Karah כָּרָה

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Karah (Hebrew כָּרָה, Strong's H3739) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to trade”. It occurs 5 times in 5 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

(Qal) to get by trade, trade, buy, bargain over

(Qal) to give a feast, banquet

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

KJV	buy (1), prepared (1), banquet (1), bought (1)
BSB	barter (2), i bought her (1)

Every verse with Karah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Deuteronomy 2:6
Ye shall buy meat of them for money, that ye may eat; and ye shall also buy water of them for money, that ye may drink.You are to pay them in silver for the food you eat and the water you drink.’”

2 Kings 6:23
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.So the king prepared a great feast for them, and after they had finished eating and drinking, he sent them away, and they returned to their master. And the Aramean raiders did not come into the land of Israel again.

Job 6:27
Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend.You would even cast lots for an orphan and barter away your friend.
Job 41:6
Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants?Will traders barter for him or divide him among the merchants?

Hosea 3:2
So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley:So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer and a lethech of barley.

Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).