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Lexicon :: Strong's H3738 - kārâ

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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:25 -

So Isaac built an altar there and called on the name of the LORD [in prayer]. He pitched his tent there; and there Isaac’s servants dug a well.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:5 - ‘My father made me swear [an oath], saying, “Hear me, I am about to die; bury me in my tomb which I prepared for myself in the land of Canaan.” So now let me go up [to Canaan], please, and bury my father; then I will return.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:33 -

“If a man leaves a pit open, or digs a pit and does not cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls into it,

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:18 -

The well which the leaders dug,

Which the nobles of the people hollowed out

With the scepter and with their staffs.”

And from the wilderness Israel journeyed to Mattanah,

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:14 - They buried him in his own tomb which he had cut out for himself in the City of David, and they laid him on a bier which he had filled with various kinds of spices blended by the perfumers’ art; and they made a very great fire in his honor.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:27 -

“You would cast lots (gamble) over the fatherless

And bargain away your friend.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:6 -

“Will traders bargain over him?

Will they divide him up among the merchants?

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:15 -

He has dug a pit and hollowed it out,

And has fallen into the [very] pit which he made [as a trap].

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:16 -

For [a pack of] dogs have surrounded me;

A gang of evildoers has encircled me,

They pierced my hands and my feet.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:6 -

Sacrifice and meal offering You do not desire, nor do You delight in them;

You have opened my ears and given me the capacity to hear [and obey Your word];

Burnt offerings and sin offerings You do not require.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:6 -

They [fn]set a net for my steps;

My very life was bowed down.

They dug a pit before me;

Into the midst of it they themselves have fallen. Selah.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:13 -

That You may grant him [power to calm himself and find] peace in the days of adversity,

Until the pit is dug for the wicked and ungodly.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:85 -

The arrogant (godless) have dug pits for me,

Men who do not conform to Your law.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:27 -

A worthless man devises and digs up evil,

And the words on his lips are like a scorching fire.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:27 -

Whoever digs a pit [for another man’s feet] will fall into it,

And he who rolls a stone [up a hill to do mischief], it will come back on him.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:20 -

Should good be repaid with evil?

Yet they have dug a pit for me.

Remember [with compassion] that I stood before You

To speak good on their behalf,

To turn Your anger away from them.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:22 -

Let an outcry be heard from their houses

When You suddenly bring [a troop of] raiders upon them,

For they have dug a pit to capture me

And have hidden snares for my feet.

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