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Lexicon :: Strong's H3738 - kārâ

Aa
כָּרָה
Transliteration
kārâ
Pronunciation
kaw-raw'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1033,1034,103

Strong’s Definitions

כָּרָה kârâh, kaw-raw'; a primitive root; properly, to dig; figuratively, to plot; generally, to bore or open:—dig, × make (a banquet), open.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x

The KJV translates Strong's H3738 in the following manner: dig (12x), make (2x), pierce (1x), open (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x
The KJV translates Strong's H3738 in the following manner: dig (12x), make (2x), pierce (1x), open (1x).

  1. to dig, excavate, dig through

    1. (Qal) to dig

    2. (Niphal) to be dug

  2. (Qal) to give a banquet or feast

  3. (Qal) to get by trade, trade, buy

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
כָּרָה kârâh, kaw-raw'; a primitive root; properly, to dig; figuratively, to plot; generally, to bore or open:—dig, × make (a banquet), open.
STRONGS H3738: Abbreviations
† I. כָּרָה verb dig (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic כְּרָא, Ethiopic bdb050001 Arabic bdb050002 (with bdb050003 and especially bdb050004 Dozyii. 461); Syriac bdb050005 is be short, cut off (i.e. rounded off ?), Arabic bdb050006 ball; Targum. כְּרֵי heap DalmGr. 109; Syriac bdb050007 Mishna כרי id.; Assyrian karê large vessels for holding corn, etc., DlHWB 353, compare kirû (dubious) WklTel Am. Vocab.; BaZMG 1887, 615 conjectures be round as orig √ meaning, and compare Arabic bdb050008 bdb050009 the leg is round); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular כָּרָה 2 Chronicles 16:14; Psalm 7:16; 2nd person masculine singular כָּרִיתָ Psalm 40:7; 1st person singular בָּרִיתִי Genesis 50:5; 3rd person plural כָּרוּ Jeremiah 18:20 + 3 times; suffix כָּרוּהָ Numbers 21:18; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִכְרֶה Exodus 21:33; 3rd person masculine plural וַיִּכְרוּ Genesis 26:25; Participle כֹּרֶה Proverbs 16:27; Proverbs 26:27; — dig a grave, קֶבֶר Genesis 50:5 (J), compare 2 Chronicles 16:14; a well, בְּאֵר Genesis 26:25 (J), Numbers 21:18 (song in J E); a pit, בּוֺר Exodus 21:33; figurative of plotting against others Psalm 7:16; so followed by שׁוּחָה Jeremiah 18:20, 22, followed by שִׁיחָה Psalm 57:7 [Psalm 57:6]; Psalm 119:85; followed by שַׁחַת Proverbs 26:27; hence כֹּרֶה רָעָה Proverbs 16:27 one digging a calamity; לִי אָזְנַיִם כ׳ Psalm 40:7 ears hast thou dug (with allusion to the cavity of the ear) for me, thou hast given me the means of hearing and obeying thy will. — On Psalm 22:17 see II.כּוּר.
Niph. Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular עַד יִכָּרֶה שַׁהַּת Psalm 94:13 until the pit be digged for the wicked, figurative of judgment.

† II. [כוּר] verb meaning dubious, perhaps bore, or dig, or hew (DlProl. 121 compare Assyrian kâru, fell trees (DlHWB 324)) — only
Qal Perfect 3rd person plural כארו = כָּארוּ for כָּרוּ Psalm 22:17 (MT כָּאֲרִי, see אֲרִי) they have bored (digged, hewn) my hands and my feet (si vera lectio; compare Vrss De Pe Che Bae and others; some, however, deriving from כרה in this sense); hence perhaps following.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

26:25; 26:25; 50:5; 50:5

Exodus

21:33; 21:33

Numbers

21:18; 21:18

2 Chronicles

16:14; 16:14

Psalms

7:16; 7:16; 22:17; 22:17; 40:7; 40:7; 57:6; 94:13; 119:85

Proverbs

16:27; 16:27; 26:27; 26:27

Jeremiah

18:20; 18:20; 18:22

H3738

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Strong's Number H3738 matches the Hebrew כָּרָה (kārâ),
which occurs 17 times in 17 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:25 - And he builded H1129 an altar H4196 there, H8033 and called H7121 upon the name H8034 of the LORD, H3068 and pitched H5186 his tent H168 there: H8033 and H3738➔ there H8033 Isaac's H3327 servants H5650 digged ➔ H3738 a well. H875

