Quick Definition
beam
Strong's Definition
a rafter (forming trenches as it were); by implication, a roof
Derivation: or קֹרָה; from H6979 (קוּר);
KJV Usage: beam, roof.
TWOT Reference: 2068d
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) rafter, beam
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
קוֹרָה (qo.rah) — beam. rafter, beam
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun f · קרה
Wood
log = length of cut timber ◄ cut from a tree; ► used for the construction of a building
Buildings
roof literally: beam, rafter; hence: = covering of a house ◄ normally supported by beams and rafters; ≈ associated with shade and security
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
קוֹרָה n.f. rafter, beam (prop. a thing meeting, fitting into, another) base