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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
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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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:6 - Let not my soul enter their council;
Let not my honor be united to their assembly;
For in their anger they slew a man,
And in their self-will they hamstrung an ox.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:6 - But the LORD said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid because of them, for tomorrow about this time I will deliver all of them slain before Israel. You shall hamstring their horses and burn their chariots with fire.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 11:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:9 - So Joshua did to them as the LORD had told him: he hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots with fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 8:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:4 - David took from him one thousand chariots, seven hundred[fn] horsemen, and twenty thousand foot soldiers. Also David hamstrung all the chariot horses, except that he spared enough of them for one hundred chariots.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 18:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:4 - David took from him one thousand chariots, seven thousand[fn] horsemen, and twenty thousand foot soldiers. Also David hamstrung all the chariot horses, except that he spared enough of them for one hundred chariots.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:2 - A time to be born,
And a time to die;
A time to plant,
And a time to pluck what is planted;

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:4 - For Gaza shall be forsaken,
And Ashkelon desolate;
They shall drive out Ashdod at noonday,
And Ekron shall be uprooted.
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