HebrewH6979Verb

קוּר

qur

5Occurrences
H6979Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

to trench; by implication, to throw forth; to wall up, whether literal (to build a wall) or figurative (to estop)

a primitive root; also denominative from H7023 (קִיר)

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
(Qal) to bore, dig, dig for water

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

H:V

Full Description

Hebrew Verb

Occurrences

קוּר appears 5 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Isaiah
2
2 Kings
1
Jeremiah
1
Numbers
1

Key Passages

2 Kings 19:24BSB

I have dug wellsand drunk foreign waters.With the soles of my feetI have dried up all the streams of Egypt.”

Isaiah 22:5BSB

For the Lord GOD of Hosts has set a dayof tumult and trampling and confusion in the Valley of Vision—of breaking down the wallsand crying to the mountains.

Isaiah 37:25BSB

I have dug wellsand drunk foreign waters.With the soles of my feetI have dried up all the streams of Egypt.”

Jeremiah 6:7BSB

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.

Numbers 24:17BSB

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 Moaband strike down all the sons of Sheth.

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