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Strong's H3733 כַּר (kar)

Kar means “captain” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G3733 — ornis (“hen”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H3733
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 15
Books 9

Strong's H3733 Quick Answer

Strong's H3733 כַּר (kar) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. kar (kar) n-m. 1. a ram (as full-grown and fat), including a battering-ram (as butting) 2. (hence) a meadow (as for sheep) It has 15 linked Bible usages across 9 books. Visible English usage signals include rams, fat, sheep, and also. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
kar (kar) n-m. 1. a ram (as full-grown and fat), including a battering-ram (as butting) 2. (hence) a meadow (as for sheep)
Usage
15 linked usages
Books
9 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
rams, fat, sheep, and also

Meaning and Definition

kar (kar) n-m. 1. a ram (as full-grown and fat), including a battering-ram (as butting) 2. (hence) a meadow (as for sheep) 3. also a pad or camel's saddle (as puffed out) [from H3769 in the sense of plumpness] KJV: captain, furniture, lamb, (large) pasture, ram. See also H1033, H3746. Root(s): H3769 See also: H1033, H3746

Original Word
כַּר
Transliteration
kar
Derivation
Root: כרר First root strongs: 3769
Morphology
noun masc

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H3733. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

How Strong's H3733 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render kar, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

How Strong's H3733 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 15 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H3733 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H3733 in the Old Testament

15 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 31:34 KJV

Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the camel's furniture, and sat upon them. And Laban searched all the tent, but found them not.

Deuteronomy 32:14 KJV

Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and thou didst drink the pure blood of the grape.

1 Samuel 15:9 KJV

But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them: but every thing that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.

Usage Excerpts

First 15 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H3733.

Genesis 31:34 Old Testament, KJV
Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the camel's furniture, and sat upon them. And Laban searched all the tent, but found them not.
Deuteronomy 32:14 Old Testament, KJV
Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and thou didst drink the pure blood of the grape.
1 Samuel 15:9 Old Testament, KJV
But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them: but every thing that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.
2 Kings 3:4 Old Testament, KJV
And Mesha king of Moab was a sheepmaster, and rendered unto the king of Israel an hundred thousand lambs, and an hundred thousand rams, with the wool.
Psalms 37:20 Old Testament, KJV
But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away.
Psalms 65:13 Old Testament, KJV
The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, they also sing.
Isaiah 16:1 Old Testament, KJV
Send ye the lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela to the wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion.
Isaiah 30:23 Old Testament, KJV
Then shall he give the rain of thy seed, that thou shalt sow the ground withal; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be fat and plenteous: in that day shall thy cattle feed in large pastures.
Isaiah 34:6 Old Testament, KJV
The sword of the LORD is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatness, and with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams: for the LORD hath a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Idumea.
Jeremiah 51:40 Old Testament, KJV
I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with he goats.
Ezekiel 4:2 Old Testament, KJV
And lay siege against it, and build a fort against it, and cast a mount against it; set the camp also against it, and set battering rams against it round about.
Ezekiel 21:22 Old Testament, KJV
At his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem, to appoint captains, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice with shouting, to appoint battering rams against the gates, to cast a mount, and to build a fort.
Ezekiel 27:21 Old Testament, KJV
Arabia, and all the princes of Kedar, they occupied with thee in lambs, and rams, and goats: in these were they thy merchants.
Ezekiel 39:18 Old Testament, KJV
Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan.
Amos 6:4 Old Testament, KJV
That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall;

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H3733, grouped by book.

Genesis 1 usage, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Samuel 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Kings 1 usage, Old Testament
Psalms 2 usages, Old Testament
Isaiah 3 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Ezekiel 4 usages, Old Testament
Amos 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H3733 FAQ

What does kar (כַּר) mean?

Kar (Strong's H3733) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "captain". kar (kar) n-m. 1. a ram (as full-grown and fat), including a battering-ram (as butting) 2. (hence) a meadow (as for sheep)

How many times is kar (כַּר) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 15 linked usages for Strong's H3733 across 9 books.

Where can I study kar (כַּר) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H3733 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate kar (כַּר)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as rams, fat, sheep, and also. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.