Hebrew verb · H1239
בָּקַר
baqarbaw-kar
to enquire
7 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: bâqar
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H1239is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 39Old Testament books
- 6spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H1239
properly, to plough, or (generally) break forth, i.e. (figuratively) to inspect, admire, care for, consider
The King James renders it: (make) inquire (-ry), (make) search, seek out.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
baqar is rendered "to enquire". It stands 7 times in the Hebrew text, across five books.
- Two of the uses stand in Leviticus, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Leviticus 13:36the priest is to examine him, and if the scaly outbreak has spread on the skin, the priest need not look for yellow hair; the person is unclean.
- The Greek text spells it six different ways.
The first use
the priest is to examine him, and if the scaly outbreak has spread on the skin, the priest need not look for yellow hair; the person is unclean.
Leviticus 13:36יְבַקֵּ֧ר
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Two of the word's seven uses are in Leviticus.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- and I will seek them1
- and to inquire1
- he will scrutinize1
- he will seek1
- I will seek1
- to consider1
- to consult1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 7, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
6 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- לְבַקֵּֽר׃2
- אֲבַקֵּ֣ר1
- וּבִקַּרְתִּֽים׃1
- וּלְבַקֵּ֥ר1
- יְבַקֵּ֧ר1
- יְבַקֵּ֛ר1
The grammar of each form
- preposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)2HR/Vpcc
- verb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular2HVpi3ms
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)1HC/R/Vpcc
- Hc/Vpq1cs/Sp3mp1Hc/Vpq1cs/Sp3mp
- verb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singular1HVpi1cs
Leviticus
two uses
the priest is to examine him, and if the scaly outbreak has spread on the skin, the priest need not look for yellow hair; the person is unclean.
- יְבַקֵּ֧רyevakerverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will seek
He must not inspect whether it is good or bad, and he shall not make any substitution. But if he does make a substitution, both the animal and its substitute shall become holy; they cannot be redeemed.’”
- יְבַקֵּ֛רyevakerverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will scrutinize
2 Kings
one use
Then King Ahaz commanded Uriah the priest, “Offer on the great altar the morning burnt offering, the evening grain offering, and the king’s burnt offering and grain offering, as well as the burnt offerings, grain offerings, and drink offerings of all the people of the land. Sprinkle on the altar all the blood of the burnt offerings and sacrifices. But I will use the bronze altar to seek guidance.”
- לְבַקֵּֽר׃levakerpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to consult
Psalms
one use
One thing I have asked of the LORD; this is what I desire: to dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the LORD and seek Him in His temple.
- וּלְבַקֵּ֥רulevakerconjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: and to inquire
Proverbs
one use
It is a trap for a man to dedicate something rashly, only later to reconsider his vows.
- לְבַקֵּֽר׃levakerpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to consider
Ezekiel
two uses
For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I Myself will search for My flock and seek them out.
- וּבִקַּרְתִּֽים׃uvikartimHc/Vpq1cs/Sp3mptagged: and I will seek them
As a shepherd looks for his scattered sheep when he is among the flock, so I will look for My flock. I will rescue them from all the places to which they were scattered on a day of clouds and darkness.
- אֲבַקֵּ֣רʾavakerverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will seek
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.