BDB3959
I. [כָּר] noun [masculine] basket-saddle,
Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
| Strong's Number: | H3733 |
|---|---|
| Word: | כַּר |
| Part of Speech: | noun masc |
| Etymology: | from H3769 in the sense of plumpness |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 16 |
| Transliteration: | kar |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | kar |
| Meaning: | 1. a ram (as full-grown and fat), including a battering-ram (as butting) 2. (hence) a meadow (as for sheep) 3. also a pad or camel's saddle (as puffed out) |
| KJV Renderings: | captain, furniture, lamb, (large) pasture, ram. See also H1033, H3746. |
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I. [כָּר] noun [masculine] basket-saddle,
II. כַּר noun masculine Ps 65:14 pasture (√ dubious; Thes derives from כַּר lamb (=lamb-pasturage); SchwZAW x. (1890) 186 from כרה, and compare Assyrian kirû [which however = nursery of trees, grove DlHWB 353], Arabic [untranscribed source text 2627] cistern; HomNS 100 from כרר q. v., originally = round enclosure); — singular only כַּד נִדְחָ֑בּ Isa 30:23 a roomy pasture; plural כָּרִים Ps 37:20, הַצּאֹןלָֽבְשׁוּ ׳ כ Ps 65:14 the pastures are clothed with the sheep (> Schwl.c. who translates lambs Ps 37:20 after Aq ᵑ6 ᵑ7 and Ps 65:14, and understands Isa 30:23 of a definite plural). —
II. כַּר noun [masculine] he-lamb, battering-ram (Assyrian kirru , Zim in SchwZAW x. (1890), 186; perhaps lamb from dancing, skipping, galloping in field; (battering-) ram as in English, from butting; compare Arabic [untranscribed source text 2663] ram and buttress, Lane; also battering-ram compare Dozyii. 440); — singular only Isa 16:1 the lamb of the ruler (as tribute); elsewhere plural כָּרִים Amos 6:4; 1Sam 15:9; 2Kgs 3:4; Jer 51:40 (in simile), Ezek 27:21 ; Ezek 39:18 ׳ חֵלֶב כ Deut 32:14 the fat of lambs; ׳ דַּם כ וְעַתּוּדִים Isa 34:6 the blood of lambs and goats; כָּרִים = battering-rams Ezek 4:2; Ezek 21:27 (twice in verse) (in va Co reads שָׂרִים, compare AV ; ᵑ0 RV as above). — See also בֵּית כָּ֑ר p. I I I above
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
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Genesis 49:9
Numbers 23:24
Job 4:11
Job 39:17
Job 38:39
Psalms 76:4
Psalms 104:21
Psalms 124:6
Proverbs 81:15
Isaiah 5:29
Isaiah 81:4
Ezekiel 17:9
Ezekiel 19:3
Ezekiel 92:25
Amos 3:4
Amos 8:1
Malachi 3:10
Genesis 31:39
Leviticus 7:94
Leviticus 17:15
Leviticus 22:8
Nahum 3:12