כָּרָה
kârâh · kaw-raw'
properly, to dig; figuratively, to plot; generally, to bore or open
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
properly, to dig; figuratively, to plot; generally, to bore or open
- properly, to dig
- figuratively, to plot
- generally, to bore or open
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: dig, [idiom] make (a banquet), open.
Letters
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the open hand that covers › the head, the highest › to reveal, behold
The open hand that covers of the head, the highest that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of כָּרָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
14 occurrences · 14 OT · 0 NT · 14 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- digged2 · 13%
- which i have digged1 · 6%
- shall dig1 · 6%
- which he had made1 · 6%
- and ye dig1 · 6%
- he made1 · 6%
- me: they pierced1 · 6%
- hast thou opened1 · 6%
- they have digged1 · 6%
- be digged1 · 6%
- have digged1 · 6%
- diggeth up1 · 6%
- whoso diggeth1 · 6%
- for they have digged1 · 6%
- upon them: for they have digged1 · 6%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.