קוּר
qûwr · H6979 · Hebrew · 6 occurrences
Meanings
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to dig a well
Causative action by which humans dig a well
Examples2 Kings 19:24 “I dug wells and drank foreign waters, And with the soles of my feet I dried up All the streams of Egypt.”
Isaiah 37:25 ‘I dug wells and drank waters, And with the sole of my feet I dried up All the canals of Egypt.’
How it’s used In 6 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
5 occurrences in 3 groups
- אֲנִיI 2
- Not stated: he, she or it 2
- בּוֹרpit, cistern 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- בֵּןson 1
- מַיִםwater 1
- רַעevil, bad 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- כlike/as+ קוּרto dig 1
With adverbsAdverbs
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- כֵּןthus 1
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- קִירwall 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- כlike/as 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Semantic domains 4 entries
- Exist002002002005
- This domain is not directly illustrated by the sampled citations, which show the word's more concrete senses of digging and breaking down.
- Impact002001001024
- The word can mean to smash or break down, illustrated by the star from Jacob that shall smash the forehead of Moab (Numbers 24:17) and the breaking down of walls in Isaiah's oracle (Isaiah 22:5).
- Cold002001001013
- This domain is not directly illustrated by the sampled citations, though the related image of drying up cool waters (2 Kings 19:24; Isaiah 37:25) touches on it loosely.
- Well002001003018
- The word also means to dig, directly illustrated by digging wells and drying up the streams of Egypt (2 Kings 19:24; Isaiah 37:25) and the well that keeps its waters fresh (Jeremiah 6:7).
Word family 5 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H6979. qur קַוְקָו (or קָוְקָו קַוְקַו,) noun [masculine] might (?); — so read (according…
קַוְקָו (or קָוְקָו קַוְקַו,)
noun [masculine] might (?); — so read (according to most) for קַוקָֿו in phrase ק ׳גּוֺי Isa 18:2, Isa 18:7 i.e. a mighty nation (compare Arabic strength; see (on reduplication) Ges§ 123e); > RV 'meting out conquered lands, literally 'of line, line' (11. קַו).
I. [קוּר] verb bore, dig (Arabic () cut a round hole in, scoop out); —
Qal Perfect1singular קַרְתִּי 2Ki 19:24 I have dug (that is, a well)= Isa 37:25 (Meinh conjectures כָּרִתִי). —
Hiph`il, Pilpel, see I, II. קרר.
I. [קָרַר] verb be cold (Arabic be cold, so Ethiopic Syriac ; ᵑ7 Ithpa`al 1 singular cool onself (rare); Levy compare also Late Hebrew Nithp. רִתְקָרֵר grow calm [i.e. cool]); —
Hiph`il make or keep cool: Perfect3feminine singular הֵקֵ֫רָה, figurative, Jer 6:7b Jerusalem keepeth her wickedness cool, fresh; Infinitive construct metaplastic הָקִיר (Ges§ 67v) Jer 6:7a, of בּוֺר keeping water cool (simile).
II. [קָרַר] verb Pilpel tear down (?) (Late Hebrew קִרְקֵר tear down wall); — only Participle קִר מְקַרְקַר Isa 22:5 usually (men are) tearing down wall (s), but see I. קִיר
3 near the end.
קרשׁ (√ of following; compare Late Hebrew רַשׁ be (come) firm, solid, קֶרֶשׁ board (rare)).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 4 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
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