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It is often used in contexts where physical penetration or excavation is involved. The term can also imply a sense of piercing or making a hole, which can be both literal and metaphorical.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Near Eastern cultures, digging was a common activity, whether for constructing wells, preparing land for agriculture, or creating defensive structures. The act of digging or boring was essential for survival and development, as it provided access to water and resources. The metaphorical use of "qur" can also be seen in prophetic literature, where it might symbolize penetrating insight or judgment.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>a prim. root<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>to bore, dig<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>dug (2).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> <font class="hebrew2">קַוְקָו</font> (or <font class="hebrew2">קַוְקַו</font>, <font class="hebrew2">קָוְקָו</font>) </p><p style="sub1"> <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>noun [masculine]</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>might</b></font> (?); — so read (according to most) for <font class="hebrew2">קַוקָֿו</font> in phrase <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">גּוֺי ק</font> <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/18-2.htm">Isaiah 18:2</a>,7 i.e. <em>a mighty nation</em> (compare Arabic <img src="/bdbgif/bdb087601.gif"> <em>strength</em>; see (on reduplication) Ges<sup>§ 123e</sup>); > RV '<em>meting out</em> conquered lands, literally 'of line, line' (11. <font class="hebrew2">קַו</font>). <p> I. [<font class="hebrew2">קוּר</font>] <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>verb</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>bore, dig</b></font> (Arabic <img src="/bdbgif/bdb088104.gif"> (<img src="/bdbgif/bdb088105.gif">) <em>cut a round hole in, scoop out</em>); — <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>Qal</b></font> <em>Perfect</em>1singular <font class="hebrew2">קַרְתִּי</font> <a href="/interlinear/2_kings/19-24.htm">2 Kings 19:24</a> <em>I have dug</em> (that is, a well)= <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/37-25.htm">Isaiah 37:25</a> (Meinh conjectures <font class="hebrew2">כָּרִתִי</font>). — <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>Hiph`il, Pilpel</b></font>, see I, II. <font class="hebrew2">קרר</font>. <p> I. [<font class="hebrew2">קָרַר</font>] <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>verb</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>be cold</b></font> (Arabic <img src="/bdbgif/bdb090303.gif"> <em>be cold</em>, so Ethiopic <img src="/bdbgif/bdb090304.gif"> Syriac <img src="/bdbgif/bdb090305.gif">; <font class="hebrew2">ᵑ7</font> Ithpa`al 1 singular <em>cool onself</em> (rare); Levy compare also Late Hebrew Nithp. <font class="hebrew2">רִתְקָרֵר</font> <em>grow calm</em> [i.e. cool]); — <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>Hiph`il</b></font> <em>make</em> or <em>keep cool: Perfect</em>3feminine singular <font class="hebrew2">הֵקֵ֫רָה</font>, figurative, <a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/6-7.htm">Jeremiah 6:7</a>b Jerusalem <em>keepeth</em> her wickedness <em>cool</em>, fresh; <em>Infinitive construct</em> metaplastic <font class="hebrew2">הָקִיר</font> (Ges<sup>§ 67v</sup>) <a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/6-7.htm">Jeremiah 6:7</a>a, of <font class="hebrew2">בּוֺר</font> <em>keeping</em> water <em>cool</em> (simile). <p> II. [<font class="hebrew2">קָרַר</font>] <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>verb Pilpel</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>tear down</b></font> (?) (Late Hebrew <font class="hebrew2">קִרְקֵר</font> <em>tear down</em> wall); — only <em>Participle</em> <font class="hebrew2">מְקַרְקַר קִר</font> <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/22-5.htm">Isaiah 22:5</a> usually (men are) <em>tearing down wall</em> (<em>s</em>), but see I. <font class="hebrew2">קִיר</font> <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>3</b></font> <em>near the end</em>. <p><font class="hebrew2">קרשׁ</font> (√ of following; compare Late Hebrew <font class="hebrew2">רַשׁ</font> <em>be</em> (<em>come</em>) <em>firm, solid</em>, <font class="hebrew2">קֶרֶשׁ</font> <em>board</em> (rare)). <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>break down, cast out, destroy, dig <p>A primitive root; to trench; by implication, to throw forth; also (denominative from <a href="/hebrew/7023.htm">qiyr</a>) to wall up, whether literal (to build a wall) or figurative (to estop) -- break down, cast out, destroy, dig. <p>see HEBREW <a href="/hebrew/7023.htm">qiyr</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>הֵקֵ֣רָה הקרה וְקַרְקַ֖ר וקרקר כְּהָקִ֥יר כהקיר מְקַרְקַ֥ר מקרקר קַ֔רְתִּי קַ֖רְתִּי קרתי hê·qê·rāh heKerah hêqêrāh Karti kə·hā·qîr kehaKir kəhāqîr mə·qar·qar mekarKar məqarqar qar·tî qartî vekarKar wə·qar·qar wəqarqar<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/numbers/24-17.