H6979: קוּר
qûwr · pronounced koor · “to dig”
Definition
to trench; by implication, to throw forth; to wall up, whether literal (to build a wall) or figurative (to estop)
KJV translates it as: break down, cast out, destroy, dig.
Word origin: a primitive root; also denominative from H7023 (קִיר)
Extended definition
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H6979 is translated
- i have dug ×2
- it will destroy ×1
- a breaking down of ×1
- keeps cool ×1
- it has kept cool ×1
Bible verses with H6979 (qûwr)
Qûwr appears in 5 verses.
- Numbers 24:17
I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.
- 2 Kings 19:24
I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places.
- Isaiah 22:5
For it is a day of trouble, and of treading down, and of perplexity by the Lord God of hosts in the valley of vision, breaking down the walls, and of crying to the mountains.
- Isaiah 37:25
I have digged, and drunk water; and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of the besieged places.
- Jeremiah 6:7
As a fountain casteth out her waters, so she casteth out her wickedness: violence and spoil is heard in her; before me continually is grief and wounds.