קַרְקַעqarqaʻ

floor, probably reduplication from a √ קרר, or קור (1 Kings 6:16; 1 Kings 7:7; Numbers 5:17; 1 Kings 6:15; 1 Kings 6:30)

Pronunciation: kar-kah' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7172

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 8 times in the Bible.

  • Numbers 5:17 He must take some holy water in a clay jar and pour into it dust he has taken from the Tabernacle floor.
  • 1 Kings 6:15 The entire inside, from floor to ceiling, was paneled with wood. He paneled the walls and ceilings with cedar, and he used planks of cypress for the floors.
  • 1 Kings 6:16 He partitioned off an inner sanctuary—the Most Holy Place—at the far end of the Temple. It was 30 feet deep and was paneled with cedar from floor to ceiling.
  • 1 Kings 6:30 He overlaid the floor in both rooms with gold.
  • 1 Kings 7:7 Solomon also built the throne room, known as the Hall of Justice, where he sat to hear legal matters. It was paneled with cedar from floor to ceiling.
  • Amos 9:3 Even if they hide at the very top of Mount Carmel, I will search them out and capture them. Even if they hide at the bottom of the ocean, I will send the sea serpent after them to bite them.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).