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Strong's H1644 גָּרַשׁ (garash)

Garash means “expel” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G1644 — elaphria (“lightness”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H1644
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 44
Books 21

Strong's H1644 Quick Answer

Strong's H1644 גָּרַשׁ (garash) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. garash (gaw-rash') v. 1. to drive out from a possession 2. especially to expatriate or divorce It has 44 linked Bible usages across 21 books. Visible English usage signals include out, drive, divorced, away, and drove. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
garash (gaw-rash') v. 1. to drive out from a possession 2. especially to expatriate or divorce
Usage
44 linked usages
Books
21 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
out, drive, divorced, away, and drove

Meaning and Definition

garash (gaw-rash') v. 1. to drive out from a possession 2. especially to expatriate or divorce [a primitive root] KJV: cast up (out), divorced (woman), drive away (forth, out), expel, X surely put away, trouble, thrust out.

Original Word
גָּרַשׁ
Transliteration
garash
Derivation
Root: גרשׁ
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H1644. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

to drive out: drive out

Usage: : drive out 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 Also means: ga.rash (גָּרַשׁ ": divorce" H1644H)

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How Strong's H1644 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render garash, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

out Genesis 21:10 22× drive Exodus 6:1 12× divorced Leviticus 21:14 away Exodus 2:17 cast Isaiah 57:20 driven Genesis 4:14 drove Genesis 3:24 forth Job 30:5 woman Leviticus 21:7

How Strong's H1644 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 44 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H1644 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H1644 in the Old Testament

44 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 3:24 KJV

So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.

Genesis 4:14 KJV

Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.

Genesis 21:10 KJV

Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac.

Usage Excerpts

First 44 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H1644.

