כִּכָּר
kikkâr · H3603 · Hebrew · 68 occurrences
Place
A word for 2 things
- TalentUnits that are both weights and monetary values64 verses
- LoafBread8 verses
Meanings
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loaf
A quantity of bread with a round shape that is baked as one piece
ExamplesExodus 29:23 and one loaf of bread, and one cake of bread mixed with oil, and one wafer from the basket of unleavened bread which is set before the LORD;
Judges 8:5 And he said to the men of Succoth, “Please give loaves of bread to the people who are following me, for they are exhausted, and I am pursuing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.”
1 Samuel 2:36 ‘And everyone who is left in your house will come to bow down to him for a silver coin or a loaf of bread and say, “Please assign me to one of the priest’s offices so that I may eat a piece of bread.”’”
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plain
The relatively flat area on both sides of the river Jordan
ExamplesGenesis 13:10 Lot raised his eyes and saw all the vicinity of the Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere—this was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah—like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt going toward Zoar.
Genesis 13:11 So Lot chose for himself all the vicinity of the Jordan, and Lot journeyed eastward. So they separated from each other.
Genesis 13:12 Abram settled in the land of Canaan, while Lot settled in the cities of the vicinity of the Jordan, and moved his tents as far as Sodom.
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cover
A round flat object used to cover a container
ExamplesZechariah 5:7 And behold, a lead cover was lifted up.” He continued, “And this is a woman sitting inside the ephah.”
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talent
Weight of approximately 30 kilograms, equals 3000 shekels or 60 minas
ExamplesExodus 25:39 “It shall be made from a talent of pure gold, with all these utensils.
Exodus 37:24 He made it and all its utensils from a talent of pure gold.
Exodus 38:24 All the gold that was used for the work, in all the work of the sanctuary, which was the gold of the wave offering, was twenty-nine talents and 730 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary.
How it’s used In 10 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
38 occurrences in 6 groups
- כֶּסֶףsilver 13
- זָהָבgold 12
- לֶחֶםbread, food 7
- יַרְדֵּןJordan 4
- בִּקְעָהvalley 1
- עוֹפֶרֶתlead 1
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
36 occurrences in 14 groups
- מֵאָהhundred 14
- שֵׁשׁsix 4
- אֶלֶףthousand 3
- עֶשֶׂרten 3
- שָׁלוֹשׁthree 3
- Other words · 9 groups that occur once or twice (10) 10
Named alongside itApposition
14 occurrences in 5 groups
- זָהָבgold 6
- כֶּסֶףsilver 4
- עֹנֶשׁfine 2
- בַּרְזֶלiron 1
- נְחֹשֶׁתbronze, copper 1
What it doesIt is the subject
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- הָיָהto be, to become 1
- נָשָׂאto lift up, to carry, to bear 1
What is done to itIt is the object
25 occurrences in 12 groups
- נָתַןto give, to put, to set 7
- הָיָהto be, to become 3
- לָקַחto take, to receive 3
- Other words · 9 groups that occur once or twice (12) 12
Second object ofSecond object
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- עָנַשׁto fine 2
What it is said to bePredicate
3 occurrences in 2 groups
- טוּחַto cover 2
- אֶדֶןbase 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
4 occurrences in 4 groups
- אֶדֶןbase 1
- כֶּסֶףsilver 1
- מִשְׁקָלweight 1
- נְחֹשֶׁתbronze, copper 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
12 occurrences in 4 groups
- בin/on/with 10
- לto/for 8
- מִןfrom 1
- עַדto, as far as, until 1
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
7 occurrences in 6 groups
- עִירcity, town 2
- דֶּרֶךְway, road 1
- כֶּסֶףsilver 1
- אִישׁman, person, each 1
- מִשְׁקָלweight 1
- אֶרֶץland, earth, ground 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 2 words
- τάλαντον tálanton · G5007 · talent
- Greek τάλαντον specifically denotes the large unit of weight/currency (talent), corresponding to one specialized sense of Hebrew כִּכָּר when used as a unit of measure, but not to its other senses (loaf, morsel, plain).
