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Lexicon :: Strong's H3603 - kikār

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כִּכָּר
Transliteration
kikār
Pronunciation
kik-kawr'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

כִּכָּר kikkâr, kik-kawr'; from H3769; a circle, i.e. (by implication) a circumjacent tract or region, especially the Ghor or valley of the Jordan; also a (round) loaf; also a talent (or large [round] coin):—loaf, morsel, piece, plain, talent.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 68x

The KJV translates Strong's H3603 in the following manner: talent (48x), plain (12x), loaf (4x), piece (2x), country (1x), morsel (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 68x
The KJV translates Strong's H3603 in the following manner: talent (48x), plain (12x), loaf (4x), piece (2x), country (1x), morsel (1x).
  1. round

    1. a round district (environs of the Jordan valley)

    2. a round loaf (of bread)

    3. a round weight, talent (of gold, silver, bronze, iron)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
כִּכָּר kikkâr, kik-kawr'; from H3769; a circle, i.e. (by implication) a circumjacent tract or region, especially the Ghor or valley of the Jordan; also a (round) loaf; also a talent (or large [round] coin):—loaf, morsel, piece, plain, talent.
STRONGS H3603: Abbreviations
כִּכָּר noun feminineGenesis 13:10 Exodus 29:32; a round : hence
1. a round district.
2. a round loaf.
3. a round weight, talent (Late Hebrew id.; loaf, weight, talent; Aramaic כַּכְּרָא, bdb050304 talent; Tel Amarna gaggaru kaspu WklNo. 35, Rev. 14 Christian-Palestinian Aramaic bdb050305, of honey-comb SchwIdioticon 46; on formative see BaNB 204); — absolute כ׳ Genesis 13:12 +; construct כִּכַּר 1 Samuel 2:36 +; dual כִּכְּרַיִם כֶּסֶף 1 Kings 16:24; 2 Kings 5:23, כִּכָּרָ֑יִם 2 Kings 5:23; plural כִּכָּרִים 1 Chronicles 22:14 (twice in verse) + 7 times Chronicles; construct כִּכְּרֵי 2 Kings 5:5 + 2 times Chronicles; כִּכְּרוֺת (loaves) Judges 8:5; 1 Samuel 10:3; —
†1. the round (or oval) especially of the Jordan valley, כִּכַּר הַיַּרְדֵּן Genesis 13:10, 11; 1 Kings 7:46 2 Chronicles 4:17; absolute הַכִּכָּר Genesis 19:17, 25; Deuteronomy 34:3; 2 Samuel 18:23; אֶרֶץ הַכּ׳ Genesis 19:28; עָרֵי הַכּ׳ Genesis 13:12; Genesis 19:29, see GASmG 505 BuhlG. 112; district of Jerusalem, הַכּ׳ Nehemiah 3:22; Nehemiah 12:28.
2. loaf of bread (from round shape), כִּכַּר לָ֑חֶם 1 Samuel 2:36; Proverbs 6:36, compare Exodus 29:23; Jeremiah 37:21; 1 Chronicles 16:3; כִּכְּרוֺת לֶחֶם 1 Samuel 10:3; Judges 8:5.
3.
†a. a weight (also from shape), כִּכַּר עֹפֶרֶת Zechariah 5:7 a weight of lead, serving as cover of an ephah.
b. a particular unit of weight, talent, usually of gold or silver: — זָהָבּ כ׳ 2 Samuel 12:30; 2 Kings 9:14 + 18 times; כֶּסֶף כ׳ 1 Kings 20:39; 2 Kings 5:5 + 21 times; but also of iron, בַּרְזֶל 1 Chronicles 29:7, and bronze נְחשֶׁת Exodus 38:29; 1 Chronicles 29:7. — The weight of the talent was 58.944 kilograms (= 129.97 lbs.) according to older (Babylonian) standard, later 49.11 kilograms (= 108.29 lbs.) and less; see BenzArchaeology 187 ff.194 NowArchaeology i. 208 f. — See also H8255 שֶׁקֶל.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

13:10; 13:10; 13:11; 13:12; 13:12; 19:17; 19:25; 19:28; 19:29

Exodus

29:23; 29:32; 38:29

Deuteronomy

34:3

Judges

8:5; 8:5

1 Samuel

2:36; 2:36; 10:3; 10:3

2 Samuel

12:30; 18:23

1 Kings

7:46; 16:24; 20:39

2 Kings

5:5; 5:5; 5:23; 5:23; 9:14

1 Chronicles

16:3; 22:14; 29:7; 29:7

2 Chronicles

4:17

Nehemiah

3:22; 12:28

Jeremiah

37:21

Zechariah

5:7

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3603 matches the Hebrew כִּכָּר (kikār),
which occurs 10 times in 9 verses in '2Ch' in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:8 - And he made the Most Holy Place. Its length, corresponding to the breadth of the house, was twenty cubits, and its breadth was twenty cubits. He overlaid it with 600 talents[fn] of fine gold.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:17 - In the plain of the Jordan the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredah.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:18 - And Hiram sent to him by the hand of his servants ships and servants familiar with the sea, and they went to Ophir together with the servants of Solomon and brought from there 450 talents[fn] of gold and brought it to King Solomon.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:9 - Then she gave the king 120 talents[fn] of gold, and a very great quantity of spices, and precious stones. There were no spices such as those that the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:13 - Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was 666 talents of gold,
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:6 - He hired also 100,000 mighty men of valor from Israel for 100 talents[fn] of silver.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:9 - And Amaziah said to the man of God, “But what shall we do about the hundred talents that I have given to the army of Israel?” The man of God answered, “The LORD is able to give you much more than this.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 27:5 - He fought with the king of the Ammonites and prevailed against them. And the Ammonites gave him that year 100 talents[fn] of silver, and 10,000 cors[fn] of wheat and 10,000 of barley. The Ammonites paid him the same amount in the second and the third years.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:3 - Then the king of Egypt deposed him in Jerusalem and laid on the land a tribute of a hundred talents of silver and a talent[fn] of gold.
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