Strong's Lexicon

H3759

H3759 — כַּרמֶל

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

Hebrewkarmelnoun mascOccurrences: 16TWOT: 1041

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H3759
Word:	כַּרמֶל
Part of Speech:	noun masc
Etymology:	from H3754
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	16
Transliteration:	karmel
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	kar-mel'
Meaning:	1. a planted field (garden, orchard, vineyard or park) 2. (by implication) garden produce
KJV Renderings:	full (green) ears (of corn), fruitful field (place), plentiful (field).

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB4200

I. כַּרְמֶל noun masculine^{Isa 29:17}

1. plantation, garden-land.

2. fruit, garden-growth

(ל + כֶּרֶם, compare Ges^{«GKC:85»§
85}, 52 Sta^{§
299}); — absolute ׳ כ Isa 16:10 + 12 t.; suffix כַּדְמִלּוֺ Isa 10:18 + 2 t.; —

1. garden-land, Isa 16:10 ׅ || ( כְּרָמִים, Isa 10:18 ׅ || (יַעַר, Isa 29:17 (twice in verse) (opposed to לְבָנוֺן יַעַר), Isa 32:15 (twice in verse) (opposed to מִדְבָּר יַעַר), Isa 32:16; Jer 4:26 (opposed to מִדְבָּר), Jer 48:33; 2Chr 26:10 (opposed to הֶהָרִים); ׳ אֶרֶץ הַכּ Jer 2:7 the country of garden-land, i.e. fertile; יַעַָר כַּרְמִלּוֺ 2Kgs 19:23 = Isa 37:24, the garden-like forest of it (namely of Lebanon). On Mic 7:14 see II. כַּרְמֶל .

2. by metonymy (fresh) fruit, garden growth, 2Kgs 4:42 (+ לֶחֶם שְׂעוֺרִים Lev 2:14 (+ קָוָּי בָּאֵשׁאָבִיב and גֶּרֶשׂ, q. v.); ׳ לֶחֶם וְקָלִי וכ Lev 23:14.

Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

כר (kar)

Genesis 31:34

KJV: Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the camel’s furniture, and sat upon them. And Laban searched all the tent, but found them not.searched: Heb. felt

EHCC: put them in the camel’s furniture,

2 Kings 3:4

KJV: And Mesha king of Moab was a sheepmaster, and rendered unto the king of Israel an hundred thousand lambs, and an hundred thousand rams, with the wool.

EHCC: an hundred thousand lambs, 1

2 Kings 65:18

EHCC: (14). pastures are 61 - 3

Isaiah 80:23

EHCC: day shall thy cattle feed in large pastures.

Jeremiah 51:40

KJV: I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with he goats.

EHCC: 1 will bring them down like lambs

Jeremiah 39:18

KJV: For I will surely deliver thee, and thou shalt not fall by the sword, but thy life shall be for a prey unto thee: because thou hast put thy trust in me, saith the Lord.

EHCC: of rams, of lambs, and of goats,

Amos 6:4

KJV: That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall;stretch…: or, abound with superfluities

EHCC: eat the lambs out of the flock,