Strong's Definition
from an unused root meaning properly, to dig through; a pot or furnace (as if excavated)
KJV Usage: furnace. Compare 3600
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
כּוּר (kur) — furnace. 1) furnace, forge, smelting furnace or pot v 2) (Qal) to bore, pierce, dig, hew
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m · כִּיר
Furnaces | ≈ מַצְרֵף
smelting furnace, kiln = a construction ◄ made of hardened clay or of bricks ► and used for the smelting of ore or the firing of ceramic ware; ≈ often used figuratively to denote a prolonged period of hardship; also associated with times of testing and trial
DEU 4:20 · 1KI 8:51 · PRO 17:3 · PRO 27:21 · ISA 48:10 · JER 11:4 · EZK 22:18 · EZK 22:20 · EZK 22:22
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
כּוּר n.[m.] smelting-pot or furnace base