Strong's Lexicon

H3733

H3733 — כַּר

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

Hebrewkarnoun mascOccurrences: 16TWOT: 1046a

Definition / Gloss

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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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB3959

I. [כָּר] noun [masculine] basket-saddle,

for basket-saddle read < camelpalankeen; the palankeen, or tent-like erection, on the saddle (BurckhBedouins and Wahabys, 266 DoughtyArab. Des. i. 437. ii. 304 LaneModern Egyptians (5) ii. 158 and elsewhere), which seems intended here, is distinct from the basket or pannier (in which some women also traveled, PorterTravels ii. 232.). בְּכַרהַֿגָּמָל Gen 31:34 in the camel-basket, i.e. the basket-saddle of the camel, a sort of palankeen bound upon the saddle proper (compare Kn in Di and references) II. כַּר see in alphabetical order.


BDB4176

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). —


BDB4209

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


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

כרף (tch'-reph)

Genesis 49:9

KJV: Judah is a lion’s whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up?
EHCC: 8 lion's whelp: from the

Numbers 23:24

KJV: Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain.
EHCC: not lie Prins Me he cal (cf) the prey, 0

Job 4:11

KJV: The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion’s whelps are scattered abroad.
EHCC: The old lion perisheth for lack of prey,

Job 39:17

KJV: Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.
EHCC: plu ed the spoil out of his teetli.

Job 38:39

KJV: Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,the appetite: Heb. the life
EHCC: Wilt thou hunt the

Psalms 76:4

KJV: Thou art more glorious and excellent than the mountains of prey.
EHCC: (B). excellent than the mountaine of prey.

Psalms 104:21

KJV: The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.
EHCC: pepe lions roar after their prey, (lit.

Psalms 124:6

KJV: Blessed be the Lord, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.
EHCC: hath not gives us (a (a8) a prey

Proverbs 81:15

EHCC: giveth meat to her .

Isaiah 5:29

KJV: Their roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry it away safe, and none shall deliver it.
EHCC: lay hold of the prey, /

Isaiah 81:4

EHCC: the young lion roaring on Ais prey, /

Ezekiel 17:9

KJV: Say thou, Thus saith the Lord God; Shall it prosper? shall he not pull up the roots thereof, and cut off the fruit thereof, that it wither? it shall wither in all the leaves of her spring, even without great power or many people to pluck it up by the roots thereof.
EHCC: wither in all the leaves of her spring :

Ezekiel 19:3

KJV: And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men.
EHCC: it learned to catch the prey

Ezekiel 92:25

EHCC: like a roaring lion ravening the prey; 1

Amos 3:4

KJV: Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? will a young lion cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing?cry: Heb. give forth his voice
EHCC: whex he hath no 7

Amos 8:1

KJV: Thus hath the Lord God shewed unto me: and behold a basket of summer fruit.
EHCC: departeth not ;

Malachi 3:10

KJV: Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.pour…: Heb. empty out
EHCC: that there may be meat in mine house,

Genesis 31:39

KJV: That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee; I bare the loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it, whether stolen by day, or stolen by night.
EHCC: That which was torn (of beasts) ; Asli? . ;

Leviticus 7:94

EHCC: the fat of that which ל הש |-=] \ מו I

Leviticus 17:15

KJV: And every soul that eateth that which died of itself, or that which was torn with beasts, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger, he shall both wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even: then shall he be clean.that which died…: Heb. a carcase
EHCC: or that which was torn i Veo -

Leviticus 22:8

KJV: That which dieth of itself, or is torn with beasts, he shall not eat to defile himself therewith: I am the Lord.
EHCC: dieth of itself, or is torn ec [

Nahum 3:12

KJV: All thy strong holds shall be like fig trees with the firstripe figs: if they be shaken, they shall even fall into the mouth of the eater.
EHCC: (13). his dens with ravin, 1
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