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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