Lexical Definition

‎גָּרַשׁ‎ gârash (gaw-rash') to drive out: drive out ^H:V
a primitive root

cast up (out), divorced (woman), drive away (forth, out), expel, [idiom] surely put away, trouble, thrust out.

• to drive out from a possession
• especially to expatriate or divorce

1) to drive out, expel, cast out, drive away, divorce, put away, thrust away, trouble, cast up
1a) (Qal) to thrust out, cast out
1b) (Niphal) to be driven away, be tossed
1c) (Piel) to drive out, drive away
1d) (Pual) to be thrust out

See Greek: ἀπολύω · ἀποῤῥίπτω · ἀπωθέομαι · ἀφανίζω · ἐκβάλλω · ἐκβολή · ἐκριζόω · ἐξαίρω · ἐξαποστέλλω · κλυδωνίζομαι · μετοικίζω

Extended Information

• : drive out
• Also means: ga.rash (‎ג‎ָּ‎ר‎ַ‎ש‎ׁ ": divorce" גָּרַשׁ)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎גָּרַשׁ‎] verb drive out, cast out (Late Hebrew id., Aramaic ‎גְּרַשׁ‎ Pa`el, Ithpe`el of divorce, MI¹⁹ ‎ויגרשה‎) —

Qal Imperfect ‎וַיִּגְרְשׁוּ‎ Isa 57:20 Infinitive suffix ‎מִגְרָשָׁהּ‎ Ezek 36:5 below; Participle active ‎גֹּרֵשׁ‎ Exod 34:11 passive feminine ‎גְּרוּשָׁה‎ Lev 21:7 + 4 t.; — cast our, thrust out, ‎׳‎‎י‎, the Amorites Exod 34:11 (J E; with ‎מִפְּנֵי‎); waters, mire and dirt ‎רֶפֶשׁ‎ ‎וָטִיט‎ Isa 57:20 passive only of divorced woman Lev 21:7 (followed by ‎מֵאִישָׁהּ‎; elsewhere with ‎אַלְמָנָה‎ widow), vLev 21:14; Lev 22:13 (all H), Num 30:10* (P) Ezek 44:22. On ‎מִגְרָשָׁהּ‎ Ezek 36:5 as Aramaic Infinitive compare Ges^{«GKC:45»§ 45} 1.c. Kö^{i 166}; Co strike out, on internal grounds, compare ᵐ5 Niph`al Perfect ‎נִגְרָ֑שׁ‎ Isa 57:20 3 feminine singular ‎וְנִגְרְשָׁה‎ consecutive Amos 8:8 ‎נִגְרַשְׁתִּי‎ Jonah 2:5* — be driven away, followed by ‎מִנֶּגֶד עֵינֶיךָ‎, i.e. from the presence of Yahweh Jonah 2:5* be driven, tossed, as the Nile Amos 8:8 of the sea Isa 57:20 rel. clause, ‎אֲשֶׁר‎ omitted, like the sea that is tossed. Pi`el Perfect 3 feminine singular ‎וְגֵרְשָׁה‎ consecutive Exod 23:28 ‎גֵּרַשְׁתָּ‎ Gen 4:14, suffix 3 masculine plural ‎וְגֵרַשְׁתָּמוֺ‎ consecutive Exod 23:31 ‎וְגֵרַשְׁתִּ֫י‎ Exod 33:2, suffix ‎גֵּרַשְׁתִּיהוּ‎ Ezek 31:11 (so ᵑ7 ᵑ9, not ᵐ5; compare Co's conjecture); ‎וְגֵּרַשְׁתִּיו‎ consecutive Num 22:11 3 plural suffix ‎גֵּרְשׁוּנִי‎ 1Sam 26:19 Imperfect ‎יְגָרֵשׁ‎ Exod 11:1, ‎וַיְגָ֫רֶשׁ‎ Gen 3:24 + 6 t.; suffix ‎וַיְגָרֲשֵׁהוּ‎ Ps 34:1*, ‎יְגָָֽרֲשֵׁם‎ Exod 6:1 2 masculine singular ‎תְּגָרֵשׁ‎ Ps 80:9*, ‎וַתְּגָ֫רֶשׁ‎ Josh 24:12 ‎אֲגָרֵשׁ‎ Judg 2:3, ‎וָָֽאֲגָרֵשׁ‎ Judg 6:9 suffix 3 masculine singular ‎אֲגָָֽרְשֶׁנּוּ‎ Exod 23:29; Exod 23:30; Num 22:6 ‎אֲגָָֽרֲשֵׁם‎ Hos 9:15 ‎וַיְגָָֽרֲשׁוּ‎ Judg 11:2 ‎יְגָָֽרֲשׁוּהָ‎ Zeph 2:4, ‎וַיְגָָֽרֲשׁוּם‎ Exod 2:17 2 masculine plural ‎תְּגָָֽרֲשׁוּן‎ Mic 2:9, ‎וַתְּגָָֽרֲשׁוּנִי‎ Judg 11:7 Infinitive construct ‎לְגָרֵשׁ‎ 1Chr 17:21 + || 2Sam 7:23 Gei We Dr, for ᵑ0 ‎לארצך‎; ‎לְגָָֽרֲשֵׁנוּ‎ 2Chr 20:11 absolute id. Exod 11:1 Imperative ‎גָּרֵשׁ‎ Gen 21:10; Prov 22:10 — drive out, away, Hexateuch all J E, including poem Deut 33 (‎׳‎‎י‎ subject), Adam from garden Gen 3:24 compare Cain Gen 4:14 (followed by ‎מִן‎ local, & so 21 t.), David (men subject) 1Sam 26:19, id. (Abimelech subject) Ps 34:1* (title), Hagar (Abraham subject) Gen 21:10 compare scorner, Prov 22:10 daughters of Reuel (subject shepherds) Exod 2:17 Moses and Aaron from Pharaoh's presence (indefinite subject) Exod 10:11 Gaal etc. (subject Zebul) Judg 9:41 (followed by ‎מִן‎ with Infinitive), Jephthah (Gil. subject) Judg 11:2; Judg 11:7 Abiathar (subject Solomon) 1Kgs 2:27 (followed by ‎מִן‎ with Infinitive) wicked from temple (‎׳‎‎י‎ subject) Hos 9:15 women from houses (nobles subject) Mic 2:9 often of Canaanites (hornet subject) Exod 23:28; Josh 24:12 compare Exod 23:31 (Israel subject); also (‎׳‎‎י‎ subject; compare MI¹⁹) Exod 23:29; Exod 23:30; Exod 33:2; Deut 33:27; Josh 24:18; Judg 2:3; Judg 6:9; Ps 78:55; Ps 80:9*; 1Chr 17:21 of Israel from Egypt (subject Pharaoh) Exod 6:1; Exod 11:1 (twice in verse); from land of Moab (subject Balak) Num 22:6; Num 22:11 Judah from Canaan (subject Moab & Ammon) 2Chr 20:11 Egypt from her land (‎׳‎‎י‎ subject) Ezek 31:11 (but compare text, above); Ashdod (indefinite subject) Zeph 2:4. Pu`al Perfect ‎גֹּרְשׁוּ‎ subject Israelites Exod 12:39 Imperfect ‎יְגֹרָ֑שׁוּ‎ subject despised and miserable outcasts Job 30:5 both followed by ‎מִן‎ local

Brown-Driver-Briggs References