- Original: קרץ - Transliteration: Qerets - Phonetic: keh'-rets - Definition: 1. nipping, nipper, stinger a. nipping or stinging insect, gadfly - Origin: from H7169 - TWOT entry: 2075a - Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine - Strong's: From H7169 ; extirpation (as if by constriction): - destruction. Total KJV Occurrences: 1 • destruction, 1 Jeremiah 46:20