# H1638 גָּרַס

גָּרַס (gâraç), Strong’s H1638: to crush; also (intransitively and figuratively) to dissolve KJV: break.. Occurs 2 times.

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*gâraç* — to crush; also (intransitively and figuratively) to dissolve

KJV: break.

Occurs 2 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- [גָּרַס] vb. be crushed
- Qal my soul is crushed (i.e. perisheth: cf. Syr.) with longing for
- Hiph. and he hath crushed my teeth with gravel, fig. of divine chastisement.

## Where it occurs
- [Psalms 119:20](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/119?v=20) — My soul is consumed with longing for your ordinances at all times.
- [Lamentations 3:16](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/lamentations/3?v=16) — He has also broken my teeth with gravel. He has covered me with ashes.