Strong's Hebrew · H3738

כָּרָה

kârâh · kaw-raw'

dig, [idiom] make (a banquet), open.

Definition

properly, to dig; figuratively, to plot; generally, to bore or 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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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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