Strong’s H3733 · Hebrew

כַּר
kar
kar

Definition

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)

Etymology

from H3769 (כָּרַר) in the sense of plumpness;

Where the KJV renders it

  • captain
  • furniture
  • lamb
  • (large) pasture
  • ram. See also H1033 (בֵּית כַּר)
  • H3746 (כָּרִי)

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