Kârâh — H3739

Definition

verb

to purchase

1. (Qal) to get by trade, trade, buy, bargain over

Usually translated as

buy, prepare

Origin

usually assigned as a primitive root, but probably only a special application of H3738 (through the common idea of planning implied in a bargain)

• Kârâh (H3738)

Occurrences

Kârâh occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Deuteronomy (1), 2 Kings (1), Hosea (1)

• Deuteronomy 2:6 — Ye shall buy meat of them for money, that ye may eat; and ye shall also buy (תִּכְר֧וּ) water of them for money, that ye may drink.
• 2 Kings 6:23 — And he prepared (וַיִּכְרֶ֨ה) great provision for them: and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. So the bands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel.
• Hosea 3:2 — So I bought (וָאֶכְּרֶ֣הָ) her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley: