King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H3741
Transliteration: karah
Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-raw')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: a cistern, well
Meaning: a cistern, well
Word Summary
karah: a cistern, well
Original Word: כָּרָהTransliteration: karah
Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-raw')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: a cistern, well
Meaning: a cistern, well
Strong's Concordance
cottage Feminine of kar; a meadow -- cottage.
see HEBREW kar
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H3741. karah
[כָּרָה] noun feminine cistern (or well), only plural construct In רֹעִים כְּרֹת נְוֺת Zephaniah 2:6 pastures of (= with) wells of shepherds, but text dubious; ׳כ a gloss according to Köii. 176, (§ 94 a) Anm.; ᵐ5. κρήτὴ We (והיתה רעים נות כֶרת as ᵐ5. kereth = Philistia; see further כְּרֵתִי; BöhmeZAW vii. 1887, 212 views כְּרֹת, plausibly, as erroneous variant of preceding נְוֺת, so Schwib. x. 1890, 185, 186; Rosthstein in KauAT.
כְּרֹת Zephaniah 2:6 see [ כָּרָה] below I. כרה.