3739 - karah

Strong's Concordance

Original word: כָּרָה
Transliteration: karah
Definition (short): bargain
Definition (full): to trade, get by trade

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin: a prim. root
Definition: to trade, get by trade
NASB Translation: bargain (1), barter (1), bought (1), purchase (1).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Usually assigned as a primitive root, but probably only a special application of karah (through the common idea of planning implied in a bargain); to purchase -- buy, prepare.

see HEBREW karah

KJV: Ye shall buy meat of them for money, that ye may eat; and ye shall also buy water of them for money, that ye may drink.
NASB: "You shall buy food from them with money so that you may eat, and you shall also purchase water from them with money so that you may drink.
KJV: Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend.
NASB: "You would even cast lots for the orphans And barter over your friend.
KJV: Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants?
NASB: "Will the traders bargain over him? Will they divide him among the merchants?
KJV: So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley:
NASB: So I bought her for myself for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer and a half of barley.