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Lexicon :: Strong's H6131 - ʿāqar

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עָקַר
Transliteration
ʿāqar
Pronunciation
aw-kar'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1681,1682

Strong’s Definitions

עָקַר ʻâqar, aw-kar'; a primitive root; to pluck up (especially by the roots); specifically, to hamstring; figuratively, to exterminate:—dig down, hough, pluck up, root up.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x

The KJV translates Strong's H6131 in the following manner: hough (4x), pluck up (1x), rooted up (1x), digged down (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x
The KJV translates Strong's H6131 in the following manner: hough (4x), pluck up (1x), rooted up (1x), digged down (1x).
  1. to pluck up, root up

    1. (Qal) to pluck up, root up

    2. (Niphal) to be plucked up

  2. to cut, hamstring

    1. (Piel) to cut, hamstring

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עָקַר ʻâqar, aw-kar'; a primitive root; to pluck up (especially by the roots); specifically, to hamstring; figuratively, to exterminate:—dig down, hough, pluck up, root up.
STRONGS H6131: Abbreviations
† [עָקַר] verb denominative pluck or root up
Qal Infinitive construct לַעֲקוֺר with accusative Ecclesiastes 3:2 (opposed to H5193 נָטַע).
Niph. Imperfect 3rd person feminine singular עֶקְרוֺן תֵּעָקֵר Zephaniah 2:4 (word-play).

עִקֵּר verb
Pi. denominative (from עֵקַר or other like word = (root-sinew), hamstring; — hamstring horses (on Arabic funeral usage, with camel and horse see WeHeid. 2, 181): Perfect 3rd person masculine singular ע׳ Joshua 11:9, Imperfect 3rd person masculine singularוַיְעַקֵּר 2 Samuel 8:4 = 1 Chronicles 18:4, 2nd person masculine singularתְּעַקֵּר Joshua 11:6 all with accusative; Perfect 3rd person masculine plural עִקְּרוּ שׁוֺר Genesis 49:6they hamstrung an ox.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

49:6

Joshua

11:6; 11:9

2 Samuel

8:4

1 Chronicles

18:4

Ecclesiastes

3:2

Zephaniah

2:4

H6131

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6131 matches the Hebrew עָקַר (ʿāqar),
which occurs 7 times in 7 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:6 -

“May I never enter their council;

may I never join their assembly.

For in their anger they kill men,

and on a whim they hamstring oxen.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:6 -

The LORD said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of them, for at this time tomorrow I will cause all of them to be killed before Israel. You are to hamstring their horses and burn their chariots.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:9 -

Joshua treated them as the LORD had told him; he hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:4 -

David captured seventeen hundred horsemen[fn] and twenty thousand foot soldiers from him, and he hamstrung all the horses and kept a hundred chariots.[fn]

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:4 -

David captured one thousand chariots, seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand foot soldiers from him, hamstrung all the horses, and kept a hundred chariots.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:2 -

a time to give birth and a time to die;

a time to plant and a time to uproot;[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:4 -

For Gaza will be abandoned,

and Ashkelon will become a ruin.

Ashdod will be driven out at noon,

and Ekron will be uprooted.

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