Karah כָּרָה

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Karah (Hebrew כָּרָה, Strong's H3738) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to pierce”. It occurs 14 times in 14 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

1) to pierce, excavate, dig through
1a) (Qal) to dig
1b) (Niphal) to be dug

1) to dig, excavate, dig through, cut
1a) (Qal) to dig

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

KJV	digged (8), dig (2), made (2), pierced (1), opened (1), up (1), diggeth (1)
BSB	they have dug (2), also dug (1), i dug (1), digs (1), hollowed it out (1), he had cut out (1), he has dug (1), you have opened (1), they dug (1), is dug (1), have dug (1), digs up (1), and 1 other rendering

Every verse with Karah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis 26:25
And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of the Lord, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac’s servants digged a well.So Isaac built an altar there and called on the name of the LORD, and he pitched his tent there. His servants also dug a well there.
Genesis 50:5
My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die: in my grave which I have digged for me in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and I will come again.my father made me swear an oath when he said, ‘I am about to die. You must bury me in the tomb that I dug for myself in the land of Canaan.’ Now let me go and bury my father, and then return.”

Exodus 21:33
And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit, and not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein;If a man opens or digs a pit and fails to cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls into it,

Numbers 21:18
The princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged it, by the direction of the lawgiver, with their staves. And from the wilderness they went to Mattanah:The princes dug the well; the nobles of the people hollowed it out with their scepters and with their staffs.” From the wilderness the Israelites went on to Mattanah,

2 Chronicles 16:14
And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had made for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odours and divers kinds of spices prepared by the apothecaries’ art: and they made a very great burning for him.And he was buried in the tomb that he had cut out for himself in the City of David. They laid him on a bier that was full of spices and various blended perfumes; then they made a great fire in his honor.

Psalm 7:15
He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.He has dug a hole and hollowed it out; he has fallen into a pit of his own making.
Psalm 40:6
Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but my ears You have opened. Burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not require.
Psalm 57:6
They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen themselves. Selah.They spread a net for my feet; my soul was despondent. They dug a pit before me, but they themselves have fallen into it! Selah
Psalm 94:13
That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked.to grant him relief from days of trouble, until a pit is dug for the wicked.
Psalm 119:85
The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law.The arrogant have dug pits for me in violation of Your law.

Proverbs 16:27
An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.A worthless man digs up evil, and his speech is like a scorching fire.
Proverbs 26:27
Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him.He who digs a pit will fall into it, and he who rolls a stone will have it roll back on him.

Jeremiah 18:20
Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them, and to turn away thy wrath from them.Should good be repaid with evil? Yet they have dug a pit for me. Remember how I stood before You to speak good on their behalf, to turn Your wrath from them.
Jeremiah 18:22
Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.Let a cry be heard from their houses when You suddenly bring raiders against them, for they have dug a pit to capture me and have hidden snares for my feet.

Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).