קָרַח

qa.rach

to make bald

Strong’s H7139Verb5 times in the Hebrew Bible

they will make bald2

anyone will make himself bald1

was made bald1

make bald1

In the text

Leviticus 21:5יִקְרְחוּ
Priests must not make bald spots on their heads, shave off the edges of their beards, or make cuts in their bodies.
Jeremiah 16:6יִקָּרֵחַ
“Both great and small will die in this land. They will not be buried or mourned, nor will anyone cut himself or shave his head for them.
Ezekiel 27:31וְהִקְרִיחוּ
They will shave their heads for you and wrap themselves in sackcloth. They will weep over you with anguish of soul and bitter mourning.
Micah 1:16קָרְחִי
Shave yourselves bald and cut off your hair in mourning for your precious children; make yourselves as bald as an eagle, for they will go from you into exile.

קָרַח vb. make bald, or a baldness, usu. (by mourners) for the dead

Qal make a baldness … for.

Niph. men shall not make themselves bald for them.

Hiph. and they shall make a baldness for thee.

Hoph. every head made bald (by carrying load).

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.