Hebrew verb · H2713
חָקַר
chaqarkhaw-kar'
to search
27 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: châqar
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H2713is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 14 of 39Old Testament books
- 26spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H2713
properly, to penetrate; hence, to examine intimately
The King James renders it: find out, (make) search (out), seek (out), sound, try.
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
chaqar is rendered "to search". It stands 27 times in the Hebrew text, across fourteen books.
- Six of the uses stand in Job, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Deuteronomy 13:14then you must inquire, investigate, and interrogate thoroughly. And if it is established with certainty that this abomination has been committed among you,
- The Greek text spells it twenty-six different ways.
The first use
then you must inquire, investigate, and interrogate thoroughly. And if it is established with certainty that this abomination has been committed among you,
Deuteronomy 13:14וְחָקַרְתָּ֧
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
The word stands in fourteen of the 39 Old Testament books.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- it was ascertained2
- to explore2
- and he searched out1
- and he will examine him1
- and let us examine1
- and to explore it1
- and you will search1
- examine me1
- explore1
- he examined it1
- he examines thoroughly him1
- he will examine1
and 13 more, 27 uses in all
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.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| חָקַק | chaqaq | to decree | Uses19 |
The words it stands beside
All 27, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
26 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
- נֶחְקַ֖ר2
- אֶחְקֹ֣ר1
- אֶחְקְרֵֽהוּ׃1
- וְחִקֵּ֔ר1
- וַחֲקָרֽוֹ׃1
- וְחָקַרְתָּ֧1
- וְיֵחָקְר֥וּ1
- וּלְחָקְרָ֔הּ1
- וְֽנַחְקֹ֔רָה1
- חוֹקֵ֑ר1
- חֲק֤וֹר1
- חֲקֹ֣ר1
and 14 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)2HR/Vqcc
- verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular2HVNp3ms
- verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)2HVqcc
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular2HVqi3ms
- verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular2HVqrmsa
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular1HC/R/Vqcc/Sp3fs
- HC/VNu3mp1HC/VNu3mp
- Hc/Vpq3ms1Hc/Vpq3ms
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common plural1HC/Vqc1cp
- Hc/Vqq2ms1Hc/Vqq2ms
- Hc/Vqq3ms/Sp3ms1Hc/Vqq3ms/Sp3ms
- verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular1HVNi3ms
Deuteronomy
one use
then you must inquire, investigate, and interrogate thoroughly. And if it is established with certainty that this abomination has been committed among you,
- וְחָקַרְתָּ֧vechakartaHc/Vqq2mstagged: and you will search
Judges
two uses
So the Danites sent out five men from their clans, men of valor from Zorah and Eshtaol, to spy out the land and explore it. “Go and explore the land,” they told them. The men entered the hill country of Ephraim and came to the house of Micah, where they spent the night.
- וּלְחָקְרָ֔הּulechakerahconjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: and to explore it
- חִקְר֣וּchikruverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: explore
1 Samuel
one use
and Jonathan said, “By the LORD, the God of Israel, I will sound out my father by this time tomorrow or the next day. If he is favorable toward you, will I not send for you and tell you?
- אֶחְקֹ֣רʾechkorverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will sound out
2 Samuel
one use
the princes of the Ammonites said to Hanun their lord, “Just because David has sent you comforters, do you really believe he is showing respect for your father? Has not David instead sent his servants to explore the city, spy it out, and overthrow it?”
- חֲק֤וֹרchakorverb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to explore
1 Kings
one use
Solomon left all these articles unweighed, because there were so many. The weight of the bronze could not be determined.
- נֶחְקַ֖רnechkarverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it was ascertained
1 Chronicles
one use
the princes of the Ammonites said to Hanun, “Just because David has sent you comforters, do you really believe he is showing respect for your father? Have not his servants come to you to explore the land, spy it out, and overthrow it?”
- לַחְקֹ֨רlachkorpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to explore
2 Chronicles
one use
Solomon made all these articles in such great abundance that the weight of the bronze could not be determined.
- נֶחְקַ֖רnechkarverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it was ascertained
Job
six uses
Indeed, we have investigated, and it is true! So hear it and know for yourself.”
- חֲקַרְנ֥וּהָchakarnuhaverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: we have examined it
Would it be well when He examined you? Could you deceive Him like a man?
- יַחְקֹ֣רyachkorverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will examine
Man puts an end to the darkness; he probes the farthest recesses for ore in deepest darkness.
- חוֹקֵ֑רchokerverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: searching for
then He looked at wisdom and appraised it; He established it and searched it out.
- חֲקָרָֽהּ׃chakarahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: he examined it
I was a father to the needy, and I took up the case of the stranger.
- אֶחְקְרֵֽהוּ׃ʾechkerehuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: I investigated it
Indeed, I waited while you spoke; I listened to your reasoning; as you searched for words,
- תַּחְקְר֥וּןtachkerunverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine plural + paragogic nuntagged: you searched for
Psalms
three uses
would not God have discovered, since He knows the secrets of the heart?
- יַֽחֲקָר־yachakor-verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: will he search out
O LORD, You have searched me and known me.
- חֲ֝קַרְתַּ֗נִיchakartaniverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: you have examined me
Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns.
- חָקְרֵ֣נִיchakereniverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: examine me
Proverbs
four uses
The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
- וַחֲקָרֽוֹ׃vachakaroHc/Vqq3ms/Sp3mstagged: and he will examine him
Those who linger over wine, who go to taste mixed drinks.
- לַחְקֹ֥רlachkorpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to examine
It is the glory of God to conceal a matter and the glory of kings to search it out.
- חֲקֹ֣רchakorverb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to search out
A rich man is wise in his own eyes, but a poor man with discernment sees through him.
- יַחְקְרֶֽנּוּ׃yachkerenuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he examines thoroughly him
Ecclesiastes
one use
Not only was the Teacher wise, but he also taught the people knowledge; he pondered, searched out, and arranged many proverbs.
- וְחִקֵּ֔רvechikerHc/Vpq3mstagged: and he searched out
Jeremiah
three uses
I, the LORD, search the heart; I examine the mind to reward a man according to his way, by what his deeds deserve.
- חֹקֵ֥רchokerverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: searching
This is what the LORD says: “Only if the heavens above could be measured and the foundations of the earth below searched out would I reject all of Israel’s descendants because of all they have done,” declares the LORD.
- וְיֵחָקְר֥וּveyechakeruHC/VNu3mptagged: so they may be explored
They will chop down her forest, declares the LORD, dense though it may be, for they are more numerous than locusts; they cannot be counted.
- יֵֽחָקֵ֑רyechakerverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will be searched
Lamentations
one use
Let us examine and test our ways, and turn back to the LORD.
- וְֽנַחְקֹ֔רָהvenachkorahconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common pluraltagged: and let us examine
Ezekiel
one use
And men will be employed to continually pass through the land to cleanse it by burying the invaders who remain on the ground. At the end of the seven months they will begin their search.
- יַחְקֹֽרוּ׃yachkoruverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will make a search
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 words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
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.