קָרָה
qârâh · kaw-raw'
coolness
Lexicon
Derivation: feminine of H7119 (קַר);
coolness
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: cold.
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
- 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)
what comes behind, the returning cycle › the head, the highest › to reveal, behold
What comes behind, the returning cycle of the head, the highest that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of קָרָה 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
5 occurrences · 5 OT · 0 NT · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- in the cold2 · 40%
- and cold1 · 20%
- his cold1 · 20%
- in cold1 · 20%
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.