כָּרָע
kârâʻ · kaw-raw'
the leg (from the knee to the ankle) of men or locusts (only in the dual)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H3766 (כָּרַע);
the leg (from the knee to the ankle) of men or locusts (only in the dual)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: leg.
Letters
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the open hand that covers › the head, the highest › to see and know
The open hand that covers of the head, the highest that works to see and know.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of כָּרָע above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
9 occurrences · 9 OT · 0 NT · 9 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and the legs3 · 33%
- with his legs1 · 11%
- of him, and his legs1 · 11%
- and his legs1 · 11%
- and with his legs1 · 11%
- which have legs1 · 11%
- legs1 · 11%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.