כוּר
khur
“to dig”
Definition
properly, to dig; figuratively, to plot; generally, to bore or open
a primitive root;
- to dig, excavate, dig through, cut 1a) (Qal) to dig
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Grammar & Morphology
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Occurrences
כוּר appears 11 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
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.
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.
Should good be repaid with evil?Yet they have dug a pit for me.Remember how I stood before Youto speak good on their behalf,to turn Your wrath from them.
The princes dug the well;the nobles of the people hollowed it outwith their sceptersand with their staffs.”From the wilderness the Israelites went on to Mattanah,
He who digs a pit will fall into it,and he who rolls a stone will have it roll back on him.
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