Word Study · Strong's H3537 · Hebrew
כַּד
kad
kad
“properly, a pail”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
properly, a pail; but generally of earthenware; a jar for domestic purposes
Rendered in the KJV as
barrel, pitcher.
- 18occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 4 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 15inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 18 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 15
- כַּ֤ד2
- כַּדָּהּ֙2
- מִכַּדֵּֽךְ׃2
- בַּכַּ֔ד1
- הַכַּדִּ֖ים1
- הַכַּדִּים֒1
- הַכַּדִּֽים׃1
- וְכַדָּ֖הּ1
- וְכַדָּ֣הּ1
- וְכַדִּ֣ים1
- כַּד֙1
- כַדָּ֖הּ1
and 3 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 10
- jar her4
- the jars3
- [the] jar of2
- and jar her2
- from jar your2
- [the] jar1
- and jars1
- in the jar1
- jar your1
- jars1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 10
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular4
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine plural3
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular2
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)2
- preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singular2
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural1
- noun · feminine singular1
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singular1
- noun · masculine plural1
- preposition with the article + noun · feminine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcfsc/Sp3fs · 4
- HTd/Ncmpa · 3
- HC/Ncfsc/Sp3fs · 2
- HNcfsc · 2
- HR/Ncfsc/Sp2fs · 2
- HC/Ncmpa · 1
- HNcfsa · 1
- HNcfsc/Sp2fs · 1
- HNcmpa · 1
- HRd/Ncfsa · 1
All 18, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Genesis carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Genesis9 occurrences
- Genesis 24:14כַדֵּךְ֙khadekhnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singularNow may it happen that the girl to whom I say, ‘Please let down your jar that I may drink,’ and who responds, ‘Drink, and I will water your camels as well’—let her be the one You have appointed for Your servant Isaac. By this I will know that You have shown kindness to my master.”here: jar your
- Genesis 24:15וְכַדָּ֖הּvekhadahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularBefore the servant had finished praying, Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah, the wife of Abraham’s brother Nahor.here: and jar her
- Genesis 24:16כַדָּ֖הּkhadahnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularNow the girl was very beautiful, a virgin who had not had relations with any man. She went down to the spring, filled her jar, and came up again.here: jar her
- Genesis 24:17מִכַּדֵּֽךְ׃mikadekhpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singularSo the servant ran to meet her and said, “Please let me have a little water from your jar.”here: from jar your
- Genesis 24:18כַּדָּ֛הּkadahnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular“Drink, my lord,” she replied, and she quickly lowered her jar to her hands and gave him a drink.here: jar her
- Genesis 24:20כַּדָּהּ֙kadahnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularAnd she quickly emptied her jar into the trough and ran back to the well to draw water, until she had drawn water for all his camels.here: jar her
- Genesis 24:43מִכַּדֵּֽךְ׃mikadekhpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singularHere I am, standing beside this spring. Now if a maiden comes out to draw water and I say to her, ‘Please let me drink a little water from your jar,’here: from jar your
- Genesis 24:45וְכַדָּ֣הּvekhadahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularAnd before I had finished praying in my heart, there was Rebekah coming out with her jar on her shoulder, and she went down to the spring and drew water. So I said to her, ‘Please give me a drink.’here: and jar her
- Genesis 24:46כַּדָּהּ֙kadahnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularShe quickly lowered her jar from her shoulder and said, ‘Drink, and I will water your camels as well.’ So I drank, and she also watered the camels.here: jar her
Judges4 occurrences
- Judges 7:16וְכַדִּ֣יםvekhadimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine pluralAnd he divided the three hundred men into three companies and gave each man a ram’s horn in one hand and a large jar in the other, containing a torch.here: and jars
- Judges 7:16הַכַּדִּֽים׃hakadimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluralAnd he divided the three hundred men into three companies and gave each man a ram’s horn in one hand and a large jar in the other, containing a torch.here: the jars
- Judges 7:19הַכַּדִּ֖יםhakadimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluralGideon and the hundred men with him reached the outskirts of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch, just after the changing of the guard. They blew their horns and broke the jars that were in their hands.here: the jars
- Judges 7:20הַכַּדִּים֒hakadimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluralThe three companies blew their horns and shattered their jars. Holding the torches in their left hands and the horns in their right hands, they shouted, “A sword for the LORD and for Gideon!”here: the jars
1 Kings4 occurrences
- 1 Kings 17:12בַּכַּ֔דbakadpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singularBut she replied, “As surely as the LORD your God lives, I have no bread—only a handful of flour in a jar and a little oil in a jug. Look, I am gathering a couple of sticks to take home and prepare a meal for myself and my son, so that we may eat it and die.”here: in the jar
- 1 Kings 17:14כַּ֤דkadnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)for this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘The jar of flour will not be exhausted and the jug of oil will not run dry until the day the LORD sends rain upon the face of the earth.’”here: [the] jar of
- 1 Kings 17:16כַּ֤דkadnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)The jar of flour was not exhausted and the jug of oil did not run dry, according to the word that the LORD had spoken through Elijah.here: [the] jar of
- 1 Kings 18:33כַדִּים֙khadimnoun · masculine pluralNext, he arranged the wood, cut up the bull, placed it on the wood,here: jars