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Strong H69793 sensesקוּר

to dig · to destroy · to cool

Transliteration
qûr
Pronunciation
koor

The 3 senses of Strong H6979

The lexicon tells 3 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H6979 appears in 5 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

  1. to digH6979A(Qal) to bore, dig, dig for water2 verses · 2 Kings, Isaiah
  2. to destroyקָרַרH6979C(Pilpel) destroy, break down2 verses · Numbers, Isaiah
  3. to coolקָרַרH6979Bbe cold1 verse · Jeremiah

General definition

A primitive root; to trench; by implication to throw forth; also (denominative from H7023) to wall {up} whether literally (to build a wall) or figuratively (to estop): - break {down} cast {out} {destroy} dig.

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

  • digged2
  • break1
  • casteth1
  • destroy1

First verses

  1. Numbers 24:17
    I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.
  2. 2 Kings 19:24
    I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places.
  3. Isaiah 22:5
    For it is a day of trouble, and of treading down, and of perplexity by the Lord God of hosts in the valley of vision, breaking down the walls, and of crying to the mountains.
  4. Isaiah 37:25
    I have digged, and drunk water; and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of the besieged places.
  5. Jeremiah 6:7
    As a fountain casteth out her waters, so she casteth out her wickedness: violence and spoil is heard in her; before me continually is grief and wounds.