Karkor - foundation, a place in the open desert wastes on the east of Jordan (Judges 8:10), not far beyond Succoth and Penuel, to the south. Here Gideon overtook and routed a fugitive band of Midianites under Zebah and Zalmunna, whom he took captive.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Easton, Matthew George (1897). "Karkor". Easton's Bible Dictionary (New and revised ed.). T. Nelson and Sons.