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Lexicon :: Strong's H7172 - qarqaʿ

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קַרְקַע
Transliteration
qarqaʿ
Pronunciation
kar-kah'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2076

Strong’s Definitions

קַרְקַע qarqaʻ, kar-kah'; from H7167; floor (as if a pavement of pieces or tesseræ), of a building or the sea:—bottom, (× one side of the) floor.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x

The KJV translates Strong's H7172 in the following manner: floor (6x), other (1x), bottom (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x
The KJV translates Strong's H7172 in the following manner: floor (6x), other (1x), bottom (1x).

  1. floor, bottom

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
קַרְקַע qarqaʻ, kar-kah'; from H7167; floor (as if a pavement of pieces or tesseræ), of a building or the sea:—bottom, (× one side of the) floor.
STRONGS H7172: Abbreviations
† I. קַרְקַע noun [masculine] floor (probably reduplication from a √ קרר, or קור; Late Hebrew id., ground, so Targum קַרְקְעָא, קַרְקָעִיתָא; apparently = Assyrian ḳaḳḳaru, ground, earth, Arabic bdb090302 terra aequabilis mollisque; compare Köii. 1, 91); — absolute ק׳ 1 Kings 6:16; 1 Kings 7:7a, קָ֑ע- 1 Kings 7:7b (see below); construct קַרְקַע Numbers 5:17 +; — floor of temple 1 Kings 6:15 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 6:16, 30; 1 Kings 7:7a; 1 Kings 7:7b read probably הַקּוֺרוֺת rafters (compare 1 Kings 6:15 and קוֺרָה) Syriac Version Vulgate Th Sta KmpKau Benz; (earth)-floor of tabernacle Numbers 5:17; קַרְקַע הַיָּם Amos 9:3 the floor, bottom of the sea.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Numbers

5:17; 5:17

1 Kings

6:15; 6:15; 6:16; 6:16; 6:30; 7:7; 7:7; 7:7; 7:7

Amos

9:3

H7172

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Strong's Number H7172 matches the Hebrew קַרְקַע (qarqaʿ),
which occurs 8 times in 6 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:17 - And the priest shall take holy water in an earthenware vessel and take some of the dust that is on the floor of the tabernacle and put it into the water.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:15 - He lined the walls of the house on the inside with boards of cedar. From the floor of the house to the walls of the ceiling, he covered them on the inside with wood, and he covered the floor of the house with boards of cypress.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:16 - He built twenty cubits of the rear of the house with boards of cedar from the floor to the walls, and he built this within as an inner sanctuary, as the Most Holy Place.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:30 - The floor of the house he overlaid with gold in the inner and outer rooms.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:7 - And he made the Hall of the Throne where he was to pronounce judgment, even the Hall of Judgment. It was finished with cedar from floor to rafters.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:3 - If they hide themselves on the top of Carmel,
from there I will search them out and take them;
and if they hide from my sight at the bottom of the sea,
there I will command the serpent, and it shall bite them.
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