The meaning of “קוֹרָה”
Understanding qôwrâh reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
or קֹרָה qôrâh (ko-raw'); from קוּר beam, roof. - a rafter (forming trenches as it were) - by implication, a roof 1) raf...
קוֹרָה
or קֹרָה qôrâh (ko-raw'); from קוּר beam, roof. - a rafter (forming trenches as it were) - by implication, a roof 1) rafter, beam
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 19:8 | “Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof.” Word: קוֹרָה (qôwrâh) | |
| 2 Kings 6:2 | “Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jordan, and take thence every man a beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell. And he answered, Go ye.” Word: קוֹרָה (qôwrâh) | |
| 2 Kings 6:5 | “But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water: and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed.” Word: קוֹרָה (qôwrâh) | |
| 2 Chronicles 3:7 | “He overlaid also the house, the beams, the posts, and the walls thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubims on the walls.” Word: קוֹרָה (qôwrâh) | |
| Song of Solomon 1:17 | “The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir. ” Word: קוֹרָה (qôwrâh) |
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