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HebrewH3739Verb

כָּרָה

ka.rah

4Occurrences
H3739Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

to purchase

usually assigned as a primitive root, but probably only a special application of H3738 (כָּרָה) (through the common idea of planning implied in a bargain);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
(Qal) to get by trade, trade, buy, bargain over

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

H:V

Full Description

Hebrew Verb

Occurrences

כָּרָה appears 4 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

2 Kings
1
Deuteronomy
1
Hosea
1
Job
1

Key Passages

2 Kings 6:23BSB

So the king prepared a great feast for them, and after they had finished eating and drinking, he sent them away, and they returned to their master. And the Aramean raiders did not come into the land of Israel again.

Deuteronomy 2:6BSB

You are to pay them in silver for the food you eat and the water you drink.’”

Hosea 3:2BSB

So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer and a lethech of barley.

Job 6:27BSB

You would even cast lots for an orphanand barter away your friend.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.