karkor Summary and Overview
Bible Dictionaries at a Glance
karkor in Easton's Bible Dictionary
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 in Smith's Bible Dictionary
(foundation), the place in which Zebah and Zalmunna were again routed by Gideon, #Jud 8:10| must have been on the east of Jordan.
karkor in Schaff's Bible Dictionary
KAR'KOR (foundation), the scene of Gideon's final dispersion of the defeated hosts of Zebah and Zalmunna. Jud 8:10. It was "east of the Jordan, in the open region of the nomad tribes."
karkor in Fausset's Bible Dictionary
Where Gideon finally dispersed the remains of Zebah and Zalmunna's host (Judges 8:10-11), E. of Jordan, in the open region of the nomadic tribes. The rich plain En Nukrah in the Hauran. From a root "to dig," expressing deep soft level ground; related to Kerak, "an even floor."