Strong’s H1646 · Hebrew
גְרֻשָׁה
gᵉrushâh
gher-oo-shaw'
Definition
(abstractly) dispossession
Etymology
feminine passive participle of H1644 (גָּרַשׁ);
Where the KJV renders it
- exaction
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