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It is used to describe the portion of the animal that is offered or consumed in various sacrificial rites.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Israelite culture, sacrificial offerings were a central aspect of religious life, serving as a means of atonement, thanksgiving, and worship. The leg or thigh of an animal was often considered a significant portion of the sacrifice, sometimes reserved for the priests or offered on the altar. The practice of offering specific parts of an animal reflects the broader ancient Near Eastern sacrificial systems, where different parts of the animal held symbolic meanings and were distributed according to religious laws.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from <a href="/hebrew/3766.htm">kara</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>a leg<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>legs (9).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> [<font class="hebrew2">כֶּ֫רַע</font>] <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>noun [feminine]</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>leg</b></font>, (Late Hebrew <font class="hebrew2">כֶּרַע</font>, Aramaic <font class="hebrew2">כַּרְעָא</font>, <img src="/bdbgif/bdb050203.gif"> — only dual feminine <font class="hebrew2">כְּרָעַיִם</font> <a href="/interlinear/leviticus/11-21.htm">Leviticus 11:21</a> 3t.; <font class="hebrew2">כְּרָעָ֑יִם</font> <a href="/interlinear/leviticus/9-14.htm">Leviticus 9:14</a>; sf <font class="hebrew2">כְּרָעָיו</font> <a href="/interlinear/exodus/12-9.htm">Exodus 12:9</a> 3t.; — <em>two</em> (bending) <em>legs</em>, of animals in ritual phrase of P, <font class="hebrew2">ראֹשׁוֺ עַלכְּֿרָעָיו</font> <a href="/interlinear/exodus/12-9.htm">Exodus 12:9</a> <em>his head with his legs</em>, <a href="/interlinear/leviticus/4-11.htm">Leviticus 4:11</a>; <font class="hebrew2">(ה)קרב(ו) ו(ה)כרע (יוׅ</font> (<em>his</em>) <em>inwards</em> and (<em>his</em>) <em>legs</em> <a href="/interlinear/exodus/29-17.htm">Exodus 29:17</a>; <a href="/interlinear/leviticus/1-9.htm">Leviticus 1:9,13</a>; <a href="/interlinear/leviticus/8-21.htm">Leviticus 8:21</a>; <a href="/interlinear/leviticus/9-14.htm">Leviticus 9:14</a>; <a href="/interlinear/amos/3-12.htm">Amos 3:12</a> (of legs of lamb in mouth of lion); of the long bending hinder legs of the Saltatorial Orthoptera (see Tristr<sup>Nat. Hist. Bib. 309</sup>; Dr<sup>Joel 84</sup>) <a href="/interlinear/leviticus/11-21.htm">Leviticus 11:21</a> <font class="hebrew2">אשׁר לוֺ כְרָעַיִם מִמַּעַל לְרַגְלָיו לְנַתֵּר בָּהֵן עַל הָאָרֶץ</font> which have <em>bending legs</em> above their feet, etc. <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>leg <p>From <a href="/hebrew/3766.htm">kara'</a>; the leg (from the knee to the ankle) of men or locusts (only in the dual) -- leg. <p>see HEBREW <a href="/hebrew/3766.htm">kara'</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>הַכְּרָעַ֖יִם הַכְּרָעָ֑יִם הכרעים וְהַכְּרָעַ֖יִם וּכְרָעָ֔יו וּכְרָעָ֖יו והכרעים וכרעיו כְּרָעָ֑יו כְּרָעָ֖יו כְרָעַ֖יִם כְרָעַ֙יִם֙ כרעיו כרעים cheraAyim hak·kə·rā·‘a·yim hak·kə·rā·‘ā·yim hakkərā‘ayim hakkərā‘āyim hakkeraAyim ḵə·rā·‘a·yim kə·rā·‘āw kərā‘āw ḵərā‘ayim keraAv ū·ḵə·rā·‘āw ucheraAv ūḵərā‘āw vehakkeraAyim wə·hak·kə·rā·‘a·yim wəhakkərā‘ayim<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/exodus/12-9.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Exodus 12:9</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/exodus/12.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">רֹאשׁ֥וֹ עַל־ <b> כְּרָעָ֖יו </b> וְעַל־ קִרְבּֽוֹ׃</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/exodus/12.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> [both] its head <span class="itali">and its legs</span> along<br><a href="/kjvs/exodus/12.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> his head <span class="itali">with his legs,</span> and with the purtenance<br><a href="/interlinear/exodus/12-9.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> head along <span class="itali">legs</span> along entrails<p><b><a href="/text/exodus/29-17.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Exodus 29:17</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/exodus/29.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וְרָחַצְתָּ֤ קִרְבּוֹ֙ <b> וּכְרָעָ֔יו </b> וְנָתַתָּ֥ עַל־</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/exodus/29.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> its entrails <span class="itali">and its legs,</span> and put<br><a href="/kjvs/exodus/29.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> the inwards <span class="itali">of him, and his legs,</span> and put<br><a href="/interlinear/exodus/29-17.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> and wash entrails <span class="itali">legs</span> and put and<p><b><a href="/text/leviticus/1-9.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Leviticus 1:9</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/leviticus/1.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> וְקִרְבּ֥וֹ <b> וּכְרָעָ֖יו </b> יִרְחַ֣ץ בַּמָּ֑יִם</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/leviticus/1.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> Its entrails, <span class="itali">however, and its legs</span> he shall wash<br><a href="/kjvs/leviticus/1.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> But his inwards <span class="itali">and his legs</span> shall he wash<br><a href="/interlinear/leviticus/1-9.