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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 - So he built 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 there H8033 Isaac’s H3327 servants H5650 dug H3738 a well. H875

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:5 - ‘My father H1 made me swear, H7650 saying, H559 “Behold, H2009 I am about to die; H4191 in my grave H6913 which H834 I dug H3738 for myself in the land H776 of Canaan, H3667 there H8033 you shall bury H6912 me.” Now H6258 therefore, please H4994 let me go H5927 up and bury H6912 my father; H1 then I will return.’” H7725

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:33 - “If H3588 a man H376 opens H6605 a pit, H953 or H176 [fn]digs H3738 a pit H953 and does not cover H3680 it over, and an ox H7794 or H176 a donkey H2543 falls H5307 into it,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:18 - “The well, H875 which the leaders H8269 sank, H2658
Which the nobles H5081 of the people H5971 dug, H3738
With the scepter H2710 and with their staffs.” H4938
And from the wilderness H4057 they continued to Mattanah, H4980

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:14 - They buried H6912 him in his own tomb H6913 which H834 he had cut H3738 out for himself in the city H5892 of David, H1732 and they laid H7901 him in the resting H4904 place H4904 which H834 he had filled H4390 with spices H1314 of various kinds H2177 blended H7543 by the perfumers’ H4842 H7543 art; H4639 and they made H8313 a very H5704 H3966 great H1419 fire H8316 for him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:27 - “You would even H637 cast H5307 lots for the orphans H3490
And barter H3739 over H5921 your friend. H7453

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:6 - “Will the [fn]traders H2271 bargain H3739 over H5921 him?
Will they divide H2673 him among H996 the merchants? H3669

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:15 - He has dug H3738 a pit H953 and hollowed H2658 it out,
And has fallen H5307 into the hole H7845 which he made. H6466

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:16 - For dogs H3611 have surrounded H5437 me;
[fn]A band H5712 of evildoers H7489 has encompassed H5362 me;
[fn]They pierced H3564 my hands H3027 and my feet. H7272

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:6 - [fn]Sacrifice H2077 and meal H4503 offering H4503 You have not desired; H2654
My ears H241 You have [fn]opened; H3738
Burnt H5930 offering H5930 and sin H2401 offering H2401 You have not required. H7592

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:6 - They have [fn]prepared H3559 a net H7568 for my steps; H6471
My soul H5315 is bowed H3721 down; H3721
They dug H3738 a pit H7882 before H6440 me;
They themselves have fallen H5307 into the midst H8432 of it. Selah. H5542

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:13 - That You may grant H8252 him relief H8252 from the days H3117 of adversity, H7451
Until H5704 a pit H7845 is dug H3738 for the wicked. H7563

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:85 - The arrogant H2086 have dug H3738 pits H7882 for me,
Men who H834 are not [fn]in accord with Your law. H8451

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:27 - A worthless H1100 man H376 digs H3738 up evil, H7451
While H5921 [fn]his words H8193 are like scorching H6866 fire. H784

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:27 - He who digs H3738 a pit H7845 will fall H5307 into it,
And he who rolls H1556 a stone, H68 it will come H7725 back H7725 on him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:20 - Should good H2896 be repaid H7999 with evil? H7451
For they have dug H3738 a pit H7745 for [fn]me.
Remember H2142 how I stood H5975 before H6440 You
To speak H1696 good H2896 on their behalf, H5921
So as to turn H7725 away H7725 Your wrath H2534 from them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:22 - May an outcry H2201 be heard H8085 from their houses, H1004
When H3588 You suddenly H6597 bring H935 raiders H1416 upon them;
For they have dug H3738 a pit H7745 to capture H3920 me
And hidden H2934 snares H6341 for my feet. H7272
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