קוּר
qur
“to dig”
Definition
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)
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Grammar & Morphology
Verb
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Hebrew Verb
Occurrences
קוּר appears 5 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
I have dug wellsand drunk foreign waters.With the soles of my feetI have dried up all the streams of Egypt.”
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.
I have dug wellsand drunk foreign waters.With the soles of my feetI have dried up all the streams of Egypt.”
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.
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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