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Numbers 24:17</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/numbers/24.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">פַּאֲתֵ֣י מוֹאָ֔ב <b> וְקַרְקַ֖ר </b> כָּל־ בְּנֵי־</span><br><a href="/kjvs/numbers/24.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> of Moab, <span class="itali">and destroy</span> all the children<br><a href="/interlinear/numbers/24-17.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the forehead of Moab <span class="itali">and destroy</span> all the sons<p><b><a href="/text/2_kings/19-24.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">2 Kings 19:24</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/2_kings/19.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> אֲנִ֣י <b> קַ֔רְתִּי </b> וְשָׁתִ֖יתִי מַ֣יִם</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/2_kings/19.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> <span class="itali">I dug</span> [wells] and drank foreign<br><a href="/kjvs/2_kings/19.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> <span class="itali">I have digged</span> and drunk strange<br><a href="/interlinear/2_kings/19-24.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> I <span class="itali">dug</span> and drank waters<p><b><a href="/text/isaiah/22-5.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Isaiah 22:5</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/22.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">בְּגֵ֣יא חִזָּי֑וֹן <b> מְקַרְקַ֥ר </b> קִ֖ר וְשׁ֥וֹעַ</span><br><a href="/kjvs/isaiah/22.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> of vision, <span class="itali">breaking</span> down the walls,<br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/22-5.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the valley of vision <span class="itali">breaking</span> of walls crying<p><b><a href="/text/isaiah/37-25.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Isaiah 37:25</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/37.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> אֲנִ֥י <b> קַ֖רְתִּי </b> וְשָׁתִ֣יתִי מָ֑יִם</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/isaiah/37.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> <span class="itali">I dug</span> [wells] and drank waters,<br><a href="/kjvs/isaiah/37.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> <span class="itali">I have digged,</span> and drunk water;<br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/37-25.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> I <span class="itali">dug</span> and drank waters<p><b><a href="/text/jeremiah/6-7.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Jeremiah 6:7</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/6.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> <b> כְּהָקִ֥יר </b> [בְּוֵר כ]</span><br><a href="/kjvs/jeremiah/6.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> As a fountain <span class="itali">casteth out</span> her waters,<br><a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/6-7.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> <span class="itali">out</span> cistern waters<p><b><a href="/text/jeremiah/6-7.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Jeremiah 6:7</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/6.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">מֵימֶ֔יהָ כֵּ֖ן <b> הֵקֵ֣רָה </b> רָעָתָ֑הּ חָמָ֣ס</span><br><a href="/kjvs/jeremiah/6.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> her waters, <span class="itali">so she casteth out</span> her wickedness:<br><a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/6-7.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> waters So <span class="itali">out</span> her wickedness Violence<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6979.htm">6 Occurrences</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6979.htm">Strong's Hebrew 6979<br>6 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/hekerah_6979.htm">hê·qê·rāh — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/karti_6979.htm">qar·tî — 2 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/kehakir_6979.htm">kə·hā·qîr — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/mekarkar_6979.htm">mə·qar·qar — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/vekarkar_6979.htm">wə·qar·qar — 1 Occ.</a><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 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