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:5 - My father H1 made me swear, H7650 saying, H559 Lo, H2009 I H595 die: H4191 in my grave H6913 which H834 I have digged H3738 for me H589 in the land H776 of Canaan, H3667 there H8033 shalt thou bury me. H6912 Now therefore H6258 let me go up, H5927 I pray thee, H4994 and bury H6912 my father, H1 and I will come again. H7725

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:33 - And if H3588 a man H376 shall open H6605 a pit, H953 or H176 if H3588 a man H376 shall dig H3738 a pit, H953 and not H3808 cover it, H3680 and H5307➔ an ox H7794 or H176 an ass H2543 fall ➔H5307 therein; H8033

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:18 - The princes H8269 digged H2658 the well, H875 the nobles H5081 of the people H5971 digged it, H3738 by the direction of the lawgiver, H2710 with their staves. H4938 And from the wilderness H4057 they went to Mattanah: H4980

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:14 - And they buried him H6912 in his own sepulchres, H6913 which H834 he had made H3738 for himself in the city H5892 of David, H1732 and laid him H7901 in the bed H4904 which H834 was filled H4390 with sweet odours H1314 and divers kinds H2177 of spices prepared H7543 by the apothecaries' H4842 art: H4639 and they made H8313 a H8316➔ very H3966 great H1419 burning ➔H8316 for him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:27 - Yea, H637 ye overwhelm H5307 the fatherless, H3490 and ye dig H3738 a pit for H5921 your friend. H7453

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:6 - Shall H3738➔ the companions H2271 make a banquet ➔ H3738 of him? H5921 shall they part him H2673 among H996 the merchants? H3669

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:15 - He made H3738 a pit, H953 and digged it, H2658 and is fallen H5307 into the ditch H7845 which he made. H6466

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:16 - For H3588 dogs H3611 have compassed me: H5437 the assembly H5712 of the wicked H7489 have inclosed me: H5362 they pierced H3738 my hands H3027 and my feet. H7272

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:6 - Sacrifice H2077 and offering H4503 thou didst H2654➔ not H3808 desire; ➔H2654 mine ears H241 hast thou opened: H3738 burnt offering H5930 and sin offering H2401 hast thou H7592➔ not H3808 required. ➔H7592

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:6 - They have prepared H3559 a net H7568 for my steps; H6471 my soul H5315 is bowed down: H3721 they have digged H3738 a pit H7882 before me, H6440 into the midst whereof H8432 they are fallen H5307 themselves. Selah. H5542

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:13 - That thou mayest give H8252➔ him rest ➔H8252 from the days H3117 of adversity, H7451 until H5704 the pit H7845 be digged H3738 for the wicked. H7563

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:85 - The proud H2086 have digged H3738 pits H7882 for me, H589 which H834 are not H3808 after thy law. H8451

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:27 - An H376➔ ungodly H1100 man ➔H376 diggeth up H3738 evil: H7451 and in H5921 his lips H8193 there is as a H784➔ burning H6867 fire. ➔H784

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:27 - Whoso diggeth H3738 a pit H7845 shall fall H5307 therein: and he that rolleth H1556 a stone, H68 it will return H7725 upon him. H413

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:20 - Shall H7999➔ evil H7451 be recompensed ➔H7999 for H8478 good? H2896 for H3588 they have digged H3738 a pit H7745 for my soul. H5315 Remember H2142 that I stood H5975 before thee H6440 to speak H1696 good H2896 for them, H5921 and to turn away H7725 thy wrath H2534 from them. H1992

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:22 - Let H8085➔ a cry H2201 be heard ➔H8085 from their houses, H1004 when H3588 thou shalt bring H935 a troop H1416 suddenly H6597 upon them: H5921 for H3588 they have digged H3738 a pit H7745 to take me, H3920 and H6341➔ hid H2934 snares ➔H6341 for my feet. H7272
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