- כִּכֵּר kikkêr · H3604 · talent
- Aramaic cognate reflex of the same root, sharing the 'talent' (weight measure) sense; כִּכֵּר (kikkêr, H3604) (Aramaic) is the direct etymological counterpart to כִּכָּר (kikkâr, H3603) (Hebrew) in Daniel's Aramaic passages.
Semantic domains 4 entries
- Shape002001001052
- The word's basic sense is a flat, round disc-shaped object, most often a round loaf of bread, so it is classed under words describing shape.
- Names of Locations003001010
- The same word is used as a geographical term for the circular, level plain of the Jordan Valley, as in the repeated description of Lot choosing "all the vicinity (plain) of the Jordan" in Genesis 13:10-12, so it also functions as a place designation.
- Containers001003001001003
- The word is also used of a rounded, disc-shaped container or vessel-shaped item, consistent with the same basic "circular" sense that underlies its use for a loaf.
- Weight002001001070
- The same word also denotes the talent, a large unit of weight (used especially for silver and gold), so it additionally functions as a measurement term.
Word family 6 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H3603. kikkar כִּכָּר noun feminineGen 13:10 Exo 29:32; a round : hence 1 a round…
כִּכָּר noun feminineGen 13:10 Exo 29:32; a round : hence
1 a round district.
2 a round loaf.
3 a round weight, talent (Late Hebrew id.; loaf, weight, talent; Aramaic כַּכְּרָא, talent; Tel Amarna gaggaru kaspu WklNo. 35, Rev. 14 Christian-Palestinian Aramaic , of honey-comb SchwIdioticon 46; on formative see BaNB 204); — absolute ׳כ Gen 13:12 +; construct כִּכַּר 1Sa 2:36 +; dual כֶּסֶף כִּכְּרַיִם 1Ki 16:24; 2Ki 5:23, כִּכָּרָ֑יִם 2Ki 5:23; plural כִּכָּרִים 1Ch 22:14 (twice in verse) + 7 t. chr; construct כִּכְּרֵי 2Ki 5:5 2Ki 5:2t. Chronicles; כִּכְּרוֺת (loaves) Jdg 8:5; 1Sa 10:3; —
1 the round (or oval) especially of the Jordan valley, הַיַּרְדֵּן כִּכַּר Gen 13:10-11, 1Ki 7:46 2Ch 4:17; absolute הַכִּכָּר Gen 19:17, Gen 19:25; Deu 34:3; 2Sa 18:23; הַכּ ׳אֶרֶץ Gen 19:28; הַכּ ׳עָרֵי Gen 13:12; Gen 19:29, see GASmG 505 BuhlG. 112; district of Jerusalem, ׳הַכּ Neh 3:22; Neh 12:28.
2 loaf of bread (from round shape), לָ֑חֶם כִּכַּר 1Sa 2:36; Proverbs 6:36, compare Exo 29:23; Jer 37:21; 1Ch 16:3; לֶחֶם כִּכְּרוֺת 1Sa 10:3; Jdg 8:5. 3
a. a weight (also from shape), עֹפֶרֶת כִּכַּר Zec 5:7 a weight of lead, serving as cover of an ephah.
b. a particularunit of weight, talent, usually of gold or silver: — זָהָבּ׳כ 2Sa 12:30; 2Ki 9:14 2Ki 9:18t.; ׳כ כֶּסֶף 1Ki 20:39; 2Ki 5:5 2Ki 5:21t.; but also of iron, בַּרְזֶל 1Ch 29:7, and bronze נְחשֶׁת Exo 38:29; 1Ch 29:7. — The weight of the talent was 58.944 kilograms (= 129.97 lbs.) according to older (Babylonian) standard, later 49.11 king (= 108.29 lbs.) and less; see BenzArchaeology 187 ff.194NowArchaeology i. 208 f. — See also שֶׁקֶל.
כרשׂ √ of following (Arabic be wrinkled).
כרר (√ of following; compare Biblical Hebrew כִּכָּר כרר,
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Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 4 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
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