# H7139 קָרַח

קָרַח (qârach), Strong’s H7139: to depilate KJV: make (self) bald.. Occurs 5 times.

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*qârach* — to depilate

KJV: make (self) bald.

Occurs 5 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- 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).

## Where it occurs
- [Leviticus 21:5](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/21?v=5) — “‘They shall not shave their heads or shave off the corners of their beards or make any cuttings in their flesh.
- [Jeremiah 16:6](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/16?v=6) — Both great and small will die in this land. They will not be buried. Men won’t lament for them, cut themselves, or make…
- [Ezekiel 27:31](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/27?v=31) — They will make themselves bald for you, and clothe themselves with sackcloth. They will weep for you in bitterness of…
- [Ezekiel 29:18](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/29?v=18) — “Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve a great service against Tyre. Every head was made…
- [Micah 1:16](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/micah/1?v=16) — Shave your heads, and cut off your hair for the children of your delight. Enlarge your baldness like the vulture, for…