aqar (H6131) — Hebrew Word Study — MannaFest

Hebrew · Strong's H6131

עָקַר

aqaraw-kar'

to pluck up (especially by the roots)

1890 spelling: ʻâqar

Gematria 370

Strong's Dictionary · 1890

to pluck up (especially by the roots); specifically, to hamstring; figuratively, to exterminate

Rendered in the KJV as

dig down, hough, pluck up, root up.

7
occurrencesin the Old Testament
6 of 39
Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
6
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 7 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 6

וַיְעַקֵּ֤ר2
לַעֲק֥וֹר1
עִקֵּ֔ר1
עִקְּרוּ־1
תְּעַקֵּ֔ר1
תֵּעָקֵֽר׃ ס1

How it is rendered · 6

and he hamstrung2
he hamstrung1
it will be plucked up1
they hamstrung1
to pluck up1
you will hamstring1

The sense the word carries at each spot: how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 6

Hc/Vpw3ms2
preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)1
verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person feminine singular1
verb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singular1
verb · intensive (piel), completed action · 3rd person common plural1
verb · intensive (piel), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular1

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Hc/Vpw3ms · 2
HR/Vqcc · 1
HVNi3fs · 1
HVpi2ms · 1
HVpp3cp · 1
HVpp3ms · 1

All 7, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Joshua2 of 7 · 29%
Genesis1 of 7 · 14%
2 Samuel1 of 7 · 14%
1 Chronicles1 of 7 · 14%
Ecclesiastes1 of 7 · 14%

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Genesis1 occurrence

Genesis 49:6עִקְּרוּ־ʾikeru-verb · intensive (piel), completed action · 3rd person common pluralMay I never enter their council; may I never join their assembly. For they kill men in their anger, and hamstring oxen on a whim.here: they hamstrung

Joshua2 occurrences

2 Samuel1 occurrence

2 Samuel 8:4וַיְעַקֵּ֤רvayakerHc/Vpw3msDavid 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.here: and he hamstrung

1 Chronicles1 occurrence

1 Chronicles 18:4וַיְעַקֵּ֤רvayakerHc/Vpw3msDavid 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.here: and he hamstrung

Ecclesiastes1 occurrence

Ecclesiastes 3:2לַעֲק֥וֹרlaakorpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot,here: to pluck up

Zephaniah1 occurrence

Zephaniah 2:4תֵּעָקֵֽר׃ סteakerverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person feminine singularFor Gaza will be abandoned, and Ashkelon left in ruins. Ashdod will be driven out at noon, and Ekron will be uprooted.here: it will be plucked up

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