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la.qach H3947

לָקַח (la.qach) means “to take: take” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

לָקַח Hebrew · H3947 966 tagged occurrences in 909 verses

Pronunciation guide: law-kakh' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H3947G

לָקַח · la.qach · to take: take

: take 1) to take, get, fetch, lay hold of, seize, receive, acquire, buy, bring, marry, take a wife, snatch, take away 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to take, take in the hand 1a2) to take and carry along 1a3) to take from, take out of, take, carry away, take away 1a4) to take to or for a person, procure, get, take possession of, select, choose, take in marriage, receive, accept 1a5) to take up or upon, put upon 1a6) to fetch 1a7) to take, lead, conduct 1a8) to take, capture, seize 1a9) to take, carry off 1a10) to take (vengeance) 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be captured 1b2) to be taken away, be removed 1b3) to be taken, brought unto 1c) (Pual) 1c1) to be taken from or out of 1c2) to be stolen from 1c3) to be taken captive 1c4) to be taken away, be removed 1d) (Hophal) 1d1) to be taken unto, be brought unto 1d2) to be taken out of 1d3) to be taken away 1e) (Hithpael) 1e1) to take hold of oneself 1e2) to flash about (of lightning)

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TBESH · H3947H

לָקַח · la.qach · to take: recieve

: recieve 1) to take, get, fetch, lay hold of, seize, receive, acquire, buy, bring, marry, take a wife, snatch, take away 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to take, take in the hand 1a2) to take and carry along 1a3) to take from, take out of, take, carry away, take away 1a4) to take to or for a person, procure, get, take possession of, select, choose, take in marriage, receive, accept 1a5) to take up or upon, put upon 1a6) to fetch 1a7) to take, lead, conduct 1a8) to take, capture, seize 1a9) to take, carry off 1a10) to take (vengeance) 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be captured 1b2) to be taken away, be removed 1b3) to be taken, brought unto 1c) (Pual) 1c1) to be taken from or out of 1c2) to be stolen from 1c3) to be taken captive 1c4) to be taken away, be removed 1d) (Hophal) 1d1) to be taken unto, be brought unto 1d2) to be taken out of 1d3) to be taken away 1e) (Hithpael) 1e1) to take hold of oneself 1e2) to flash about (of lightning)

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TBESH · H3947I

לָקַח · la.qach · to take: marry

: marry 1) to take, get, fetch, lay hold of, seize, receive, acquire, buy, bring, marry, take a wife, snatch, take away 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to take, take in the hand 1a2) to take and carry along 1a3) to take from, take out of, take, carry away, take away 1a4) to take to or for a person, procure, get, take possession of, select, choose, take in marriage, receive, accept 1a5) to take up or upon, put upon 1a6) to fetch 1a7) to take, lead, conduct 1a8) to take, capture, seize 1a9) to take, carry off 1a10) to take (vengeance) 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be captured 1b2) to be taken away, be removed 1b3) to be taken, brought unto 1c) (Pual) 1c1) to be taken from or out of 1c2) to be stolen from 1c3) to be taken captive 1c4) to be taken away, be removed 1d) (Hophal) 1d1) to be taken unto, be brought unto 1d2) to be taken out of 1d3) to be taken away 1e) (Hithpael) 1e1) to take hold of oneself 1e2) to flash about (of lightning)

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TBESH · H3947J

לָקַח · la.qach · to take: bring

: bring/put 1) to take, get, fetch, lay hold of, seize, receive, acquire, buy, bring, marry, take a wife, snatch, take away 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to take, take in the hand 1a2) to take and carry along 1a3) to take from, take out of, take, carry away, take away 1a4) to take to or for a person, procure, get, take possession of, select, choose, take in marriage, receive, accept 1a5) to take up or upon, put upon 1a6) to fetch 1a7) to take, lead, conduct 1a8) to take, capture, seize 1a9) to take, carry off 1a10) to take (vengeance) 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be captured 1b2) to be taken away, be removed 1b3) to be taken, brought unto 1c) (Pual) 1c1) to be taken from or out of 1c2) to be stolen from 1c3) to be taken captive 1c4) to be taken away, be removed 1d) (Hophal) 1d1) to be taken unto, be brought unto 1d2) to be taken out of 1d3) to be taken away 1e) (Hithpael) 1e1) to take hold of oneself 1e2) to flash about (of lightning)

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TBESH · H3947K

לָקַח · la.qach · to take: buy

: buy 1) to take, get, fetch, lay hold of, seize, receive, acquire, buy, bring, marry, take a wife, snatch, take away 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to take, take in the hand 1a2) to take and carry along 1a3) to take from, take out of, take, carry away, take away 1a4) to take to or for a person, procure, get, take possession of, select, choose, take in marriage, receive, accept 1a5) to take up or upon, put upon 1a6) to fetch 1a7) to take, lead, conduct 1a8) to take, capture, seize 1a9) to take, carry off 1a10) to take (vengeance) 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be captured 1b2) to be taken away, be removed 1b3) to be taken, brought unto 1c) (Pual) 1c1) to be taken from or out of 1c2) to be stolen from 1c3) to be taken captive 1c4) to be taken away, be removed 1d) (Hophal) 1d1) to be taken unto, be brought unto 1d2) to be taken out of 1d3) to be taken away 1e) (Hithpael) 1e1) to take hold of oneself 1e2) to flash about (of lightning)

