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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary

Strong's #2713 - חָקַר

Transliteration

châqar

Phonetics

khaw-kar'

Origin

a primitive root

Parts of Speech

Verb

TWOT

729

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

1) to search, search for, search out, examine, investigate

1a) (Qal)

1a1) to search (for)

1a2) to search through, explore

1a3) to examine thoroughly

1b) (Niphal)

1b1) to be searched out, be found out, be ascertained, be examined

1c) (Piel) to search out, seek out

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 2045 ‑ ἐραυνάω (er‑yoo‑nah'‑o); 2045 ‑ ἐραυνάω (er‑yoo‑nah'‑o); 350 ‑ ἀνακρίνω (an‑ak‑ree'‑no); 1381 ‑ δοκιμάζω (dok‑im‑ad'‑zo); 1567 ‑ ἐκζητέω (ek‑zay‑teh'‑o); 1651 ‑ ἐλέγχω (el‑eng'‑kho); 2065 ‑ ἐρωτάω (er‑o‑tah'‑o); 2607 ‑ καταγινώσκω (kat‑ag‑in‑o'‑sko); 1587 ‑ ἐκλείπω (ek‑li'‑po);

Frequency Lists

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KJV (27)

Deuteronomy

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1 Samuel

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1 Kings

1 Chronicles

2 Chronicles

Job

Psalms

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Ecclesiastes

Jeremiah

Lamentations

Ezekiel

NAS (29)

Deuteronomy

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1 Samuel

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1 Kings

1 Chronicles

2 Chronicles

Job

Psalms

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Jeremiah

Lamentations

Ezekiel

HCS (27)

Deuteronomy

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1 Samuel

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1 Kings

1 Chronicles

2 Chronicles

Job

Psalms

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Jeremiah

Lamentations

Ezekiel

BSB (27)

Deuteronomy

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1 Samuel

2 Samuel

1 Kings

1 Chronicles

2 Chronicles

Job

Psalms

Proverbs

Ecclesiastes

Jeremiah

Lamentations

Ezekiel

ESV (26)

Deuteronomy

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1 Samuel

2 Samuel

1 Kings

1 Chronicles

2 Chronicles

Job

Psalms

Proverbs

Ecclesiastes

Jeremiah

Lamentations

Ezekiel

WEB (27)

Deuteronomy

Judges

1 Samuel

2 Samuel

1 Kings

1 Chronicles

2 Chronicles

Job

Psalms

Proverbs

Ecclesiastes

Jeremiah

Lamentations

Ezekiel

Verse Results

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2198) r q h (ההקר HhQR) AC: Examine CO: ? AB: ?: [from: rk- a digging]

V) r q h (ההקר HhQR) - Examine: To search or seek for something. KJV (27): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Piel) search, found, seek, sound, try - Strongs: H2713 (חָקַר)

N^m) r q h (ההקר HhQR) - Examination: KJV (12): search, finding, number - Strongs: H2714 (חֵקֶר)

k^m) r q h m (מההקר MHhQR) - Depth: A deep place as unexamined. KJV (1): deep - Strongs: H4278 (מֶחְקָר)

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

חָקַר fut. יַחְקֹר (Job 13:9) to search, to investigate. (The primary idea is perhaps that of searching in the earth by digging, so that kindred roots are נָקַר, כָּרָה, see מֶחְקָר Psalms 95:4.) Const. absol. Deuteronomy 13:15; Ezekiel 39:14 followed by acc. of person or thing, to explore, search out, as a country, Judges 18:2 (to taste) food or drink, Proverbs 23:30 wisdom, Job 28:27 the mind of any one, 1 Samuel 20:12; Psalms 139:1. Proverbs 28:11, “a rich man seems to himself to be wise, וְדַל מֵבִין יַחְקְרֶנּוּ but a poor man who has understanding searches him.” LXX. καταγνώσεται. Aqu. Theod. ἐξιχνιάσει.

Piel, i.q. Kal. Ecclesiastes 12:9.

Niphal, pass. of Kal. Jeremiah 31:37. 1 Kings 7:47, לֹא נֶחְקֵר מִשְׁקַל נְחשֶׁת “the weight of the brass could not be searched out,” comp. אֵין חֵקֶר.

Hence מֶחְקָר and

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List of Word Forms

אֶחְקְרֵֽהוּ׃ אֶחְקֹ֣ר אחקר אחקרהו׃ וְֽנַחְקֹ֔רָה וְחִקֵּ֔ר וְחָקַרְתָּ֧ וְיֵחָקְר֥וּ וַחֲקָרֽוֹ׃ וּלְחָקְרָ֔הּ וחקר וחקרו׃ וחקרת ויחקרו ולחקרה ונחקרה חֲ֝קַרְתַּ֗נִי חֲק֤וֹר חֲקַרְנ֥וּהָ חֲקָרָֽהּ׃ חֲקֹ֣ר חִקְר֣וּ חָקְרֵ֣נִי חֹקֵ֥ר חוֹקֵ֑ר חוקר חקור חקר חקרה׃ חקרו חקרנוה חקרני חקרתני יֵֽחָקֵ֑ר יַֽחֲקָר־ יַחְקְרֶֽנּוּ׃ יַחְקֹ֣ר יַחְקֹֽרוּ׃ יחקר יחקר־ יחקרו׃ יחקרנו׃ לַחְקֹ֥ר לַחְקֹ֨ר לחקר נֶחְקַ֖ר נחקר תַּחְקְר֥וּן תחקרון ’eḥ·qə·rê·hū ’eḥ·qōr ’eḥqərêhū ’eḥqōr chakaRah chakarNuha chakarTani chakeReni chaKor chikRu choKer echkeRehu echKor ḥă·qā·rāh ḥă·qar·nū·hā ḥă·qar·ta·nî ḥā·qə·rê·nî ḥă·qō·wr ḥă·qōr ḥăqārāh ḥăqarnūhā ḥăqartanî ḥāqərênî ḥăqōr ḥăqōwr ḥiq·rū ḥiqrū ḥō·qêr ḥō·w·qêr ḥōqêr ḥōwqêr lachKor laḥ·qōr laḥqōr nechKar neḥ·qar neḥqar tachkeRun taḥ·qə·rūn taḥqərūn ū·lə·ḥā·qə·rāh ulechakeRah ūləḥāqərāh vachakaRo vechakarTa vechikKer venachKorah veyechakeRu wa·ḥă·qā·rōw waḥăqārōw wə·ḥā·qar·tā wə·ḥiq·qêr wə·naḥ·qō·rāh wə·yê·ḥā·qə·rū wəḥāqartā wəḥiqqêr wənaḥqōrāh wəyêḥāqərū ya·ḥă·qār- yachakor yachkeRennu yachKor yachKoru yaḥ·qə·ren·nū yaḥ·qō·rū yaḥ·qōr yaḥăqār- yaḥqərennū yaḥqōr yaḥqōrū yê·ḥā·qêr yechaKer yêḥāqêr

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