Hebrew verb · H6979
קוּר
qurkoor
to dig; to cool; to destroy
6 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: qûwr
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H6979is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 39Old Testament books
- 6spellings
- 3meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H6979
to trench
The King James renders it: break down, cast out, destroy, dig.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
qur is rendered "to dig; to cool; to destroy". It stands 6 times in the Hebrew text, across four books.
- Two of the uses stand in Isaiah, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists three meanings for it, beginning with "to dig".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Numbers 24:17I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near. A star will come forth from Jacob, and a scepter will arise from Israel. He will crush the skulls of Moab and strike down all the sons of Sheth.
- The Greek text spells it six different ways.
The first use
I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near. A star will come forth from Jacob, and a scepter will arise from Israel. He will crush the skulls of Moab and strike down all the sons of Sheth.
Numbers 24:17וְקַרְקַ֖ר
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
The lexicons give this word three senses, and a verse uses one of them at a time: to dig, and to cool, and to destroy.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| to digStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereNumbers 24:17I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near. A star will come forth from Jacob… |
| to coolStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
| to destroyStrong's entry C | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- I have dug2
- a breaking down of1
- and it will destroy1
- as keeps cool1
- it has kept cool1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| קוּר | qur | web | Uses2 |
Other numbers on this spelling
Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.
All 6, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
6 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- הֵקֵ֣רָה1
- וְקַרְקַ֖ר1
- כְּהָקִ֥יר1
- מְקַרְקַ֥ר1
- קַ֔רְתִּי1
- קַ֖רְתִּי1
The grammar of each form
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singular2HVqp1cs
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HC/Ncbsc
- preposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)1HR/Vhcc
- verb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singular1HVhp3fs
- verb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HVprmsc
Numbers
one use
I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near. A star will come forth from Jacob, and a scepter will arise from Israel. He will crush the skulls of Moab and strike down all the sons of Sheth.
- וְקַרְקַ֖רvekarkarconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and it will destroy
2 Kings
one use
I have dug wells and drunk foreign waters. With the soles of my feet I have dried up all the streams of Egypt.”
- קַ֔רְתִּיkartiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have dug
Isaiah
two uses
For the Lord GOD of Hosts has set a day of tumult and trampling and confusion in the Valley of Vision—of breaking down the walls and crying to the mountains.
- מְקַרְקַ֥רmekarkarverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a breaking down of
I have dug wells and drunk foreign waters. With the soles of my feet I have dried up all the streams of Egypt.”
- קַ֖רְתִּיkartiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have dug
Jeremiah
two uses
As a well gushes its water, so she pours out her evil. Violence and destruction resound in her; sickness and wounds are ever before Me.
- כְּהָקִ֥ירkehakirpreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: as keeps cool
- הֵקֵ֣רָהhekerahverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it has kept cool
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.