Hebrew verb · H6131
עָקַר
aqaraw-kar'
to uproot; to hamstring
7 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ʻâqar
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H6131is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 6 of 39Old Testament books
- 6spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H6131
to pluck up (especially by the roots); specifically, to hamstring; figuratively, to exterminate
The King James renders it: dig down, hough, pluck up, root up.
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
aqar is rendered "to uproot; to hamstring". It stands 7 times in the Hebrew text, across six books.
- Two of the uses stand in Joshua, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "to uproot".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 49:6May I never enter their council; may I never join their assembly. For they kill men in their anger, and hamstring oxen on a whim.
- The Greek text spells it six different ways.
The first use
May I never enter their council; may I never join their assembly. For they kill men in their anger, and hamstring oxen on a whim.
Genesis 49:6עִקְּרוּ־
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 Joshua.
What the word means
The lexicons give this word two senses, and a verse uses one of them at a time: to uproot, and to hamstring.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| to uprootStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereGenesis 49:6May I never enter their council; may I never join their assembly… |
| to hamstringStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- and he hamstrung2
- he hamstrung1
- it will be plucked up1
- they hamstrung1
- to pluck up1
- you will hamstring1
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
- וַיְעַקֵּ֤ר2
- לַעֲק֥וֹר1
- עִקֵּ֔ר1
- עִקְּרוּ־1
- תְּעַקֵּ֔ר1
- תֵּעָקֵֽר׃ ס1
The grammar of each form
- Hc/Vpw3ms2Hc/Vpw3ms
- preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)1HR/Vqcc
- verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singular1HVNi3fs
- verb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singular1HVpi2ms
- verb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural1HVpp3cp
- verb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular1HVpp3ms
Genesis
one use
May I never enter their council; may I never join their assembly. For they kill men in their anger, and hamstring oxen on a whim.
- עִקְּרוּ־ʾikeru-verb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they hamstrung
Joshua
two uses
Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of them, for by this time tomorrow I will deliver all of them slain before Israel. You are to hamstring their horses and burn up their chariots.”
- תְּעַקֵּ֔רteakerverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will hamstring
Joshua treated them as the LORD had told him; he hamstrung their horses and burned up their chariots.
- עִקֵּ֔רʾikerverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he hamstrung
2 Samuel
one use
David captured from him a thousand chariots, seven thousand charioteers, and twenty thousand foot soldiers, and he hamstrung all the horses except a hundred he kept for the chariots.
- וַיְעַקֵּ֤רvayakerHc/Vpw3mstagged: and he hamstrung
1 Chronicles
one use
David captured from him a thousand chariots, seven thousand charioteers, and twenty thousand foot soldiers, and he hamstrung all the horses except a hundred he kept for the chariots.
- וַיְעַקֵּ֤רvayakerHc/Vpw3mstagged: and he hamstrung
Ecclesiastes
one use
a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot,
- לַעֲק֥וֹרlaakorpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to pluck up
Zephaniah
one use
For Gaza will be abandoned, and Ashkelon left in ruins. Ashdod will be driven out at noon, and Ekron will be uprooted.
- תֵּעָקֵֽר׃ סteakerverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it will be plucked up
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.