Strong’s H7169 · Hebrew
קָרַץ
qârats · kaw-rats'
Origin a primitive root;
Meaning to pinch, i.e. (partially) to bite the lips, blink the eyes (as a gesture of malice), or (fully) to squeeze off (a piece of clay in order to mould a vessel from it)
In the King James Version form, move, wink.
In 5 verses of the King James Version
- Job 33:6Behold, I am according to thy wish in God’s stead: I also am formed out of the clay.
- Psalms 35:19Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.
- Proverbs 6:13He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;
- Proverbs 10:10He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.
- Proverbs 16:30He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.