Strong’s H3753 · Hebrew

כַּרְכָּרָה
karkârâh
kar-kaw-raw'

Definition

a dromedary (from its rapid motion as if dancing)

Etymology

from H3769 (כָּרַר);

Where the KJV renders it

  • swift beast

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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