Word Study · Strong's H3733 · Hebrew
כַּר
kar
kar
“a ram (as full-grown and fat), including a battering-ram (as butting)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
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)
Rendered in the KJV as
captain, furniture, lamb, (large) pasture, ram. See also H1033 (בֵּית כַּר), H3746 (כָּרִי).
- 16occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 9 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 13inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 16 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 13
- כָּרִים֙4
- בְּכַ֥ר1
- בְּכָרִ֤ים1
- הַכָּרִים֙1
- כְּכָרִ֣ים1
- כַ֥ר1
- כַּ֥ר1
- כָּרִ֑ים1
- כָּרִ֜ים1
- כָּרִ֔ים1
- כָּרִ֖ים1
- כָּרִ֤ים1
and 1 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 10
- lambs5
- battering-rams3
- [the] pastures1
- a lamb1
- for lambs1
- in [the] saddlebag of1
- like lambs1
- pasture1
- pastures1
- the lambs1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 5
- noun · masculine plural10
- noun · masculine singular2
- preposition + noun · masculine plural2
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmpa · 10
- HNcmsa · 2
- HR/Ncmpa · 2
- HR/Ncmsc · 1
- HTd/Ncmpa · 1
All 16, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Ezekiel5 of 16 · 31%
- Isaiah3 of 16 · 19%
- Psalms2 of 16 · 13%
- Genesis1 of 16 · 6%
- Deuteronomy1 of 16 · 6%
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Psalms2 occurrences
- Psalms 37:20כָּרִ֑יםkarimnoun · masculine pluralBut the wicked and enemies of the LORD will perish like the glory of the fields. They will vanish; like smoke they will fade away.here: pastures
- Psalms 65:13כָרִ֨ים׀kharimnoun · masculine pluralThe pastures are clothed with flocks, and the valleys are decked with grain. They shout in triumph; indeed, they sing.here: [the] pastures
Isaiah3 occurrences
- Isaiah 16:1כַ֥רkharnoun · masculine singularSend the tribute lambs to the ruler of the land, from Sela in the desert to the mount of Daughter Zion.here: a lamb
- Isaiah 30:23כַּ֥רkarnoun · masculine singularThen He will send rain for the seed that you have sown in the ground, and the food that comes from your land will be rich and plentiful. On that day your cattle will graze in open pastures.here: pasture
- Isaiah 34:6כָּרִים֙karimnoun · masculine pluralThe sword of the LORD is bathed in blood. It drips with fat— with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams. For the LORD has a sacrifice in Bozrah, a great slaughter in the land of Edom.here: lambs
Jeremiah1 occurrence
Ezekiel5 occurrences
- Ezekiel 4:2כָּרִ֖יםkarimnoun · masculine pluralThen lay siege against it: Construct a siege wall, build a ramp to it, set up camps against it, and place battering rams around it on all sides.here: battering-rams
- Ezekiel 21:22כָּרִים֙karimnoun · masculine pluralIn his right hand appears the portent for Jerusalem, where he is to set up battering rams, to call for the slaughter, to lift a battle cry, to direct the battering rams against the gates, to build a ramp, and to erect a siege wall.here: battering-rams
- Ezekiel 21:22כָּרִים֙karimnoun · masculine pluralIn his right hand appears the portent for Jerusalem, where he is to set up battering rams, to call for the slaughter, to lift a battle cry, to direct the battering rams against the gates, to build a ramp, and to erect a siege wall.here: battering-rams
- Ezekiel 27:21בְּכָרִ֤יםbekharimpreposition + noun · masculine pluralArabia and all the princes of Kedar were your customers, trading in lambs, rams, and goats.here: for lambs
- Ezekiel 39:18כָּרִ֤יםkarimnoun · masculine pluralYou will eat the flesh of the mighty and drink the blood of the princes of the earth as though they were rams, lambs, goats, and bulls—all the fattened animals of Bashan.here: lambs