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כָּרָה H3738
H3738 is the Hebrew word כָּרָה, transliterated kârâh and said kaw-raw'. The King James Version most often renders it digged.
What it means
properly, to dig; figuratively, to plot; generally, to bore or open.
Where it comes from
a primitive root.
How the King James Version translates it
Across 16 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: dig, [idiom] make (a banquet), open.
Verses using כָּרָה
All 16 verses, quoted in full.
Genesis 26:25 · KJV
And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of the LORD, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac’s servants digged a well.
Genesis 50:5 · KJV
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.
Exodus 21:33 · KJV
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;
Numbers 21:18 · KJV
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:
2 Chronicles 16:14 · KJV
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.
Job 6:27 · KJV
Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend.
Psalm 7:15 · KJV
He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.
Psalm 22:16 · KJV
For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
Psalm 40:6 · KJV
Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.
Psalm 57:6 · KJV
They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen themselves. Selah.
Psalm 94:13 · KJV
That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked.
Psalm 119:85 · KJV
The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law.
Proverbs 16:27 · KJV
An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.
Proverbs 26:27 · KJV
Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him.
Jeremiah 18:20 · KJV
Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them, and to turn away thy wrath from them.
Jeremiah 18:22 · KJV
Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.
Common questions
What does Strong's H3738 mean?
H3738 is the Hebrew word כָּרָה (kârâh), meaning properly, to dig; figuratively, to plot; generally, to bore or open.
How is H3738 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it digged (8 times), dig (2 times), made (2 times), pierced (1 time), hast thou opened (1 time), among others.
How many times does H3738 appear in the Bible?
כָּרָה (kârâh) is tagged in 16 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H3738 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root.
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