Lexicon :: Strong's H3733 - kar

כַּר

Transliteration

kar

Pronunciation

kar

Part of Speech

masculine noun

Root Word (Etymology)

From כָּרַר (H3769) in the sense of plumpness

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1046a

Strong's Info

Strong’s Definitions

כַּר kar, kar; from H3769 in the sense of plumpness; a ram (as full-grown and fat), including a battering-ram (as butting); hence, a meadow (as for sheep); also a pad or camel's saddle (as puffed out):—captain, furniture, lamb, (large) pasture, ram. See also H1033, H3746.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x

The KJV translates Strong's H3733 in the following manner: lamb (10x), pasture (2x), ram (2x), furniture (1x), captains (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x

The KJV translates Strong's H3733 in the following manner: lamb (10x), pasture (2x), ram (2x), furniture (1x), captains (1x).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

howdah, palanquin, basket saddle
1. an enclosed riding space erected on a camel's saddle
pasture, meadow
ram, lamb, he-lamb
battering-ram

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

STRONGS H3733: Abbreviations

† I. [כָּר] noun [masculine] basket-saddle, **for basket-saddle read < camelpalankeen; the palankeen, or tent-like erection, on the saddle (Burckh^{Bedouins and Wahabys, 266} Doughty^{Arab. Des. i. 437. ii. 304} Lane^{Modern Egyptians (5) ii. 158 and elsewhere}), which seems intended here, is distinct from the basket or pannier (in which some women also traveled, Porter^{Travels ii. 232.}). בְּכַרהַֿגָּמָל Genesis 31:34 in the camel-basket, i.e. the basket-saddle of the camel, a sort of palankeen bound upon the saddle proper (compare Kn in Di and references) II. כַּר see in alphabetical order.

† II. כַּר noun masculine^{Psalm 65:14} pasture (√ dubious; Thes derives from כַּר lamb (=lamb-pasturage); Schw^{ZAW x. (1890) 186} from כרה, and compare Assyrian kirû [which however = nursery of trees, grove Dl^{HWB 353}], Arabic cistern; Hom^{NS 100} from כרר which see, originally = round enclosure); — singular only כַּד נִדְחָ֑בּ Isaiah 30:23 a roomy pasture; plural כָּרִים Psalm 37:20, הַצּאֹןלָֽבְשׁוּ כ׳ Psalm 65:14 the pastures are clothed with the sheep (> Schw^l.c. who translates lambs Psalm 37:20 after Aq and Psalm 65:14, and understands Isaiah 30:23 of a definite plural). —

† II. כַּר noun [masculine] he-lamb, battering-ram (Assyrian kirru, Zim in Schw^{ZAW x. (1890), 186}; perhaps lamb from dancing, skipping, galloping in field; (battering-) ram as in English, from butting; compare Arabic ram and buttress, Lane; also battering-ram compare Dozy^{ii. 440}); — singular only Isaiah 16:1 the lamb of the ruler (as tribute); elsewhere plural כָּרִים Amos 6:4; 1 Samuel 15:9; 2 Kings 3:4; Jeremiah 51:40 (in simile), Ezekiel 27:21; Ezekiel 39:18; חֵלֶב כ׳ Deuteronomy 32:14 the fat of lambs; דַּם כ׳ וְעַתּוּדִים Isaiah 34:6 the blood of lambs and goats; כָּרִים = battering-rams Ezekiel 4:2; Ezekiel 21:27 (twice in verse) (in Ezekiel 21:27a Co reads שָׂרִים, compare AV; MT RV as above). — See also H1033 בֵּית כָּ֑ר.

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