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Karkaa — the meaning of the Hebrew name קַרְקַע

קַרְקַע

Qarqaʻ · pronounced kar-kah' · Strong's H7173 · a place

Karkaa means ground-floor.

Built from

קַרְקַע qarqaʻ (the same as, H7172) — floor (as if a pavement of pieces or tesseræ), of a building or the sea open in the lexicon ›

Strong's definition

the same as H7172; ground-floor; Karka (with the article prefix), a place in Palestine.

First appearance

Josh 15:3 And it went out to the south side to Maaleh–acrabbim, and passed along to Zin, and ascended up on the south side unto Kadesh–barnea, and passed along to Hezron, and went up to Adar, and fetched a compass to Karkaa: (KJV)

Every verse that names Karkaa

1 occurrence in 1 verse — Joshua

Josh 15:3

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