interlinear/psalms/147-17.htm">Psalm 147:17</a>; — <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>1</b></font> <em>frost</em> of night (opposed to <font class="hebrew2">חֹרֶב</font> of day), <a href="/interlinear/genesis/31-40.htm">Genesis 31:40</a> (E), <a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/36-30.htm">Jeremiah 36:30</a>. <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>2</b></font> <em>ice</em>, <a href="/interlinear/job/6-16.htm">Job 6:16</a>; <a href="/interlinear/job/37-10.htm">Job 37:10</a>; <a href="/interlinear/job/38-29.htm">Job 38:29</a> ("" <font class="hebrew2">כְפֹר</font> <em>hoarfrost</em>), <font class="hebrew2">כְפִתִּים</font> <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">מַשְׁלִיח ק</font> <a href="/interlinear/psalms/147-17.htm">Psalm 147:17</a> (Hup and others think of hail, but see Bae; "" <font class="hebrew2">קָרָה</font> <em>cold</em>, <font class="hebrew2">שֶׁלֶג</font>, <font class="hebrew2">כְּפוֺר</font> <a href="/interlinear/psalms/147-16.htm">Psalm 147:16</a>); probably also <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">כְּעֵין ק</font> <a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/1-22.htm">Ezekiel 1:22</a> (so Krae; most <em>crystal</em>, after <font class="hebrew2">ᵐ5</font>). <p><font class="hebrew2">קְרִי</font>, <font class="hebrew2">קִרְיָה</font>, <font class="hebrew2">קִרְיַת</font>, <font class="hebrew2">קרִיּוֺת</font>, etc., see <font class="hebrew2">קרה</font>.<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>crystal, frost, ice <p>Or qorach {ko'-rakh}; from <a href="/hebrew/7139.htm">qarach</a>; ice (as if bald, i.e. Smooth); hence, hail; by resemblance, rock crystal -- crystal, frost, ice. <p>see HEBREW <a href="/hebrew/7139.htm">qarach</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>הַקֶּ֣רַח הַקָּ֑רַח הקרח וְלַקֶּ֥רַח וְקֶ֣רַח ולקרח וקרח קַֽרְח֣וֹ קָ֑רַח קרח קרחו hakKarach hakKerach haq·qā·raḥ haq·qe·raḥ haqqāraḥ haqqeraḥ Karach karCho qā·raḥ qar·ḥōw qāraḥ qarḥōw veKerach velakKerach wə·laq·qe·raḥ wə·qe·raḥ wəlaqqeraḥ wəqeraḥ<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/genesis/31-40.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Genesis 31:40</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/31.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">אֲכָלַ֥נִי חֹ֖רֶב <b> וְקֶ֣רַח </b> בַּלָּ֑יְלָה וַתִּדַּ֥ד</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/genesis/31.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> consumed <span class="itali">me and the frost</span> by night,<br><a href="/kjvs/genesis/31.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> consumed <span class="itali">me, and the frost</span> by night;<br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/31-40.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> consumed the heat <span class="itali">and the frost</span> night fled<p><b><a href="/text/job/6-16.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Job 6:16</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/job/6.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">הַקֹּדְרִ֥ים מִנִּי־ <b> קָ֑רַח </b> עָ֝לֵ֗ימוֹ יִתְעַלֶּם־</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/job/6.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> because <span class="itali">of ice</span> [And] into which the snow<br><a href="/kjvs/job/6.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> Which are blackish <span class="itali">by reason of the ice,</span> [and] wherein the snow<br><a href="/interlinear/job/6-16.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> are turbid because <span class="itali">of ice</span> and melts<p><b><a href="/text/job/37-10.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Job 37:10</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/job/37.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">אֵ֥ל יִתֶּן־ <b> קָ֑רַח </b> וְרֹ֖חַב מַ֣יִם</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/job/37.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> of God <span class="itali">ice</span> is made,<br><a href="/kjvs/job/37.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> of God <span class="itali">frost</span> is given:<br><a href="/interlinear/job/37-10.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> of God is made <span class="itali">ice</span> and the expanse of the waters<p><b><a href="/text/job/38-29.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Job 38:29</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/job/38.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">מִ֭י יָצָ֣א <b> הַקָּ֑רַח </b> וּכְפֹ֥ר שָׁ֝מַיִם</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/job/38.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> has come <span class="itali">the ice?</span> And the frost<br><a href="/kjvs/job/38.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> came <span class="itali">the ice?</span> and the hoary frost<br><a href="/interlinear/job/38-29.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> whose has come <span class="itali">crystal</span> bason of heaven<p><b><a href="/text/psalms/147-17.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Psalm 147:17</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/psalms/147.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> מַשְׁלִ֣יךְ <b> קַֽרְח֣וֹ </b> כְפִתִּ֑ים לִפְנֵ֥י</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/psalms/147.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> He casts <span class="itali">forth His ice</span> as fragments;<br><a href="/kjvs/psalms/147.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> He casteth forth <span class="itali">his ice</span> like morsels:<br><a href="/interlinear/psalms/147-17.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> casts <span class="itali">his ice</span> fragments before<p><b><a href="/text/jeremiah/36-30.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Jeremiah 36:30</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/36.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">לַחֹ֥רֶב בַּיּ֖וֹם <b> וְלַקֶּ֥רַח </b> בַּלָּֽיְלָה׃ </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/jeremiah/36.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> of the day <span class="itali">and the frost</span> of the night.<br><a href="/kjvs/jeremiah/36.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and in the night <span class="itali">to the frost.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/36-30.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> to the heat of the day <span class="itali">and the frost</span> of the night<p><b><a href="/text/ezekiel/1-22.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ezekiel 1:22</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/1.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">רָקִ֔יעַ כְּעֵ֖ין <b> הַקֶּ֣רַח </b> הַנּוֹרָ֑א נָט֥וּי</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ezekiel/1.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> gleam <span class="itali">of crystal,</span> spread<br><a href="/kjvs/ezekiel/1.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> of the terrible <span class="itali">crystal,</span> stretched forth<br><a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/1-22.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> an expanse gleam <span class="itali">of crystal</span> the awesome spread<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7140.htm">7 Occurrences</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7140.htm">Strong's Hebrew 7140<br>7 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/hakkarach_7140.htm">haq·qā·raḥ — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/hakkerach_7140.htm">haq·qe·raḥ — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/karach_7140.htm">qā·raḥ — 2 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/karcho_7140.htm">qar·ḥōw — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/vekerach_7140.htm">wə·qe·raḥ — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/velakkerach_7140.htm">wə·laq·qe·raḥ — 1 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