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Lexicon :: Strong's H3950 - lāqaṭ

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לָקַט
Transliteration
lāqaṭ
Pronunciation
law-kat'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1125

Strong’s Definitions

לָקַט lâqaṭ, law-kat'; a primitive root; properly, to pick up, i.e. (generally) to gather; specifically, to glean:—gather (up), glean.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 37x

The KJV translates Strong's H3950 in the following manner: gather (23x), glean (12x), gather up (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 37x
The KJV translates Strong's H3950 in the following manner: gather (23x), glean (12x), gather up (2x).

  1. to pick up, gather, glean, gather up

    1. (Qal)

      1. to pick up, gather

      2. to glean

    2. (Piel)

      1. to gather, gather up

      2. to collect (money)

      3. to glean

    3. (Pual) to be picked up

    4. (Hithpael) to collect oneself

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
לָקַט lâqaṭ, law-kat'; a primitive root; properly, to pick up, i.e. (generally) to gather; specifically, to glean:—gather (up), glean.
STRONGS H3950: Abbreviations
† [לָקַט] verb pick or gather up, specifically glean (Late Hebrew id. and נָקַט; Arabic bdb054401 pick up (as a bird, grains, etc.); Aramaic לְקַט, and נְקַט; bdb054402; Mandean לגט (NöM 54, also on Talmud נקט); compare Assyrian laḳâtu DlHWB 385 (but ט = t?)); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person plural לָֽקְטוּ Exodus 16:22; Numbers 11:8, וְל׳ consecutive Exodus 16:4, לָקָ֑טוּ Exodus 16:18; Imperfect 3rd person masculine plural יִלְקְטוּ Exodus 16:5, יִלְקֹט֑וּן Psalm 104:28, וַיִּלְקְטוּ Exodus 16:17, 21; 2nd person masculine plural suffix תִּלְקְטֻהוּ Exodus 16:26; Imperative masculine plural לִקְטוּ Genesis 31:46; Exodus 16:16; Infinitive construct לִלְקֹט Exodus 16:27 + 2 times; —
1. pick up, gather, with accusative, stones Genesis 31:46 (J), lilies Songs 6:2; usually the manna: Exodus 16:4, 5, 26 (J), Exodus 16:21; Exodus 16:22 (P); followed by מִן partitive Exodus 16:16 (P); so absolute Exodus 16:27; Numbers 11:8 (both J E), Exodus 16:17, 18 (P); of animals gathering food תִּתֵּן לָהֶם יִלְקֹט֑וּן Psalm 104:28.
2. specifically glean, absolute, Ruth 2:8 (with בְּ local; usually Pi. in this sense).
Pi. Perfect 3rd person feminine singular וְלִקְּטָה consecutive Ruth 2:16, לִקֵּ֑טָה Ruth 2:17, 18; 2nd person feminine singular לִקַּטְתְּ Ruth 2:19; Imperfect וַיְלַקִּט Genesis 47:14 + 2 times; 3rd person feminine singular תְּלַקִּט Ruth 2:15, וַתּ׳ Ruth 2:3, 17; 2nd person masculine singular תְּלַקִּט Leviticus 19:9 + 2 times; 1st person singular אֲלַקֳּטָה Ruth 2:2, 7 (compare BaNB 152, 489); Infinitive construct לְלַקִּט Ruth 2:15 + 2 times; Participle מְלַקִּט Isaiah 17:5, plural מְלַקְּטִים Judges 1:7; Jeremiah 7:18; —
1. gather, gather up, fallen grapes, Leviticus 19:10 (H), arrows 1 Samuel 20:38, (fire-)wood Jeremiah 7:18; absolute (food from ground) Judges 1:7 (compare GFM); = pick, pick off, 2 Kings 4:39 (twice in verse) (+ מִן of source).
2. figurative collect (money) Genesis 47:14 (J).
3. specifically glean, after the reapers, usually absolute Ruth 2:3, 7 (|| אָסַף), Ruth 2:17 (all with בְּ local), Ruth 2:15 (בֵּין location), Ruth 2:19 (adverb location), also Ruth 2:2 (where בְּ may be local or partitive, compare Be), also Ruth 2:15; Ruth 2:16; Ruth 2:23; with accusative Isaiah 17:5 (שִׁבֳּלִים, simile of devastation of land; || אָסַף קָצִיר), Ruth 2:17, 18; with accusative of congnate meaning with verb לֶקֶט Leviticus 19:9 = Leviticus 23:22 (H).
Pu. Imperfect 2nd person masculine plural תְּלֻקְּטוּ Isaiah 27:12 ye shall be picked up (of Israel under figure of grains or berries, after the threshing process of י׳'s judgment).
Hithp. Imperfect וַיִּתְלַקְּטוּ Judges 11:3 and there collected themselves worthless men unto (אֶל) Jephthah (were raked together GFM).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

31:46; 31:46; 47:14; 47:14

Exodus

16:4; 16:4; 16:5; 16:5; 16:16; 16:16; 16:17; 16:17; 16:18; 16:18; 16:21; 16:21; 16:22; 16:22; 16:26; 16:26; 16:27; 16:27

Leviticus

19:9; 19:9; 19:10; 23:22

Numbers

11:8; 11:8

Judges

1:7; 1:7; 11:3

Ruth

2:2; 2:2; 2:3; 2:3; 2:7; 2:7; 2:8; 2:15; 2:15; 2:15; 2:15; 2:16; 2:16; 2:17; 2:17; 2:17; 2:17; 2:18; 2:18; 2:19; 2:19; 2:23