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> entrails <span class="itali">legs</span> shall wash water<p><b><a href="/text/leviticus/1-13.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Leviticus 1:13</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/leviticus/1.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> וְהַקֶּ֥רֶב <b> וְהַכְּרָעַ֖יִם </b> יִרְחַ֣ץ בַּמָּ֑יִם</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/leviticus/1.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> The entrails, <span class="itali">however, and the legs</span> he shall wash<br><a href="/kjvs/leviticus/1.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> the inwards <span class="itali">and the legs</span> with water:<br><a href="/interlinear/leviticus/1-13.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the entrails <span class="itali">and the legs</span> shall wash water<p><b><a href="/text/leviticus/4-11.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Leviticus 4:11</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/leviticus/4.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">רֹאשׁ֖וֹ וְעַל־ <b> כְּרָעָ֑יו </b> וְקִרְבּ֖וֹ וּפִרְשֽׁוֹ׃</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/leviticus/4.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> with its head <span class="itali">and its legs</span> and its entrails<br><a href="/kjvs/leviticus/4.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> with his head, <span class="itali">and with his legs,</span> and his inwards,<br><a href="/interlinear/leviticus/4-11.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> head and its <span class="itali">legs</span> entrails refuse<p><b><a href="/text/leviticus/8-21.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Leviticus 8:21</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/leviticus/8.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">הַקֶּ֥רֶב וְאֶת־ <b> הַכְּרָעַ֖יִם </b> רָחַ֣ץ בַּמָּ֑יִם</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/leviticus/8.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> the entrails <span class="itali">and the legs</span> with water,<br><a href="/kjvs/leviticus/8.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> the inwards <span class="itali">and the legs</span> in water;<br><a href="/interlinear/leviticus/8-21.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the entrails <span class="itali">and the legs</span> had washed water<p><b><a href="/text/leviticus/9-14.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Leviticus 9:14</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/leviticus/9.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">הַקֶּ֖רֶב וְאֶת־ <b> הַכְּרָעָ֑יִם </b> וַיַּקְטֵ֥ר עַל־</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/leviticus/9.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> the entrails <span class="itali">and the legs,</span> and offered [them] up in smoke<br><a href="/kjvs/leviticus/9.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> the inwards <span class="itali">and the legs,</span> and burnt<br><a href="/interlinear/leviticus/9-14.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> also washed the entrails <span class="itali">and the legs</span> and offered with<p><b><a href="/text/leviticus/11-21.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Leviticus 11:21</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/leviticus/11.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">(לֹ֤ו ק) <b> כְרָעַ֙יִם֙ </b> מִמַּ֣עַל לְרַגְלָ֔יו</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/leviticus/11.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> their feet <span class="itali">jointed legs</span> with which<br><a href="/kjvs/leviticus/11.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> upon [all] four, <span class="itali">which have legs</span> above<br><a href="/interlinear/leviticus/11-21.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> which not <span class="itali">legs</span> above their feet<p><b><a href="/text/amos/3-12.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Amos 3:12</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/amos/3.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">הָאֲרִ֛י שְׁתֵּ֥י <b> כְרָעַ֖יִם </b> א֣וֹ בְדַל־</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/amos/3.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> mouth a couple <span class="itali">of legs</span> or a piece<br><a href="/kjvs/amos/3.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> two <span class="itali">legs,</span> or a piece<br><a href="/interlinear/amos/3-12.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the lion's A couple <span class="itali">of legs</span> or A piece<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3767.htm">9 Occurrences</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3767.htm">Strong's Hebrew 3767<br>9 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/cheraayim_3767.htm">ḵə·rā·‘a·yim — 2 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/hakkeraayim_3767.htm">hak·kə·rā·‘a·yim — 2 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/keraav_3767.htm">kə·rā·‘āw — 2 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/ucheraav_3767.htm">ū·ḵə·rā·‘āw — 2 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/vehakkeraayim_3767.htm">wə·hak·kə·rā·‘a·yim — 1 Occ.</a><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div 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