HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7174
קַרְקֹר
qar.qor — Karkor
§ Karkor = "foundation" a place east of the Jordan in Gilead where Zebah and Zalmunna were again routed by Gideon
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Karkor
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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Historical dictionary entry
Foundation, a place in the open desert wastes on the east of Jordan (Judg. 8:10), not far beyond Succoth and Penuel, to the south. Here Gideon overtook and routed a fugitive band of Midianites under Zeba and Zalmunna, whom he took captive.
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.