Strong's Lexicon

H3767

H3767 — כָּרָע

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

Hebrewkaranoun femOccurrences: 9TWOT: 1044a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H3767
Word:	כָּרָע
Part of Speech:	noun fem
Etymology:	from H3766
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	9
Transliteration:	kara
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	` (kaw-raw') n-f.
Meaning:	1. the leg (from the knee to the ankle) of men or locusts (only in the dual)
KJV Renderings:	leg.

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BDB4206

[כֶּ֫רַע] noun [feminine] leg, (Late Hebrew כֶּרַע, Aramaic כַּרְעָא, [untranscribed source text 2656] — only dual feminine כְּרָעַיִם Lev 11:21 + 3 t.; כְּרָעָ֑יִם Lev 9:14 sf כְּרָעָיו Exod 12:9 + 3 t.; — two (bending) legs, of animals in ritual phrase of P , ראֹשׁוֺ עַלכְּֿרָעָיו Exod 12:9 his head with his legs, Lev 4:11 (ה)קרב(ו) ו(ה)כרע (יוׅ (his) inwards and ( his) legs Exod 29:17; Lev 1:9; Lev 1:13; Lev 8:21; Lev 9:14; Amos 3:12 (of legs of lamb in mouth of lion); of the long bending hinder legs of the Saltatorial Orthoptera (see Tristr^{Nat. Hist. Bib. 309}; Dr^{Joel 84}) Lev 11:21 אשׁר לוֺ כְרָעַיִם מִמַּעַל לְרַגְלָיו לְנַתֵּר בָּהֵן עַל הָאָרֶץ which have bending legs above their feet, etc.

Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

כרעים (krah-gah’-yim)

Exodus 12:9

KJV: Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire; his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof.

EHCC: his head with Ais legs,

Exodus 29:17

KJV: And thou shalt cut the ram in pieces, and wash the inwards of him, and his legs, and put them unto his pieces, and unto his head.unto: or, upon

EHCC: the inwards of bim, and his legs, 1

Leviticus 1:9

KJV: But his inwards and his legs shall he wash in water: and the priest shall burn all on the altar, to be a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord.

EHCC: his inwards and his legs /

Leviticus 4:11

KJV: And the skin of the bullock, and all his flesh, with his head, and with his legs, and his inwards, and his dung,

EHCC: with hin head, and with his legs, |

Leviticus 8:21

KJV: And he washed the inwards and the legs in water; and Moses burnt the whole ram upon the altar: it was a burnt sacrifice for a sweet savour, and an offering made by fire unto the Lord; as the Lord commanded Moses.

EHCC: & 9:14. the inwards and the legs 1

Leviticus 11:91

EHCC: מסומש. have legs above their feet, 1

Amos 8:12

KJV: And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the Lord, and shall not find it.

EHCC: out of the mouth of the lion fico le, |