קוֹרָה qôwrâh

Meaning

a rafter (forming trenches as it were); by implication, a roof

In the King James Version: beam, roof.

Derivation: or קֹרָה; from H6979 (קוּר);

Where it is used

• Genesis 19:8 Look, I have two daughters who have never slept with a man. Let me bring them to you, and you can do to them as you please. But do not do anything to these men, for they have come under the protection of my roof.”
• 2 Kings 6:2 Please let us go to the Jordan, where each of us can get a log so we can build ourselves a place to live there.” “Go,” said Elisha.
• 2 Kings 6:5 As one of them was cutting down a tree, the iron axe head fell into the water. “Oh, my master,” he cried out, “it was borrowed!”
• 2 Chronicles 3:7 He overlaid its beams, thresholds, walls, and doors with gold, and he carved cherubim on the walls.
• Song of Solomon 1:17 The beams of our house are cedars; our rafters are fragrant firs.