Hebrew noun (masculine) · H2714
חֵקֶר
cheqerkhay'-ker
search
12 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: chêqer
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H2714is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 39Old Testament books
- 8spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H2714
examination, enumeration, deliberation
The King James renders it: finding out, number, (un-) search(-able, -ed, out, -ing).
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
cheqer is rendered "search". It stands 12 times in the Hebrew text, across five books.
- Seven of the uses stand in Job, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Judges 5:16Why did you sit among the sheepfolds to hear the whistling for the flocks? In the clans of Reuben there was great indecision.
- The Greek text spells it eight different ways.
The first use
Why did you sit among the sheepfolds to hear the whistling for the flocks? In the clans of Reuben there was great indecision.
Judges 5:16חִקְרֵי־
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- inquiry7
- ¿ searching of1
- and in depth of1
- and search of1
- searchings of1
- to searching of1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| חֵקֶק | cheqeq | decree | Uses2 |
All 12, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
8 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
- חֵ֑קֶר3
- חֵֽקֶר׃3
- הַחֵ֣קֶר1
- וּבְחֵ֥קֶר1
- וְחֵ֖קֶר1
- חֵ֖קֶר1
- חִקְרֵי־1
- לְחֵ֣קֶר1
The grammar of each form
- noun · masculine singular7HNcmsa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HC/Ncmsc
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HC/R/Ncmsc
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)1HNcmpc
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HR/Ncmsc
- question particle + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HTi/Ncmsc
Judges
one use
Why did you sit among the sheepfolds to hear the whistling for the flocks? In the clans of Reuben there was great indecision.
- חִקְרֵי־chikrei-noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: searchings of
Job
seven uses
the One who does great and unsearchable things, wonders without number.
- חֵ֑קֶרchekernoun · masculine singulartagged: inquiry
Please inquire of past generations and consider the discoveries of their fathers.
- לְחֵ֣קֶרlechekerpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to searching of
He does great things beyond searching out, and wonders without number.
- חֵ֑קֶרchekernoun · masculine singulartagged: inquiry
Can you fathom the deep things of God or discover the limits of the Almighty?
- הַחֵ֣קֶרhachekerquestion particle + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: ¿ searching of
He shatters the mighty without inquiry and sets up others in their place.
- חֵ֑קֶרchekernoun · masculine singulartagged: inquiry
Indeed, God is great—beyond our knowledge; the number of His years is unsearchable.
- חֵֽקֶר׃chekernoun · masculine singulartagged: inquiry
Have you journeyed to the vents of the sea or walked in the trenches of the deep?
- וּבְחֵ֥קֶרuvechekerconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and in depth of
Psalms
one use
Great is the LORD and greatly to be praised; His greatness is unsearchable.
- חֵֽקֶר׃chekernoun · masculine singulartagged: inquiry
Proverbs
two uses
As the heavens are high and the earth is deep, so the hearts of kings cannot be searched.
- חֵֽקֶר׃chekernoun · masculine singulartagged: inquiry
It is not good to eat too much honey or to search out one’s own glory.
- וְחֵ֖קֶרvechekerconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and search of
Isaiah
one use
Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary; His understanding is beyond searching out.
- חֵ֖קֶרchekernoun · masculine singulartagged: inquiry
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.