Qur קוּר
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| קוּר | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | qur |
| Strong's number | H6979 (H6979A, H6979B, H6979C) |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Gloss | to dig |
| Occurrences | 6 in 5 verses |
| Most frequent in | Isaiah (2) |
Qur (Hebrew קוּר, Strong's H6979) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to dig”. It occurs 6 times in 5 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
H6979A: to dig
(Qal) to bore, dig, dig for water
H6979B: to cool
to be cold
H6979C: to destroy
(Pilpel) destroy, break down
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | digged (2), out (2), destroy (1), breaking (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | have dug wells (2), strike down (1), breaking (1), gushes (1), she pours out (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Qur, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Numbers
- Numbers 24:17I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near. A star will come forth from Jacob, and a scepter will arise from Israel. He will crush the skulls of Moab and strike down all the sons of Sheth.
2 Kings
- 2 Kings 19:24I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places.I have dug wells and drunk foreign waters. With the soles of my feet I have dried up all the streams of Egypt.”
Isaiah
- Isaiah 22:5For it is a day of trouble, and of treading down, and of perplexity by the Lord God of hosts in the valley of vision, breaking down the walls, and of crying to the mountains.For the Lord GOD of Hosts has set a day of tumult and trampling and confusion in the Valley of Vision— of breaking down the walls and crying to the mountains.
- Isaiah 37:25I have digged, and drunk water; and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of the besieged places.I have dug wells and drunk foreign waters. With the soles of my feet I have dried up all the streams of Egypt.”
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 6:7As a fountain casteth out her waters, so she casteth out her wickedness: violence and spoil is heard in her; before me continually is grief and wounds.As a well gushes its water, so she pours out her evil. Violence and destruction resound in her; sickness and wounds are ever before Me.
Notes
- 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).