Strong's Lexicon

H3739

H3739 — כָּרָה

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

HebrewkarahverbOccurrences: 3TWOT: 1036

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H3739
Word:	כָּרָה
Part of Speech:	verb
Etymology:	usually assigned as a primitive root, but probably only a special application of H3738 (through the common idea of planning implied in a bargain)
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	3
Transliteration:	karah
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	kaw-raw'
Meaning:	1. to purchase
KJV Renderings:	buy, prepare.

Use Strong's responsibly

Strong's is an index and starting point, not the final meaning of a word. Do not build doctrine from a gloss, root, or number. Test meaning by sentence, grammar, authorial usage, context, and the passage argument.

Read: Using Strong's Responsibly

Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB4183

II. [כָּרָה] verb get by trade, trade (Late Hebrew כִּירָה act of buying, purchase (so 'in den Küstenländern,' Levy^{NWB ii. 323 f.}); Arabic [untranscribed source text 2639] let for hire); — only

Qal Imperfect 1 singular suffix וָאֶכְּרֶהָ Hos 3:2 (dagesh forte dirimens, si vera punctat., Ges^{«GKC:20»§ 20}. 2, b; but compare We); 3 masculine plural יִכְרוּ Job 40:30 2 masculine plural תִּכְרוּ Deut 2:6; Job 6:27 — get by trade, buy, with accusative Hos 3:2; Deut 2:6 followed by -עַל trade in, make trade of Job 6:27; Job 40:30.

BDB4184

III. [כָּרָה] verb give a feast (literally perhaps bring (guests), invite ; compare Assyrian karû , bring, kirêtu , feast, kireti iškun , he gave a feast, Dl :HWB 352); — only

Qal Imperfect. with accusative of cognate meaning with verb, לָהֶם כֵּרָה גְדוֺלָהוַיִּכְרֶה 2Kgs 6:23 and he gave a great feast for them (the context requires this sense, but text dubious, Nö^{ZMG 1886, 724}, compare Klo ).

Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

כרה (keh-rah’)

Concordance entry

EHCC: א9 6:23.he prepared great provision I