# H6979 קוּר

קוּר (qûwr), Strong’s H6979: to trench; by implication, to throw forth; to wall up, whether literal (to build a wall) or figurative (to estop) KJV: break down, cast out, destroy, dig.. Occurs 6 times.

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*qûwr* — to trench; by implication, to throw forth; to wall up, whether literal (to build a wall) or figurative (to estop)

KJV: break down, cast out, destroy, dig.

Derived from [קִיר qîyr](https://besorah.bible/word/H7023) (a wall)

Occurs 6 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- [קוּר] vb. bore, dig
- קָרַר vb
- [קָרַר] vb. be cold;—Hiph. make or keep cool
- קָרַר vb
- [קָרַר] vb. Pilp. tear down(?);—only Is 22:5

## Where it occurs
- [Numbers 24:17](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/24?v=17) — I see him, but not now. I see him, but not near. A star will come out of Jacob. A scepter will rise out of Israel, and…
- [2 Kings 19:24](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/19?v=24) — I have dug and drunk strange waters, and I will dry up all the rivers of Egypt with the sole of my feet.”
- [Isaiah 22:5](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/22?v=5) — For it is a day of confusion, and of treading down, and of perplexity from the Lord, GOD of Hosts, in the valley of…
- [Isaiah 37:25](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/37?v=25) — I have dug and drunk water, and with the sole of my feet I will dry up all the rivers of Egypt.”
- [Jeremiah 6:7](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/6?v=7) — As a well produces its waters, so she produces her wickedness. Violence and destruction is heard in her. Sickness and…