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Feast

כֵּרָהStrong’s H3740

kerah (ke-rah)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

Kerah is the Hebrew word usually translated “feast”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“And he prepared great provision for them: and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. So the bands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel.”
2 Kings 6:23 KJV
Meaning
  1. Feast
How it's translated
  • a feast 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • 2 Kings 1

1 book in all.

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    Hebrew dictionary

    כֵּרָה kerah · feast

    feast

    From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “feast” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    FEAST, noun

    [Latin festum.]

    1. A sumptuous repast or entertainment, of which a number of guests partake; particularly, a rich or splendid public entertainment.“On Pharaoh's birth day, he made a feast to all his servants” Genesis 40:20
    2. A rich or delicious repast or meal; something delicious to the palate.
    3. A ceremony of feasting; joy and thanksgiving on stated days, in commemoration of some great event, or in honor of some distinguished personage; an anniversary, periodical or stated celebration of some event; a festival; as on occasion of the games in Greece, and the feast of the passover, the feast of Pentecost, and the feast of tabernacles among the Jews.
    4. Something delicious and entertaining to the mind or soul; as the dispensation of the gospel is called a feast of fat things. Isaiah 25:6
    All definitions and other forms of “feast”
    1. That which delights and entertains.“He that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast” Proverbs 15:15

    FEAST, verb intransitive

    1. To eat sumptuously; to dine or sup on rich provisions; particularly in large companies, and on public festivals.“And his sons went and feasted in their houses” Job 1:4
    2. To be highly gratified or delighted.

    FEAST, verb transitive

    1. To entertain with sumptuous provisions; to treat at the table magnificently; as, he was feasted by the king.
    2. To delight; to pamper; to gratify luxuriously; as, to feast the soul.

    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.