קוּר
qûwr · koor
to trench; by implication, to throw forth; to wall up, whether literal (to build a wall) or figurative (to estop)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root; also denominative from H7023 (קִיר)
to trench; by implication, to throw forth; to wall up, whether literal (to build a wall) or figurative (to estop)
- to trench
- by implication, to throw forth
- to wall up, whether literal (to build a wall) or figurative (to estop)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: break down, cast out, destroy, dig.
Letters
- 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
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
what comes behind, the returning cycle › to fasten and establish › the head, the highest
What comes behind, the returning cycle that works to fasten and establish of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of קוּר 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.
- i have digged2 · 33%
- and destroy1 · 17%
- breaking1 · 17%
- casteth out1 · 17%
- so she casteth out1 · 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.