Strong’s H3735 · Hebrew

כָּרָא
Kârâʼ
kaw-raw'

Definition

to grieve

Etymology

(Aramaic) probably corresponding to H3738 (כָּרָה) in the sense of piercing(figuratively);

Word family

How the KJV renders it

  • be grieved

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.