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Lexicon :: Strong's H1856 - dāqar

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דָּקַר
Transliteration
dāqar
Pronunciation
daw-kar'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 449

Strong’s Definitions

דָּקַר dâqar, daw-kar'; a primitive root; to stab; by analogy, to starve; figuratively, to revile:—pierce, strike (thrust) through, wound.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x

The KJV translates Strong's H1856 in the following manner: thrust through (8x), pierced (1x), wounded (1x), stricken through (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x
The KJV translates Strong's H1856 in the following manner: thrust through (8x), pierced (1x), wounded (1x), stricken through (1x).

  1. to pierce, thrust through, pierce through

    1. (Qal) to pierce, run through

    2. (Niphal) to be pierced through

    3. (Pual) pierced, riddled (participle)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
דָּקַר dâqar, daw-kar'; a primitive root; to stab; by analogy, to starve; figuratively, to revile:—pierce, strike (thrust) through, wound.
STRONGS H1856: Abbreviations
† [דָּקַר] verb pierce, pierce through (Late Hebrew id., Aramaic דְּקַר, bdb020101) —
Qal Perfect 3rd person plural דָּקָ֑רוּ Zechariah 12:10; suffix וּדְקָרֻנִי consecutive 1 Samuel 31:4, וּדְקָרֻהוּ consecutive Zechariah 13:3; Imperfect וַיִּדְקֹר Numbers 25:8, וַיִּדְקְרֵהוּ Judges 9:54 — pierce, run through (always with accusative): as retributive act, Israelite and Midianite woman Numbers 25:8; false prophet Zechariah 13:3; but also as speedy death Judges 9:54 (Abimelech); 1 Samuel 31:4a (Saul) = 1 Chronicles 10:4, also 1 Samuel 31:4b (but strike out Be We after 1 Chronicles 10:4 & so LXX of Lucian (Lag.) 1 Samuel 31:4b), see also Zechariah 12:10 (compare John 19:37).
Niph. Imperfect יִדָּקֵר be pierced through, slain Isaiah 13:15 (in conquest of Babylonian by Medes).
Pu. Participle plural מְדֻקָּרִים pierced, riddled, (i.e. desperately wounded) warriors, Jeremiah 37:10, slain Jeremiah 51:4 (|| חללים); by hunger Lamentations 4:9 (|| חַלְלֵי רָעָב).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Numbers

25:8; 25:8

Judges

9:54; 9:54

1 Samuel

31:4; 31:4; 31:4; 31:4

1 Chronicles

10:4; 10:4

Isaiah

13:15

Jeremiah

37:10; 51:4

Lamentations

4:9

Zechariah

12:10; 12:10; 13:3; 13:3

John

19:37

H1856

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1856 matches the Hebrew דָּקַר (dāqar),
which occurs 11 times in 10 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:8 - and went in after the Israelitish man into the [fn]chamber, and pierced them both through, both the Israelitish man, and the woman through her womb; and the plague was stayed from the children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:54

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:54 - And he cried out quickly to the young man his armour-bearer, and said to him, Draw thy sword, and slay me, lest at any time they should say, A woman slew him: and his young man thrust him through and he died.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 31:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 31:4 - And Saul said to his armour-bearer, Draw thy sword and pierce me through with it; lest these uncircumcised come and pierce me through, and mock me. But his armour-bearer would not, for he feared greatly: so Saul took his sword and fell upon it.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 10:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 10:4 - And Saul said to his armour-bearer, Draw thy sword, and pierce me through with it, lest these uncircumcised come and mock me. But his armour-bearer would not, for he was greatly afraid: so Saul took a sword, and fell upon it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:15 - For whosoever shall be taken shall be overcome; and they that are gathered together shall fall by the sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:10 - (LXX 44:10) And though ye should smite the whole host of the Chaldeans that fight against you, and there should be left a few wounded men, these should rise up each in his place, and burn this city with fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:4 - (LXX 28:4) And slain men shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and men pierced through shall fall without it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:9 - Teth. The slain with the sword were better than they that were slain with hunger: they have departed, pierced through from want of the fruits of the field.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 12:10 - And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and compassion: and [fn] they shall look upon me, because they have mocked me, and they shall make lamentation for him, as for a beloved friend, and they shall grieve intensely, as for a first-born son.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 13:3

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 13:3 - And it shall come to pass, if a man will yet prophesy, that his father and his mother which gave birth to him shall say to him, Thou shalt not live; for thou hast spoken lies in the name of the Lord: and his father and his mother who gave him birth shall bind him as he is prophesying.
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