Strong's Hebrew · H3739

כָּרָה

kârâh · kaw-raw'

buy, prepare.

Definition

to purchase

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

Job 41:6

Will traders barter for him or divide him among the merchants?

Hosea 3:2

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

Deuteronomy 2:6

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

2 Kings 6:23

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.

Job 6:27

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

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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