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כָּרָה

ka.rah

to feed

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Strong’s H3739bVerb1 time in the Hebrew Bible

Where it occurs

Translated as

he gave a feast1

In the text

2 Kings 6:23וַיִּכְרֶה
So the king prepared a great feast for them, and after they had finished eating and drinking, he sent them away, and they returned to their master. And the Aramean raiders did not come into the land of Israel again.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[כָּרָה] vb. give a feast;—only Qal 2 K 6:23

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.