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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).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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 Box Gen 31:46

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:46 - Then Jacob said to his brethren, “Gather stones.” And they took stones and made a heap, and they ate there on the heap.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 47:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:14 - And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan, for the grain which they bought; and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh’s house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 16:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:4 - Then the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you. And the people shall go out and gather a certain quota every day, that I may test them, whether they will walk in My law or not.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 16:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:5 - “And it shall be on the sixth day that they shall prepare what they bring in, and it shall be twice as much as they gather daily.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 16:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:16 - “This is the thing which the LORD has commanded: ‘Let every man gather it according to each one’s need, one omer for each person, according to the number of persons; let every man take for those who are in his tent.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 16:17

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 16:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:18 - So when they measured it by omers, he who gathered much had nothing left over, and he who gathered little had no lack. Every man had gathered according to each one’s need.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 16:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:21 - So they gathered it every morning, every man according to his need. And when the sun became hot, it melted.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 16:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:22 - And so it was, on the sixth day, that they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for each one. And all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 16:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:26 - “Six days you shall gather it, but on the seventh day, the Sabbath, there will be none.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 16:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:27 - Now it happened that some of the people went out on the seventh day to gather, but they found none.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 19:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:9 - ‘When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not wholly reap the corners of your field, nor shall you gather the gleanings of your harvest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 19:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:10 - ‘And you shall not glean your vineyard, nor shall you gather every grape of your vineyard; you shall leave them for the poor and the stranger: I am the LORD your God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 23:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:22 - ‘When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not wholly reap the corners of your field when you reap, nor shall you gather any gleaning from your harvest. You shall leave them for the poor and for the stranger: I am the LORD your God.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:8 - The people went about and gathered it, ground it on millstones or beat it in the mortar, cooked it in pans, and made cakes of it; and its taste was like the taste of pastry prepared with oil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:7 - And Adoni-Bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off used to gather scraps under my table; as I have done, so God has repaid me.” Then they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:3 - Then Jephthah fled from his brothers and dwelt in the land of Tob; and worthless men banded together with Jephthah and went out raiding with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:2 - So Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, “Please let me go to the field, and glean heads of grain after him in whose sight I may find favor.” And she said to her, “Go, my daughter.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:3 - Then she left, and went and gleaned in the field after the reapers. And she happened to come to the part of the field belonging to Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:7 - “And she said, ‘Please let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves.’ So she came and has continued from morning until now, though she rested a little in the house.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:8 - Then Boaz said to Ruth, “You will listen, my daughter, will you not? Do not go to glean in another field, nor go from here, but stay close by my young women.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:15 - And when she rose up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, “Let her glean even among the sheaves, and do not reproach her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:16 - “Also let grain from the bundles fall purposely for her; leave it that she may glean, and do not rebuke her.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 2:17

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:18 - Then she took it up and went into the city, and her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned. So she brought out and gave to her what she had kept back after she had been satisfied.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:19 - And her mother-in-law said to her, “Where have you gleaned today? And where did you work? Blessed be the one who took notice of you.” So she told her mother-in-law with whom she had worked, and said, “The man’s name with whom I worked today is Boaz.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 2:23

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:23 - So she stayed close by the young women of Boaz, to glean until the end of barley harvest and wheat harvest; and she dwelt with her mother-in-law.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:38 - And Jonathan cried out after the lad, “Make haste, hurry, do not delay!” So Jonathan’s lad gathered up the arrows and came back to his master.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:39

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:39 - So one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine, and gathered from it a lapful of wild gourds, and came and sliced them into the pot of stew, though they did not know what they were.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:28 - What You give them they gather in;
You open Your hand, they are filled with good.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:2 - The Shulamite
My beloved has gone to his garden,
To the beds of spices,
To feed his flock in the gardens,
And to gather lilies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 17:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:5 - It shall be as when the harvester gathers the grain,
And reaps the heads with his arm;
It shall be as he who gathers heads of grain
In the Valley of Rephaim.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 27:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:12 - And it shall come to pass in that day
That the LORD will thresh,
From the channel of the River[fn] to the Brook of Egypt;
And you will be gathered one by one,
O you children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 7:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:18 - “The children gather wood, the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead dough, to make cakes for the queen of heaven; and they pour out drink offerings to other gods, that they may provoke Me to anger.
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