Strong's Hebrew · H3739
H3739 kârâh
כָּרָה
kaw-raw'
to trade
Looking for Greek G3739 hós? It has the same number in Strong's Greek lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of H3739. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.
kârâh appears 5 times in Scripture, in Deuteronomy, 2 Kings, Job and Hosea. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
to purchase
In the King James Version
buy, prepare.
Derivation
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);
Appears 5 times in Scripture
“Will traders barter for him or divide him among the merchants?”
“So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer and a lethech of barley.”
“You are to pay them in silver for the food you eat and the water you drink.’””
“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.”
“You would even cast lots for an orphan and barter away your friend.”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
