Strong H6982קוֹרָה

beam

Transliteration
qôrâh qôrâh
Pronunciation
{ko-raw'} ko-raw'
Morphology
Hebrew Noun (Feminine)

Definition

From H6979; a rafter (forming trenches as it were); by implication a roof: - {beam} roof.

Detailed definition

rafter, beam

In the Bible

Strong H6982 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • beam4
  • roof1

First verses

  1. Genesis 19:8
    Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof.
  2. 2 Kings 6:2
    Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jordan, and take thence every man a beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell. And he answered, Go ye.
  3. 2 Kings 6:5
    But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water: and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed.
  4. 2 Chronicles 3:7
    He overlaid also the house, the beams, the posts, and the walls thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubims on the walls.
  5. Song of Songs 1:17
    The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir.
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