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 Wkl^{No. 35, Rev. 14} Christian-Palestinian Aramaic , of honey-comb Schw^{Idioticon 46}; on formative see Ba^{NB 204}); — absolute ׳כ Genesis 13:12 +; construct כִּכַּר 1 Samuel 2:36 +; dual כִּכְּרַיִם כֶּסֶף 1 Kings 16:24; 2 Kings 5:23, כִּכָּרָ֑יִם 2 Kings 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, כִּכַּר הַיַּרְדֵּן Genesis 13:10,11; 1 Kings 7:46 2Chronicles 4:17; absolute הַכִּכָּר Genesis 19:17,25; Deuteronomy 34:3; 2 Samuel 18:23; ׳אֶרֶץ הַכּ Genesis 19:28; ׳עָרֵי הַכּ Genesis 13:12; Genesis 19:29, see GASm^{G 505} Buhl^{G. 112}; district of Jerusalem, ׳הַכּ Nehemiah 3:22; Nehemiah 12:28.

2 loaf of bread (from round shape), כִּכַּר לָ֑חֶם 1 Samuel 2:36; Proverbs 6:36, compare Exodus 29:23; Jeremiah 37:21; 1 Chronicles 16:3; כִּכְּרוֺת לֶחֶם 1 Samuel 10:3; Judges 8:5. 3

a. a weight (also from shape), כִּכַּר עֹפֶרֶת 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.; כֶּסֶף ׳כ 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 Benz^{Archaeology 187 ff.}194Now^{Archaeology i. 208 f.} — See also שֶׁקֶל.

כרשׂ √ of following (Arabic be wrinkled).

כרר (√ of following; compare Biblical Hebrew כרר, כִּכָּר

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