Definition

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

Etymology

a primitive root; also denominative from H7023 (קִיר)

Word family

• קִיר qîyr

How the KJV renders it

• break down
• cast out
• destroy
• dig

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.