Study Dictionary
Karkor
In Bible versions:
Karkor: NET AVS NIV NRSV NASB TEV
a town in Transjordania (OS)
they rested
they rested
Google Maps:
Karkor (32° 11´, 35° 42´)
Hebrew
Strongs #07174: rqrq Qarqor
Karkor = "foundation"1) a place east of the Jordan in Gilead where Zebah and Zalmunna
were again routed by Gideon
7174 Qarqor kar-kore'
from 6979; foundation; Karkor, a place East of theJordan:-Karkor.
see HEBREW for 06979
Karkor [EBD]
foundation, a place in the open desert wastes on the east of Jordan (Judg. 8:10), not far beyond Succoth and Penuel, to the south. Here Gideon overtook and routed a fugitive band of Midianites under Zeba and Zalmunna, whom he took captive.
Karkor [NAVE]
KARKOR, a city in Gad, Judg. 8:10.KARKOR [SMITH]
(foundation), the place in which Zebah and Zalmunna were again routed by Gideon, (Judges 8:10) must have been on the east of Jordan.KARKOR [ISBE]
KARKOR - kar'-kor (qarqor): An unidentified place where Gideon surprised and overwhelmed the remnants of the army of Zeba and Zalmunnah (Jdg 8:10 ff). It probably corresponds to Qarkar mentioned by Shalmaneser II, S. of Hamath (KB, I, 173).