Definition
a primitive root; also denominative from H7023 to trench; by implication, to throw forth; to wall up, whether literal (to build a wall) or figurative (to estop)
Traditional renderings: break down, cast out, destroy, dig.
Traditional renderings: break down, cast out, destroy, dig.
Usage patterns
Occurrences
6 total
- Numbers 24:17וְקַרְקַ֖ר · and strike downI 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 Moab and strike down all the sons of Sheth.
- 2 Kings 19:24קַ֔רְתִּי · have dug wellsI have dug wells and drunk foreign waters. With the soles of my feet I have dried up all the streams of Egypt.”
- Isaiah 22:5מְקַרְקַ֥ר · of breakingFor the Lord GOD of Hosts has set a day of tumult and trampling and confusion in the Valley of Vision—of breaking down the walls and crying to the mountains.
- Isaiah 37:25קַ֖רְתִּי · have dug wellsI have dug wells and drunk foreign waters. With the soles of my feet I have dried up all the streams of Egypt.”
- Jeremiah 6:7כְּהָקִ֥יר · gushes; הֵקֵ֣רָה · she pours outAs a well gushes its water, so she pours out her evil. Violence and destruction resound in her; sickness and wounds are ever before Me.