נָקַר
nâqar · naw-kar'
to bore (penetrate, quarry)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to bore (penetrate, quarry)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: dig, pick out, pierce, put (thrust) out.
Letters
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the seed, life continuing › what comes behind, the returning cycle › the head, the highest
The seed, life continuing of what comes behind, the returning cycle of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of נָקַר 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
6 occurrences · 6 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- wilt thou put out1 · 17%
- him, and put out1 · 17%
- a covenant with you, that i may thrust out1 · 17%
- are pierced1 · 17%
- shall pick it out1 · 17%
- whence ye are digged1 · 17%
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.