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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

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:25 - Then he made an altar there, and gave worship to the name of the Lord, and he put up his tents there, and there his servants made a water-hole.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:5 - My father made me take an oath, saying, When I am dead, put me to rest in the place I have made ready for myself in the land of Canaan. So now let me go and put my father in his last resting-place, and I will come back again.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:33

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:33 - If a man makes a hole in the earth without covering it up, and an ox or an ass dropping into it comes to its death;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:18 - The fountain made by the chiefs, made deep by the great ones of the people, with the law-givers' rod, and with their sticks. Then from the waste land they went on to Mattanah:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:14 - And they put him into the resting-place which he had made for himself in the town of David, in a bed full of sweet perfumes of all sorts of spices, made by the perfumer's art, and they made a great burning for him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:27 - Truly, you are such as would give up the child of a dead man to his creditors, and would make a profit out of your friend.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:6 - Will the fishermen make profit out of him? will they have him cut up for the traders?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:15 - He has made a hole deep in the earth, and is falling into the hole which he has made

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:16 - Dogs have come round me: I am shut in by the band of evil-doers; they made wounds in my hands and feet.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:6 - You had no desire for offerings of beasts or fruits of the earth; ears you made for me: for burned offerings and sin offerings you made no request.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:6 - They have made ready a net for my steps; my soul is bent down; they have made a great hole before me, and have gone down into it themselves. (Selah.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:13 - So that you may give him rest from the days of evil, till a hole is made ready for the destruction of the sinners.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:85

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:85 - The men of pride, who are turned away from your law, have put nets for me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:27 - A good-for-nothing man is a designer of evil, and in his lips there is a burning fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:27 - He who makes a hole in the earth will himself go falling into it: and on him by whom a stone is rolled the stone will come back again.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:20 - Is evil to be the reward of good? for they have made a deep hole for my soul. Keep in mind how I took my place before you, to say a good word for them so that your wrath might be turned away from them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:22 - Let a cry for help go up from their houses, when you send an armed band on them suddenly: for they have made a hole in which to take me, and have put nets for my feet secretly.
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