H7172 קַרְקַע (qarqaʻ) kar-kah'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

floor

Strong's Definition

floor (as if a pavement of pieces or tesseroe), of abuilding or the sea

Derivation: from H7167 (קָרַע);

KJV Usage: bottom, ([idiom] one side of the) floor.

TWOT Reference: 2076

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) floor, bottom

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

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

G899 G1475 G2080

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

קַרְקַע (qar.qa) — floor. floor, bottom

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

קַרְקַע (H7172 · H7173)

noun m

Constructions

floor, bottom = lowest part of an object

NUM 5:17 · 1KI 6:15 · 1KI 6:15 · 1KI 6:16 · 1KI 6:30 · 1KI 7:7 · 1KI 7:7 · AMO 9:3

name

Names of Locations

Karka = town; ◄ located in southern Judah

JOS 15:3

Graham S. Ogden

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

קַרְקַע n.[m.] floor base

Bible Occurrences (6)

5:17

6:15 6:16 6:30 7:7

9:3

Numbers 5:17

Then [he] is to take [some] holy water in a clay jar and put some of the dust from the tabernacle floor into the water.

1 Kings 6:15

He lined the interior... walls with cedar paneling from the floor of the temple to the ceiling, and he covered the floor... with cypress boards.

1 Kings 6:16

He partitioned off the twenty cubits at the rear of the temple with cedar boards from floor to ceiling to form within the temple an inner sanctuary, the Most Holy Place....

1 Kings 6:30

And he overlaid the temple floor with gold in both the inner and outer sanctuaries.

1 Kings 7:7

In addition, he built a hall for the throne, the Hall of Justice, where he was to judge.... It was paneled with cedar from floor to ceiling.

Amos 9:3

Though they hide themselves atop Carmel, there I will track them and seize them; and though they hide from Me at the bottom of the sea, there I will command the serpent to bite them.