גָּרַע (gāraʿ) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning diminish. It appears
22 times
in 9 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H1639).
Also rendered
to dimish
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 384)
Range of meaning (TWOT 384)diminish, restrain, withdraw; be withdrawn; draw up; scrape, shave, remove, lessen, withhold; abate, clip, minish, do away, keep back, make small
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
גָּרַעverb: diminish, restrain, withdraw
Qal
1.diminish
2.restrain
3.withdraw
Niphal
1.be withdrawn
2.be restrained
Pielwithdraw = draw up
Strong's H1639גָּרַע: to scrape off; by implication, to shave, remove, lessen, withhold KJV:abate, clip, (di-) minish, do (take) away, keep back, restrain, make small, withdraw.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.