Strong H37392 sensesכָּרָה

to trade · give a feast

Transliteration
kârâh
Pronunciation
kaw-raw'

The 2 senses of Strong H3739

The lexicon tells 2 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H3739 appears in 4 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

  1. to tradeH3739A(Qal) to get by trade, trade, buy, bargain over3 verses · Deuteronomy, Job, Hosea
  2. give a feastH3739Bto feed1 verse · 2 Kings

General definition

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.

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

  • buy2
  • make1
  • prepare1

First verses

  1. Deuteronomy 2:6
    Ye shall buy meat of them for money, that ye may eat; and ye shall also buy water of them for money, that ye may drink.
  2. 2 Kings 6:23
    And he prepared great provision for them: and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. So the bands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel.
  3. Job 41:6
    Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants?
  4. Hosea 3:2
    So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley: