Strong's Lexicon

H3603

H3603 — כִּכָר

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewkikkarnoun femOccurrences: 68

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H3603
Word:	כִּכָר
Part of Speech:	noun fem
Etymology:	from H3769
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	68
Transliteration:	kikkar
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	kik-kawr'
Meaning:	1. a circle 2. (by implication) a circumjacent tract or region, expec. the Ghor or valley of the Jordan 3. also a (round) loaf 4. also a talent (or large (round) coin)
KJV Renderings:	loaf, morsel, piece, plain, talent.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB4211

כִּכָּר noun feminine^{Gen 13:10} Exod 29:32 a round : hence

1. a round district.

2. a round loaf.

3. a round weight, talent

(Late Hebrew id.; loaf, weight, talent; Aramaic כַּכְּרָא, [untranscribed source text 2664] talent; Tel Amarna gaggaru kaspu Wkl^{No. 35, Rev. 14} Christian-Palestinian Aramaic [untranscribed source text 2665], of honey-comb Schw^{Idioticon 46}; on formative see Ba^{NB 204}); — absolute ׳ כ Gen 13:12 +; construct כִּכַּר 1Sam 2:36 +; dual כִּכְּרַיִם כֶּסֶף 1Kgs 16:24; 2Kgs 5:23, כִּכָּרָ֑יִם 2Kgs 5:23 plural כִּכָּרִים 1Chr 22:14 (twice in verse) + 7 t. chr; construct כִּכְּרֵי 2Kgs 5:5 + 2 t. Chronicles; כִּכְּרוֺת (loaves) Judg 8:5; 1Sam 10:3 —

1. the round (or oval) especially of the Jordan valley, כִּכַּר הַיַּרְדֵּן Gen 13:10; Gen 13:11; 1Kgs 7:46 = 2Chr 4:17 absolute הַכִּכָּר Gen 19:17; Gen 19:25; Deut 34:3; 2Sam 18:23 ׳ אֶרֶץ הַכּ Gen 19:28 ׳ עָרֵי הַכּ Gen 13:12; Gen 19:29, see GASm^{G 505} Buhl^{G. 112}; district of Jerusalem, ׳ הַכּ Neh 3:22; Neh 12:28.

2. loaf of bread (from round shape), כִּכַּר לָ֑חֶם 1Sam 2:36; , compare Exod 29:23; Jer 37:21; 1Chr 16:3 כִּכְּרוֺת לֶחֶם 1Sam 10:3; Judg 8:5.

a. a weight (also from shape), כִּכַּר עֹפֶרֶת Zech 5:7 a weight of lead, serving as cover of an ephah.

b. a particular unit of weight, talent, usually of gold or silver: — זָהָבּ ׳ כ 2Sam 12:30 ; 2Kgs 9:14 + 18 t.; כֶּסֶף ׳ כ 1Kgs 20:39 ; 2Kgs 5:5 + 21 t.; but also of iron, בַּרְזֶל 1Chr 29:7, and bronze נְחשֶׁת Exod 38:29; 1Chr 29:7. — The weight of the talent was 58.944 kilograms (= 129.97 lbs.) according to older (Babylonian) standard, later 49.11 king (= 108.29 lbs.) and less; see Benz^{Archaeology 187 ff.} 194 Now^{Archaeology i. 208 f.} — See also שֶׁקֶל.

BDB9625

כרר (√ of following; compare Biblical Hebrew כרר, כִּכָּר 3).

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

ככר (kik-kahr’)

Exodus 25:39

KJV: Of a talent of pure gold shall he make it, with all these vessels.

EHCC: a talent of pure gold

Deuteronomy 34:3

KJV: And the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, unto Zoar.

EHCC: the plain of the valley ( seventy

Judges 8:5

KJV: And he said unto the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, loaves of bread unto the people that follow me; for they be faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian.

EHCC: Give, I pray you, loaves of bread .

1 Chronicles 16:3

KJV: And he dealt to every one of Israel, both man and woman, to every one a loaf of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine.

EHCC: to every one a loaf of bread,

1 Chronicles 7:0

EHCC: f gold five thousand talents

2 Chronicles 3:8

KJV: And he made the most holy house, the length whereof was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits: and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents.

EHCC: {gmounting) to six hundred talents.

Ezra 8:26

KJV: I even weighed unto their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and silver vessels an hundred talents, and of gold an hundred talents;

EHCC: six hundred and fifty falents of silver, and

Nehemiah 3:22

KJV: And after him repaired the priests, the men of the plain.

EHCC: the men of the plain,

Esther 3:9

KJV: If it please the king, let it be written that they may be destroyed: and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver to the hands of those that have the charge of the business, to bring it into the king’s treasuries.that they…: Heb. to destroy thempay: Heb. weigh

EHCC: 1 will pas ten thousand faleate of

Proverbs 6:26

KJV: For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.the adulteress: Heb. the woman of a man, or, a man’s wife

EHCC: a piece of bread:

Jeremiah 37:91

EHCC: 4 piece of bread

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