- Original: נקר - Transliteration: Naqar - Phonetic: naw-kar' - Definition: 1. to bore, pick, dig, pick out a. (Qal) to bore, pick, dig b. (Piel) to bore out c. (Pual) to be dug out - Origin: a primitive root - TWOT entry: 1418 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root; to bore (penetrate quarry): - dig pick out pierce put (thrust) out. Total KJV Occurrences: 6 • digged, 1 Isaiah 51:1 • out, 4 Numbers 16:14; Judges 16:21; 1 Samuel 11:2; Proverbs 30:17 • pierced, 1 Job 30:17