King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H3603
Transliteration: kikkar
Phonetic Spelling: (kik-kawr')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: a round, a round district, a round loaf, a round weight, a talent (a measure of weight or money)
Meaning: a round, a round district, a round loaf, a round weight, a talent (a measure of weight or money)
Word Summary
kikkar: a round, a round district, a round loaf, a round weight, a talent (a measure of weight or money)
Original Word: כִּכָּרTransliteration: kikkar
Phonetic Spelling: (kik-kawr')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: a round, a round district, a round loaf, a round weight, a talent (a measure of weight or money)
Meaning: a round, a round district, a round loaf, a round weight, a talent (a measure of weight or money)
Strong's Concordance
loaf, morsel, piece, plain, talent From karar; a circle, i.e. (by implication) a circumjacent tract or region, expec. The Ghor or valley of the Jordan; also a (round) loaf; also a talent (or large (round) coin) -- loaf, morsel, piece, plain, talent.
see HEBREW karar
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H3603. kikkar
כִּכָּר noun feminineGenesis 13:10 Exodus 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 Genesis 13:12 +; construct כִּכַּר 1 Samuel 2:36 +; dual כֶּסֶף כִּכְּרַיִם 1 Kings 16:24; 2 Kings 5:23, כִּכָּרָ֑יִם 5:23; plural כִּכָּרִים 1 Chronicles 22:14 (twice in verse) + 7 t. chr; construct כִּכְּרֵי 2 Kings 5:5 2t. Chronicles; כִּכְּרוֺת (loaves) Judges 8:5; 1 Samuel 10:3; —
1 the round (or oval) especially of the Jordan valley, הַיַּרְדֵּן כִּכַּר Genesis 13:10-11, 1 Kings 7:46 2 Chronicles 4:17; absolute הַכִּכָּר Genesis 19:17, 25; Deuteronomy 34:3; 2 Samuel 18:23; הַכּ ׳אֶרֶץ Genesis 19:28; הַכּ ׳עָרֵי 13:12; 19:29, see GASmG 505 BuhlG. 112; district of Jerusalem, ׳הַכּ Nehemiah 3:22; 12:28.
2 loaf of bread (from round shape), לָ֑חֶם כִּכַּר 1 Samuel 2:36; Proverbs 6:36, compare Exodus 29:23; Jeremiah 37:21; 1 Chronicles 16:3; לֶחֶם כִּכְּרוֺת 1 Samuel 10:3; Judges 8:5. 3
a. a weight (also from shape), עֹפֶרֶת כִּכַּר Zechariah 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 2 Samuel 12:30; 2 Kings 9:14 18t.; ׳כ כֶּסֶף 1 Kings 20:39; 2 Kings 5:5 21t.; but also of iron, בַּרְזֶל 1 Chronicles 29:7, and bronze נְחשֶׁת Exodus 38:29; 1 Chronicles 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,
3).