The meaning of “כָּרָה”
Understanding kârâh reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
dig, [idiom] make (a banquet), open. - properly, to dig - figuratively, to plot - generally, to bore or open 1) to dig, ...
כָּרָה
dig, [idiom] make (a banquet), open. - properly, to dig - figuratively, to plot - generally, to bore or open 1) to dig, excavate, dig through 1a) (Qal) to dig 1b) (Niphal) to be dug 2) (Qal) to give a banquet or feast 3) (Qal) to get by trade, trade, buy
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 50:5 | “My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die: in my grave which I have digged for me in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and I will come again.” Word: כָּרָה (kârâh) | |
| Exodus 21:33 | “And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit, and not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein;” Word: כָּרָה (kârâh) | |
| Numbers 21:18 | “The princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged it, by the direction of the lawgiver, with their staves. And from the wilderness they went to Mattanah:” Word: כָּרָה (kârâh) | |
| 2 Chronicles 16:14 | “And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had made for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odours and divers kinds of spices prepared by the apothecaries’ art: and they made a very great burning for him. ” Word: כָּרָה (kârâh) | |
| Job 6:27 | “Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend.” Word: כָּרָה (kârâh) |
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