Genesis 3:24 Old Testament, KJV
So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.
Genesis 4:14 Old Testament, KJV
Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.
Genesis 21:10 Old Testament, KJV
Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac.
Exodus 2:17 Old Testament, KJV
And the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock.
Exodus 6:1 Old Testament, KJV
Then the LORD said unto Moses, Now shalt thou see what I will do to Pharaoh: for with a strong hand shall he let them go, and with a strong hand shall he drive them out of his land.
Exodus 10:11 Old Testament, KJV
Not so: go now ye that are men, and serve the LORD; for that ye did desire. And they were driven out from Pharaoh's presence.
Exodus 11:1 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD said unto Moses, Yet will I bring one plague more upon Pharaoh, and upon Egypt; afterwards he will let you go hence: when he shall let you go, he shall surely thrust you out hence altogether.
Exodus 12:39 Old Testament, KJV
And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they brought forth out of Egypt, for it was not leavened; because they were thrust out of Egypt, and could not tarry, neither had they prepared for themselves any victual.
Exodus 23:28 Old Testament, KJV
And I will send hornets before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee.
Exodus 23:29 Old Testament, KJV
I will not drive them out from before thee in one year; lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee.
Exodus 23:30 Old Testament, KJV
By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land.
Exodus 23:31 Old Testament, KJV
And I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and thou shalt drive them out before thee.
Exodus 33:2 Old Testament, KJV
And I will send an angel before thee; and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite:
Exodus 34:11 Old Testament, KJV
Observe thou that which I command thee this day: behold, I drive out before thee the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.
Leviticus 21:7 Old Testament, KJV
They shall not take a wife that is a whore, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy unto his God.
Leviticus 21:14 Old Testament, KJV
A widow, or a divorced woman, or profane, or an harlot, these shall he not take: but he shall take a virgin of his own people to wife.
Leviticus 22:13 Old Testament, KJV
But if the priest's daughter be a widow, or divorced, and have no child, and is returned unto her father's house, as in her youth, she shall eat of her father's meat: but there shall be no stranger eat thereof.
Numbers 22:6 Old Testament, KJV
Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land: for I wot that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed.
Numbers 22:11 Old Testament, KJV
Behold, there is a people come out of Egypt, which covereth the face of the earth: come now, curse me them; peradventure I shall be able to overcome them, and drive them out.
Numbers 30:9 Old Testament, KJV
But every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, wherewith they have bound their souls, shall stand against her.
Deuteronomy 33:27 Old Testament, KJV
The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy them.
Joshua 24:12 Old Testament, KJV
And I sent the hornet before you, which drave them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; but not with thy sword, nor with thy bow.
Joshua 24:18 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD drave out from before us all the people, even the Amorites which dwelt in the land: therefore will we also serve the LORD; for he is our God.
Judges 2:3 Old Testament, KJV
Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be as thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare unto you.
Judges 6:9 Old Testament, KJV
And I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all that oppressed you, and drave them out from before you, and gave you their land;
Judges 9:41 Old Testament, KJV
And Abimelech dwelt at Arumah: and Zebul thrust out Gaal and his brethren, that they should not dwell in Shechem.
Judges 11:2 Old Testament, KJV
And Gilead's wife bare him sons; and his wife's sons grew up, and they thrust out Jephthah, and said unto him, Thou shalt not inherit in our father's house; for thou art the son of a strange woman.
Judges 11:7 Old Testament, KJV
And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, Did not ye hate me, and expel me out of my father's house? and why are ye come unto me now when ye are in distress?
1 Samuel 26:19 Old Testament, KJV
Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If the LORD have stirred thee up against me, let him accept an offering: but if they be the children of men, cursed be they before the LORD; for they have driven me out this day from abiding in the inheritance of the LORD, saying, Go, serve other gods.
1 Kings 2:27 Old Testament, KJV
So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest unto the LORD; that he might fulfil the word of the LORD, which he spake concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.
1 Chronicles 17:21 Old Testament, KJV
And what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem to be his own people, to make thee a name of greatness and terribleness, by driving out nations from before thy people whom thou hast redeemed out of Egypt?
2 Chronicles 20:11 Old Testament, KJV
Behold, I say, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit.
Job 30:5 Old Testament, KJV
They were driven forth from among men, (they cried after them as after a thief;)
Psalms 78:55 Old Testament, KJV
He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.
Psalms 80:8 Old Testament, KJV
Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.
Proverbs 22:10 Old Testament, KJV
Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.
Isaiah 57:20 Old Testament, KJV
But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
Ezekiel 31:11 Old Testament, KJV
I have therefore delivered him into the hand of the mighty one of the heathen; he shall surely deal with him: I have driven him out for his wickedness.
Ezekiel 44:22 Old Testament, KJV
Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her that is put away: but they shall take maidens of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow that had a priest before.
Hosea 9:15 Old Testament, KJV
All their wickedness is in Gilgal: for there I hated them: for the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of mine house, I will love them no more: all their princes are revolters.
Amos 8:8 Old Testament, KJV
Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwelleth therein? and it shall rise up wholly as a flood; and it shall be cast out and drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.
Jonah 2:4 Old Testament, KJV
Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.
Micah 2:9 Old Testament, KJV
The women of my people have ye cast out from their pleasant houses; from their children have ye taken away my glory for ever.
Zephaniah 2:4 Old Testament, KJV
For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be rooted up.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H1644, grouped by book.

Genesis 3 usages, Old Testament
Exodus 11 usages, Old Testament
Leviticus 3 usages, Old Testament
Numbers 3 usages, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 1 usage, Old Testament
Joshua 2 usages, Old Testament
Judges 5 usages, Old Testament
1 Samuel 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Kings 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 1 usage, Old Testament
Job 1 usage, Old Testament
Psalms 2 usages, Old Testament
Proverbs 1 usage, Old Testament
Isaiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Ezekiel 2 usages, Old Testament
Hosea 1 usage, Old Testament
Amos 1 usage, Old Testament
Jonah 1 usage, Old Testament
Micah 1 usage, Old Testament
Zephaniah 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H1644 FAQ

What does garash (גָּרַשׁ) mean?

Garash (Strong's H1644) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "expel". garash (gaw-rash') v. 1. to drive out from a possession 2. especially to expatriate or divorce

How many times is garash (גָּרַשׁ) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 44 linked usages for Strong's H1644 across 21 books.

Where can I study garash (גָּרַשׁ) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H1644 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate garash (גָּרַשׁ)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as out, drive, divorced, away, drove, and driven. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.