Strong's Lexicon

H3735

H3735 — כָּרָא

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

AramaicKaraverbOccurrences: 1TWOT: 2799

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H3735
Word:	כָּרָא
Part of Speech:	verb
Etymology:	(Aramaic) probably corresponding to H3738 in the sense of piercing (figuratively)
Language:	Aramaic
Occurrences:	1
Transliteration:	Kara
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	kaw-raw'
Meaning:	1. to grieve
KJV Renderings:	be grieved.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB9621

[כְּרָא] verb

Ithpe`el be distressed (compare כַּרְיָא III. adjective suffering, כְּ רִיוּחָא noun id. D^{WB 197}; Syriac [untranscribed source text 6052] be short, abridged, [untranscribed source text 6053] it grieved me; [untranscribed source text 6054] pain, grief; compare Assyrian kûru , pain; also [untranscribed source text 6055] (derived species) be ill, Arabic [untranscribed source text 6056] dislike, shrink from); — Perfect 3 masculine singular אִתְכְּכְּ רִיַת רוּחִי (K^{§ 47. Beisp. 2}) Dn¹⁵.

Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

כרא (k’rah)

Daniel 7:15

KJV: I Daniel was grieved in my spirit in the midst of my body, and the visions of my head troubled me.body: Chaldee, sheath

EHCC: 1 Daniel was grieved in my spirit