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Lexicon :: Strong's H3739 - kārâ

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כָּרָה
Transliteration
kārâ
Pronunciation
kaw-raw'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Usually assigned as a primitive root, but probably only a special application of כָּרָה (H3738) (through the common idea of planning implied in a bargain)
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TWOT Reference: 1034

Strong’s Definitions

כָּרָה kârâh, kaw-raw'; usually assigned as a primitive root, but probably only a special application of H3738 (through the common idea of planning implied in a bargain); to purchase:—buy, prepare.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's H3739 in the following manner: buy (2x), prepared (1x), banquet (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's H3739 in the following manner: buy (2x), prepared (1x), banquet (1x).

  1. (Qal) to get by trade, trade, buy, bargain over

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
כָּרָה kârâh, kaw-raw'; usually assigned as a primitive root, but probably only a special application of H3738 (through the common idea of planning implied in a bargain); to purchase:—buy, prepare.
STRONGS H3739: Abbreviations
† II. [כָּרָה] verb get by trade, trade (Late Hebrew כִּירָה act of buying, purchase (so 'in den Küstenländern,' LevyNWB ii. 323 f.); Arabic bdb050010 let for hire); — only
Qal Imperfect 1st person singular suffix וָאֶכְּרֶהָ Hosea 3:2 (dagesh forte dirimens, si vera punctat., Ges§ 20. 2, b; but compare We); 3rd person masculine plural יִכְרוּ Job 40:30; 2nd person masculine plural תִּכְרוּ Deuteronomy 2:6; Job 6:27; — get by trade, buy, with accusative Hosea 3:2; Deuteronomy 2:6; followed by צַל־ trade in, make trade of Job 6:27; Job 40:30.

† III. [כָּרָה] verb give a feast (literally perhaps bring (guests), invite; compare Assyrian karû, bring, kirêtu, feast, kireti iškun, he gave a feast, DlHWB 352); — only Qal Imperfect. with accusative of congnate meaning with verb, לָהֶם כֵּרָה גְדוֺלָהוַיִּכְרֶה 2 Kings 6:23 and he gave a great feast for them (the context requires this sense, but text dubious, NöZMG 1886, 724, compare Klo).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Deuteronomy

2:6; 2:6

2 Kings

6:23

Job

6:27; 6:27

Hosea

3:2; 3:2

H3739

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3739 matches the Hebrew כָּרָה (kārâ),
which occurs 3 times in 3 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:6 - You shall purchase food from them with money, that you may eat, and you shall also buy water from them with money, that you may drink.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 6:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:23 - So he prepared for them a great feast, and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. And the Syrians did not come again on raids into the land of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 3:2 - So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer and a lethech[fn] of barley.
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