Strong's Hebrew · H3738

H3738 kârâh

כָּרָה

kaw-raw'

to dig

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kârâh appears 14 times in Scripture, including Genesis 26:25 and Exodus 21:33. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.

Definition

properly, to dig; figuratively, to plot; generally, to bore or open

In the King James Version

dig, × make (a banquet), open.

Derivation

a primitive root;

Appears 14 times in Scripture

Psalms 94:13

“to grant him relief from days of trouble, until a pit is dug for the wicked.”

Genesis 50:5

“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.””

Genesis 26:25

“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.”

Psalms 119:85

“The arrogant have dug pits for me in violation of Your law.”

Psalms 57:6

“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”

Psalms 7:15

“He has dug a hole and hollowed it out; he has fallen into a pit of his own making.”

Psalms 40:6

“Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but my ears You have opened. Burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not require.”

2 Chronicles 16:14

“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.”

Exodus 21:33

“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 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,”

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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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