Qôrêʼ — H7124

Definition

masculine noun

a caller, i.e. partridge (from its cry)

1. partridge

Usually translated as

partridge

Origin

properly, active participle of H7121

• Qârâʼ (H7121)

Occurrences

Qôrêʼ occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Samuel (1), Jeremiah (1)

• 1 Samuel 26:20 — Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth before the face of the LORD: for the king of Israel is come out to seek a flea, as when one doth hunt a partridge (הַקֹּרֵ֖א) in the mountains.
• Jeremiah 17:11 — As the partridge (קֹרֵ֤א) sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.