# H7172 קַרְקַע

קַרְקַע (qarqaʻ), Strong’s H7172: floor (as if a pavement of pieces or tesseroe), of abuilding or the sea KJV: bottom, ([idiom] one side of the) floor.. Occurs 8 times.

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*qarqaʻ* — floor (as if a pavement of pieces or tesseroe), of abuilding or the sea

KJV: bottom, ([idiom] one side of the) floor.

Derived from [קָרַע qâraʻ](https://besorah.bible/word/H7167) (to rend, literally or figuratively)

Occurs 8 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- קַרְקַע n.[m.] floor

## Where it occurs
- [Numbers 5:17](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/5?v=17) — The priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel; and the priest shall take some of the dust that is on the floor…
- [1 Kings 6:15](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/6?v=15) — He built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar; from the floor of the house to the walls of the ceiling…
- [1 Kings 6:16](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/6?v=16) — He built twenty cubits of the back part of the house with boards of cedar from the floor to the ceiling. He built this…
- [1 Kings 6:30](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/6?v=30) — He overlaid the floor of the house with gold, inside and outside.
- [1 Kings 7:7](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/7?v=7) — He made the porch of the throne where he was to judge, even the porch of judgment; and it was covered with cedar from…
- [Amos 9:3](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/amos/9?v=3) — Though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out from there; and though they be hidden…