Jar
כַּדStrong’s H3537kad
Appears in 17 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Kad is the Hebrew word usually translated “jar her”, “jars” and “from jar your”. It appears in 17 verses of the Old Testament.
“And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: let the same be she that thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know that thou hast shewed kindness unto my master.”
Meaning
- Jar, large jar (portable)
How it's translated
- jar her 4
- the jars 3
- and jar her 2
- from jar your 2
- jar of 2
- jar your 1
- and jars 1
- in jar 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Genesis 9
- 1 Kings 4
- Judges 3
- Ecclesiastes 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 24:15And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham’s brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder.
- Genesis 24:16And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her: and she went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came up.
- Genesis 24:17And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee, drink a little water of thy pitcher.
- Genesis 24:18And she said, Drink, my lord: and she hasted, and let down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink.
- Genesis 24:20And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again unto the well to draw water, and drew for all his camels.
- Genesis 24:43Behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall come to pass, that when the virgin cometh forth to draw water, and I say to her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher to drink;
Hebrew dictionary
כַּד kad · jar
jar, large jar (portable)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “jar” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
J'AR, verb intransitive
To strike together with a short rattle or tremulous sound; to strike untunably or harshly; to strike discordantly; as a jarring sound.
- To clash; to interfere; to act in opposition; to be inconsistent.
- To quarrel; to dispute; to clash in words.
- To vibrate regularly; to repeat the same sound.
All definitions and other forms of “jar”
J'AR, verb transitive
To shake; to cause to tremble; to cause a short tremulous motion in a thing.
J'AR, noun
A rattling vibration of sound; a shake; as a trembling jar
- A harsh sound; discord.
- Clash of interest or opinions; collision; discord; debate.
- The state of a door half open, or ready to move and strike the post.
- Repetition of the noise made by the pendulum of a clock.
J'AR, noun
A vessel with a large belly and broad mouth, made of earth or glass; as a jar of honey.
- A certain measure; as a jar of oil.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.