King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H5365
Transliteration: naqar
Phonetic Spelling: (naw-kar')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to bore, pick, dig
Meaning: to bore, pick, dig
Word Summary
naqar: to bore, pick, dig
Original Word: נָקַרTransliteration: naqar
Phonetic Spelling: (naw-kar')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to bore, pick, dig
Meaning: to bore, pick, dig
Strong's Concordance
dig, pick out, pierce, put thrust out A primitive root; to bore (penetrate, quarry) -- dig, pick out, pierce, put (thrust) out.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H5365. naqar
[נָקַר] verb bore, pick, dig (Late Hebrew id., Aramaic נְקַר id.; Arabic perforate, bore out, hollow out Lane2838; Ethiopic be one-eyed Di645); —
Qal Imperfect3masculine plural suffix יִקְּרוּהָ Proverbs 30:17; Infinitive נְקוֺר 1 Samuel 11:3, both of boring, or picking out eye (accusative).
Pi`el Imperfect. 2 masculine singular תְּנַקֵּר Numbers 16:14 (JE), 3 masculine plural וַיְנַקְּרוּ Judges 16:21 both of boring out eyes (accusative); Perfect3masculine singular נִקַּר Job 30:17 he (or it, i.e. the night) boreth my bones מֵעָלָ֑י (of effects of elephantiasis; Bu reads נֻקַּר).
Pu`al Perfect2masculine plural נֻקַּרְתֶּם Isaiah 51:1 the quarry (from which) ye were digged.