חָקַר (cha.qar) means “to search” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: khaw-kar' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
חָקַר · cha.qar · to search
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
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a primitive root; properly, to penetrate; hence, to examine intimately
KJV glosses: find out, (make) search (out), seek (out), sound, try.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| be determined | 2 |
| searched out | 2 |
| to explore | 2 |
| and cross-examines him | 1 |
| and explore | 1 |
| and explore it | 1 |
| and i took up | 1 |
| and searched it out | 1 |
| and test | 1 |
| he examined you | 1 |
| i will sound out | 1 |
| investigate | 1 |
| it may be | 1 |
| probes | 1 |
| search | 1 |
| search me | 1 |
| sees through him | 1 |
| they will begin their search | 1 |
| to search it out | 1 |
| to taste | 1 |
| we have investigated | 1 |
| you have searched me | 1 |
| you searched | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| search | 4 |
| and make search | 1 |
| and searcheth | 1 |
| and searcheth out | 1 |
| and sought out | 1 |
| and to search | 1 |
| and try | 1 |
| could not be found out | 1 |
| found out | 1 |
| it yea and searched it out | 1 |
| lo this we have searched | 1 |
| not i searched out | 1 |
| search this out | 1 |
| searched out | 1 |
| searcheth him out | 1 |
| shall they search | 1 |
| that he should search you out | 1 |
| thou hast searched | 1 |
| though it cannot be searched | 1 |
| to search out | 1 |
| to seek | 1 |
| unto thee for to search | 1 |
| when i have sounded | 1 |
| whilst ye searched out | 1 |
Page 1 of 1. 26 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
then you must inquire, investigate, and interrogate thoroughly. And if it is established with certainty that this abomination has been committed among you,
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 13.15
So the Danites sent out five men from their clans, men of valor from Zorah and Eshtaol, to spy out the land and explore it. “Go and explore the land,” they told them. The men entered the hill country of Ephraim and came to the house of Micah, where they spent the night.
Read word by wordand Jonathan said, “By the LORD, the God of Israel, I will sound out my father by this time tomorrow or the next day. If he is favorable toward you, will I not send for you and tell you?
Read word by wordthe princes of the Ammonites said to Hanun their lord, “Just because David has sent you comforters, do you really believe he is showing respect for your father? Has not David instead sent his servants to explore the city, spy it out, and overthrow it?”
Read word by wordSolomon left all these articles unweighed, because there were so many. The weight of the bronze could not be determined.
Read word by wordthe princes of the Ammonites said to Hanun, “Just because David has sent you comforters, do you really believe he is showing respect for your father? Have not his servants come to you to explore the land, spy it out, and overthrow it?”
Read word by wordSolomon made all these articles in such great abundance that the weight of the bronze could not be determined.
Read word by wordIndeed, we have investigated, and it is true! So hear it and know for yourself.”
Read word by wordWould it be well when He examined you? Could you deceive Him as you would deceive a man?
Read word by wordMan puts an end to the darkness; he probes the farthest recesses for ore in deepest darkness.
Read word by wordthen He looked at wisdom and appraised it; He established it and searched it out.
Read word by wordI was a father to the needy, and I took up the case of the stranger.
Read word by wordIndeed, I waited while you spoke; I listened to your reasoning; as you searched for words,
Read word by wordwould not God have discovered, since He knows the secrets of the heart?
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 44.22
For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O LORD, You have searched me and known me.
Read word by wordSearch me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns.
Read word by wordThe first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
Read word by wordThose who linger over wine, who go to taste mixed drinks.
Read word by wordIt is the glory of God to conceal a matter and the glory of kings to search it out.
Read word by wordA rich man is wise in his own eyes, but a poor man with discernment sees through him.
Read word by wordNot only was the Teacher wise, but he also taught the people knowledge; he pondered, searched out, and arranged many proverbs.
Read word by wordI, the LORD, search the heart; I examine the mind to reward a man according to his way, by what his deeds deserve.
Read word by wordThis is what the LORD says: “Only if the heavens above could be measured and the foundations of the earth below searched out would I reject all of Israel’s descendants because of all they have done,” declares the LORD.
Read word by wordThey will chop down her forest, declares the LORD, dense though it may be, for they are more numerous than locusts; they cannot be counted.
Read word by wordLet us examine and test our ways, and turn back to the LORD.
Read word by wordAnd men will be employed to continually pass through the land to cleanse it by burying the invaders who remain on the ground. At the end of the seven months they will begin their search.
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