קַר
qar · kar
cool; figuratively, quiet
Lexicon
Derivation: contracted from an unused root meaning to chill;
cool; figuratively, quiet
- cool
- figuratively, quiet
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: cold, excellent (from the margin).
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
- 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 › the head, the highest
What comes behind, the returning cycle of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of קַר 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
2 occurrences · 2 OT · 0 NT · 2 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- is of an excellent1 · 33%
- as cold1 · 33%
- or shall the cold1 · 33%
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.