H6979 קוּר (qûwr) koor

Hebrew

Strong's Definition

to trench; by implication, to throw forth; to wall up, whether literal (to build a wall) or figurative (to estop)

Derivation: a primitive root; also denominative from H7023 (קִיר)

KJV Usage: break down, cast out, destroy, dig.

TWOT Reference: 2004,2077

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) (Qal) to bore, dig, dig for water

2) to be cold

2a) (Hiphil) to make or keep cool

3) (Pilpel) destroy, break down

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G5087 G5594

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

קוּר (qur) — to dig. (Qal) to bore, dig, dig for water

קָרַר (qa.rar) — to cool. to be cold

קָרַר (qa.rar) — to destroy. (Pilpel) destroy, break down

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

קור (H6979a)

verb · מָקֹור

Exist

to dig a well = causative action by which humans dig a well

2KI 19:24 · ISA 37:25

Graham S. Ogden

קרר (H6979b · H6979c) — קַרְקַר

verb

Impact | verb pi | ≈ מחץ

to batter, to knock down, to beat down = causative action by which humans strike an object or person repeatedly with hard blows ► in order to destroy or kill it

NUM 24:17 · ISA 22:5

verb · מְקֵרָה · קַר · קֹר · קָרָה

Cold | verb hif

to keep cool, to keep fresh = causative action by which objects cause other objects to stay cool and fresh

JER 6:7

Well | verb hif

to keep (one's behavior) fresh literally: to keep cool and fresh; hence: = causative action by which humans make sure that an event continues to be performed well

JER 6:7

¹ NUM 24:17 MT RSV REB NRSV GNT CEV | HOTTP-C NIV NJB "skull" = קָדְקֹד | NJPS "foundation"

Graham S. Ogden

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[קוּר] vb. bore, dig base

[קָרַר] vb. be cold;—Hiph. make or keep cool base

[קָרַר] vb. Pilp. tear down(?);—only Is 22:5 ref

Bible Occurrences (5)

24:17

19:24

22:5 37:25

6:7

Numbers 24:17

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.

2 Kings 19:24

I have dug wells and drunk foreign waters. With the soles of my feet I have dried up all the streams of Egypt.

Isaiah 22:5

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.

Isaiah 37:25

I have dug wells and drunk [foreign] waters. With the soles of my feet I have dried up all the streams of Egypt.

Jeremiah 6:7

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.