Karkor — the meaning of the Hebrew name קַרְקֹר

קַרְקֹר

Qarqôr · pronounced kar-kore' · Strong's H7174 · a place

Karkor means foundation.

Built from

קוּר qûwr (from, H6979) — to trench open in the lexicon ›

Strong's definition

from H6979; foundation; Karkor, a place East of the Jordan.

First appearance

Judg 8:10 Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their hosts with them, about fifteen thousand men, all that were left of all the hosts of the children of the east: for there fell an hundred and twenty thousand men that drew sword. (KJV)

Every verse that names Karkor

1 occurrence in 1 verse — Judges

Judg 8:10

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Definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); occurrences from the Westminster Leningrad Codex via Hebrew Explorer's interlinear.

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