כַּרְכָּרָה
karkârâh · H3753 · Hebrew · 1 occurrence
Thing
- Camel, dromedaryMammals62 verses
Meanings
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dromedary, camel
A large, four-legged animal with one or two humps on its back, which may reach a height of 2 m. or more; suited to life in desert areas as they store excess food in their humps, are able to go without water for long periods, and can make long journeys through dry areas; Camelus dromedarius and Camelus bactrianus; they are used for riding and for carrying heavy loads and pulling carts; their hair is woven into cloth used for making tents or outer robes; their milk is used as food and drink; they are a symbol of wealth and commerce, but unclean and not to be eaten
ExamplesIsaiah 66:20 “Then they shall bring all your countrymen from all the nations as a grain offering to the LORD, on horses, in chariots, in litters, on mules, and on camels, to My holy mountain Jerusalem,” says the LORD, “just as the sons of Israel bring their grain offering in a clean vessel to the house of the LORD.
How it’s used In 1 role
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- בin/on/with 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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Near synonyms 2 words
- בֶּכֶר beker · H1070 · young camel, dromedary
- Hebrew term specifically for a young camel or dromedary, semantically very close to כַּרְכָּרָה as both denote swift riding camels
- רֶכֶשׁ rekesh · H7409 · fast horse
- Hebrew term for swift horses or relay mounts used for rapid travel, functionally parallel to כַּרְכָּרָה as a swift beast for riding
In the other Testament 1 word
- κάμηλος kámēlos · G2574 · camel
- Standard Greek term for camel; כַּרְכָּרָה likely refers to a dromedary or swift camel variety, making κάμηλος a natural cross-linguistic equivalent for this riding beast
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Domestic Animals001001002002
- This word's sole occurrence (Esther 8:10, 14) denotes a swift animal used for royal messengers, likely mules or camels bred for speed, so it belongs among domestic-animal terms.
Word family 6 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H3753. kirkarah [כִּרְכָּרָה] noun feminine dromedary (according to Ki Thes; perhaps from…
[כִּרְכָּרָה] noun feminine dromedary (according to Ki Thes; perhaps from constantly repeated undulating movement); — only plural absolute וּבַכִּרְכָּרוֺת Isa 66:20 (+ וּבַמְּרָדִים וּבַצַּבִּים וּבָרֶכֶב בַּסּוּסִים; the whole list is a gloss according to Du CheIntr Is.).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
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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