H3738

כּרה 

Transliteration

karah;

Pronunciation

kaw-raw'

Parts of Speech

v

Root Word (Etymology)

a primitive root

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1033, 1034, 1035

KJV Translation Count — 16x

The KJV translates Strongs H1 in the following manner: dig (12), make (2), pierce (1), open (1)

Outline of Biblical Usage

1. to dig, excavate, dig through
a. (Qal) to dig
b. (Niphal) to be dug
2. (Qal) to give a banquet or feast
3. (Qal) to get by trade, trade, buy

Strong's Definitions

karah, kaw-raw'; a primitive root; properly, to dig; figuratively, to plot; generally, to bore or open: — dig, X make (a banquet), open.

Concordance Results Using KJV

And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of the LORD, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac's servants H3738ged a well.

KJV

My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die: in my grave which I have H3738ged for me in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and I will come again.

KJV

And if a man shall H3738 a pit, or if a man shall H3738 a pit, and not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein;

KJV

The princes H3738ged the well, the nobles of the people H3738ged it, by the direction of the lawgiver, with their staves. And from the wilderness they went to Mattanah:

KJV

And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had made for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odours and divers kinds of spices prepared by the apothecaries' art: and they made a very great burning for him.

KJV

Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye H3738 a pit for your friend.

KJV

He made a pit, and H3738ged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.

KJV

For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they H3738d my hands and my feet.

KJV

Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou H3738ed: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.

KJV

They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have H3738ged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen themselves. Selah.

KJV