1 Samuel

20:38

2 Kings

4:39

Psalms

104:28; 104:28

Song of Songs

6:2

Isaiah

17:5; 17:5; 27:12

Jeremiah

7:18; 7:18

H3950

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3950 matches the Hebrew לָקַט (lāqaṭ),
which occurs 37 times in 34 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:46

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:46 - And Jacob said to his brethren, Gather stones; and they gathered stones and made a heap, and ate there upon the heap; and Laban said to him, This heap witnesses between me and thee to-day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:14 - And Joseph gathered all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and the land of Chanaan, in return for the corn which they bought, and he distributed corn to them; and Joseph brought all the money into the house of Pharao.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:4 - And the Lord said to Moses, Behold, I will rain bread upon you out of heaven: and the people shall go forth, and they shall gather their daily portion for the day, that I may try them whether they will walk in my law or not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:5 - And it shall come to pass on the sixth day that they shall prepare whatsoever they have brought in, and it shall be double of what they shall have gathered for the day, daily.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:16 - This is the bread which the Lord has given you to eat. This is that which the Lord has appointed: gather of it each man for his family, a homer for each person, [fn]according to the number of your souls, gather each of you with his fellow-lodgers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:17 - And the children of Israel did so, and gathered some much and some less.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:18 - And having measured the homer full, [fn] he that had gathered much had nothing over, and he that had gathered less had no lack; each gathered [fn]according to the need of those who belonged to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:21 - And they gathered it every morning, each man what he needed, and when the sun waxed hot it melted.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:22 - And it came to pass on the sixth day, they gathered double what was needed, two homers for one man; and all the chiefs of the synagogue went in and reported it to Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:26 - Six days ye shall gather it, and on the seventh day is a sabbath, for there shall be none on that day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:27 - And it came to pass on the seventh day that some of the people went forth to gather, and found none.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:9 - And when ye reap the harvest of your land, ye shall not complete the reaping of your field with exactness, and thou shalt not gather that which falls from thy reaping.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:10 - And thou shalt not go over the gathering of thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather the remaining grapes of thy vineyard: thou shalt leave them for the poor and the stranger: I am the Lord your God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:22 - And when ye shall reap the harvest of your land, ye shall not fully reap the remainder of the harvest of your field when thou reapest, and thou shalt not gather that which falls from thy reaping; thou shalt leave it for the poor and the stranger: I am the Lord your God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:8 - And the people went through the field, and gathered, and ground it in the mill, or pounded it in a mortar, and baked it in a pan, and made cakes of it; and the sweetness of it was as the taste of wafer made with oil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:7 - And Adonibezek said, Seventy kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered their food under my table: as I therefore have done, so God has recompensed me: and they [fn]brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:3 - And Jephthae fled from the face of his brethren, and dwelt in the land of Tob; and vain men gathered to Jephthae, and went out with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:2 - And Ruth the Moabitess said to Noemin, Let me go now to the field, and I will glean among the ears behind the man with whomsoever I shall find favour: and she said to her, Go, daughter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:3 - And she went; and came and gleaned in the field behind the reapers; and she happened by chance to come on a portion of the land of Booz, of the kindred of Elimelech.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:7 - And she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather among the sheaves after the reapers: and she came and stood from morning till evening, and rested not even a little in the field.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:8 - And Booz said to Ruth, Hast thou not heard, my daughter? go not to glean in another field; and depart not thou hence, join thyself here with my damsels.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:15 - And she rose up to glean; and Booz charged his young men, saying, Let her even glean among the sheaves, and reproach her not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:16 - And do ye by all means carry it for her, and ye shall surely let fall for her some of that which is heaped up; and let her eat, and glean, and rebuke her not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:17 - So she gleaned in the field till evening, and beat out that she had gleaned, and it was about an ephah of barley.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:18 - And she took it up, and went into the city: and her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned, and Ruth brought forth and gave to her the food which she had left from what she had been satisfied with.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:19 - And her mother-in-law said to her, Where hast thou gleaned to-day, and where hast thou wrought? blessed be he that took notice of thee. And Ruth told her mother-in-law where she had wrought, and said, The name of the man with whom I wrought to-day is Booz.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:23

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:23 - And Ruth joined herself to the damsels of Booz to glean until they had finished the barley-harvest and the wheat-harvest.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:38 - And Jonathan cried out after his boy, saying, Make all speed, and stay not. And Jonathan's boy gathered up the arrows, and brought the arrows to his master.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:39

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:39 - And he went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a vine in the field, and gathered of it wild [fn]gourds, his garment full; and he cast it into the caldron of pottage, for they knew them not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:28 - (LXX 103:28) When thou hast given it them, they will gather it; and when thou hast opened thine hand, they shall all be filled with good.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:2 - My kinsman is gone down to his garden, to the beds of spice, to feed his flock in the gardens, and to gather lilies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:5 - And it shall be as if one should gather standing corn, and reap the grain of the ears; and it shall be as if one should gather ears in a rich valley;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:12 - And it shall come to pass in that day that God shall fence men off from the channel of the river as far as Rhinocorura; but do ye gather one by one the children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:18 - Their children gather wood, and their fathers kindle a fire, and their women knead dough, to make cakes to the host of heaven; and they have poured out drink-offerings to strange gods, that they might provoke me to anger.
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