H3767 כָּרָע (kârâʻ) kaw-raw'

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

leg

Strong's Definition

the leg (from the knee to the ankle) of men or locusts (only in the dual)

Derivation: from H3766 (כָּרַע);

KJV Usage: leg.

TWOT Reference: 1044a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) leg

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G4228 G4628

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

כֶּ֫רַע (ka.ra) — leg. leg

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

כְּרָעַיִם (H3767) — כְּרָע

noun f

leg bones = the lower legs of an animal from the knee until the ankle

EXO 12:9 · EXO 29:17 · LEV 1:9 · LEV 1:13 · LEV 4:11 · LEV 8:21 · LEV 9:14 · LEV 11:21 · AMO 3:12

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[כֶּ֫רַע] n.[f.] leg base

Bible Occurrences (9)

12:9 29:17

1:9 1:13 4:11 8:21 9:14 11:21

3:12

Exodus 12:9

Do not eat any of [the meat] raw or cooked in boiling water, but only... roasted over the fire— its head and legs... and inner parts.

Exodus 29:17

Cut the ram into pieces, wash the entrails and legs, and place them with its head and other pieces....

Leviticus 1:9

The entrails and legs must be washed with water, and the priest shall burn all of it on the altar as a burnt offering, a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

Leviticus 1:13

The entrails and legs must be washed with water, and the priest shall present all of it and burn [it] on the altar; it is a burnt offering, a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

Leviticus 4:11

But the hide of the bull and all its flesh, with its head... and legs and its entrails and dung—

Leviticus 8:21

He washed the entrails and legs with water and burned the entire ram on the altar as a burnt offering, a pleasing aroma, a food offering... to the LORD, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

Leviticus 9:14

He washed the entrails and the legs and burned [them] atop the burnt offering on the altar.

Leviticus 11:21

However, you may eat the following kinds of flying insects that walk on all fours: those having jointed legs above their feet for hopping... on the ground.