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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

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 - And he built there an altar, and called on the name of the Lord, and there he pitched his tent, and there the servants of Isaac dug a well in the valley of Gerara.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:5 - My father adjured me, saying, In the sepulchre which I dug for myself in the land of Chanaan, there thou shalt bury me; now then I will go up and bury my father, and return again.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:33

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:33 - And if any one open a pit or dig a cavity in stone, and cover it not, and an ox or an ass fall in there,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:18 - the princes digged it, the kings of the nations in their kingdom, in their lordship sank it in the rock: and they went from the well to Manthanain,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:14 - And they buried him in the sepulchre which he had dug for himself in the city of David, and they laid him on a bed, and filled it with spices and all kinds of perfumes of the apothecaries; and they made for him a very great funeral.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:27 - Even because ye attack the fatherless, and insult your friend.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:6 - (LXX 40:30) And do the nations feed upon him, and the nations of the Phœnicians share him?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:15 - (LXX 7:16) He has opened a pit, and dug it up, and he shall fall into the ditch which he has made.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:16 - (LXX 21:17) For many dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked doers has beset me round: they pierced my hands and my feet.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:6 - (LXX 39:7) [fn] Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not; but a body hast thou prepared me: whole-burnt-offering and sacrifice for sin thou didst not require.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:6 - (LXX 56:7) They have prepared snares for my feet, and have bowed down my soul: they have dug a pit before my face, and fallen into it themselves. Pause.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:13 - (LXX 93:13) to give him rest from evil days, until a pit be digged for the sinful one.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:85

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:85 - (LXX 118:85) Transgressors told me idle tales; but not according to thy law, O Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:27 - But the perverse bears destruction upon his own mouth: a foolish man digs up evil for himself, and treasures fire on his own lips.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:27 - He that digs a pit for his neighbour shall fall into it: and he that rolls a stone, rolls it upon himself.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:20 - Forasmuch as evil is rewarded for good; for they have spoken words against my soul, and they have hidden the punishment they meant for me; remember that I stood before thy face, to speak good for them, to turn away thy wrath from them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:22 - Let there be a cry in their houses: thou shalt bring upon them robbers suddenly: for they have formed a plan to take me, and have hidden snares for me.
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