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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 - Let my soul come not into their council;
O my glory, be not joined to their company.
For in their anger they killed men,
and in their willfulness they hamstrung oxen.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:6 - And the LORD said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of them, for tomorrow at this time I will give over all of them, slain, to Israel. You shall hamstring their horses and burn their chariots with fire.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:9 - And Joshua did to them just as the LORD said to him: he hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots with fire.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:4 - And David took from him 1,700 horsemen, and 20,000 foot soldiers. And David hamstrung all the chariot horses but left enough for 100 chariots.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:4 - And David took from him 1,000 chariots, 7,000 horsemen, and 20,000 foot soldiers. And David hamstrung all the chariot horses, but left enough for 100 chariots.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:2 - a time to be born, and a time to die;
a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;
Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:4 - For Gaza shall be deserted,
and Ashkelon shall become a desolation;
Ashdod’s people shall be driven out at noon,
and Ekron shall be uprooted.
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