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TBESH · H3947L

לָקַח · la.qach · to take: fire

: fire 1) to take, get, fetch, lay hold of, seize, receive, acquire, buy, bring, marry, take a wife, snatch, take away 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to take, take in the hand 1a2) to take and carry along 1a3) to take from, take out of, take, carry away, take away 1a4) to take to or for a person, procure, get, take possession of, select, choose, take in marriage, receive, accept 1a5) to take up or upon, put upon 1a6) to fetch 1a7) to take, lead, conduct 1a8) to take, capture, seize 1a9) to take, carry off 1a10) to take (vengeance) 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be captured 1b2) to be taken away, be removed 1b3) to be taken, brought unto 1c) (Pual) 1c1) to be taken from or out of 1c2) to be stolen from 1c3) to be taken captive 1c4) to be taken away, be removed 1d) (Hophal) 1d1) to be taken unto, be brought unto 1d2) to be taken out of 1d3) to be taken away 1e) (Hithpael) 1e1) to take hold of oneself 1e2) to flash about (of lightning)

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

a primitive root; to take (in the widest variety of applications)

KJV glosses: accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, [idiom] many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.

Open Scriptures transcription · CC BY-SA

How translators render H3947

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering	Count
took	122
take	116
he took	21
and took	17
and take	13
is to take	13
to take	12
bring	10
had taken	9
married	9
they took	9
accept	8
shall take	7
then he took	6
then take	6
to bring	6
get	5
had married	5
marries	5
receive	5
received	5
so they took	5
taking	5
to get	5
you are to take	5
also took away	4
brought	4
choose	4
he is to take	4
he will take	4
i will take	4
marry	4
so i took	4
to get it	4
to marry	4
will be taken away	4
will take	4
you took	4
and get	3
and he took	3
and i took	3
and taking	3
and they took	3
she took	3
so he took	3
takes	3
then they took	3
they are to take	3
to accept	3
to seize	3
was taken	3
you receive	3
and bring	2
and bring back	2
and he is to take	2
and married	2
and receive	2
and received	2
and take you away	2
and takes	2
and takes away	2
and took hold of me	2
and took it	2
and took them away	2
be brought	2
be taken	2
bring them	2
but take	2
but they took	2
captured	2
has been captured	2
has taken away	2
have already received	2
have been taken	2
have taken	2
he takes	2
i have taken	2
i took	2
i will take you	2
including	2
is taken	2
purchased them	2
put	2
so they brought it	2
take her	2
take up	2
then bring	2
then he shall take	2
then i took	2
they had taken	2
they seized	2
to receive	2
took away	2
vvv	2
we took	2
you are also to take	2
you are to accept	2
you may take	2
accept it	1
accept these gifts	1
accepted	1
accepting	1
accepts	1
acquired	1
also took	1
and accept	1
and accepting	1
and acquired	1
and bring you back	1
and brought	1
and brought saul	1
and buys it	1
and captured	1
and carried away	1
and carry away	1
and david took	1
and entangle	1
and exact	1
and for receiving	1
and get him	1
and get it	1
and got two goats	1
and have taken	1
and he chose	1
and he took her as a wife	1
and he took it	1
and he took with him	1
and he who wins	1
and i will bring	1
and i will take	1
and i will take away	1
and imported	1
and job took	1
and made	1
and moses took	1
and received him	1
and refuses	1
and retrieved	1
and return you	1
and seize them	1
and seized	1
and select	1
and take them	1
and taken	1
and takes him away	1
and they took him	1
and took away	1
and took him	1
and took me	1
and took me away	1
and took michal	1
and took them	1
and want to take	1
and when you take	1
and you are to take	1
and you may take	1
appoint	1
are to take with you	1
as i am taken	1
as if to get	1
asking	1
away	1
be gathered	1
be snatched	1
bear	1
because	1
brings	1
brought me	1
but he took	1
but i have taken	1
but i took	1
but i will take	1
but neco took	1
but you are to take	1
buy	1
by marrying	1
by not accepting	1
by taking	1
can anyone capture him	1
can get	1
can one make	1
carried off	1
carried you away	1
carrying	1
caught	1
collected	1
conducted	1
continued flashing	1
does he receive	1
flashing back and forth	1
for	1
for i will take	1
found	1
get her	1
get them	1
got	1
had adopted	1
had been captured	1
had captured	1
had him brought	1
had married her	1
had received	1
had received her	1
had taken her	1
had taken him away	1
has taken	1
have accepted	1
have i accepted	1
have i taken	1
have received	1
have scouts take	1
have selected	1
have you taken	1
having found	1
hazael had taken	1
hazael took	1
he acquires	1
he collected	1
he even married	1
he grabbed	1
he had been taken	1
he had married	1
he had taken	1
he has married	1
he has taken	1
he himself carried	1
he is to bring	1
he is to marry	1
he married	1
he picked up	1
he placed it	1
he seized	1
he selected	1
he shall take	1
he took the gold	1
he took them	1
he took with him	1
he was taken away	1
he who accepts	1
he will carry	1
he will surely take me to himself	1
him	1
i am about to take away	1
i am taken away	1
i brought you here	1
i choose	1
i have brought	1
i have removed	1
i married	1
i take	1
i took him away	1
i will take it	1
if you take	1
instead he took	1
is taken away	1
is to take her	1
it was taken away	1
it will carry you away	1
keep the items	1
kept david with him	1
laban took	1
let me get	1
let us bring	1
let us take	1
let ziba take	1
married her	1
marry her	1
may take	1
men to capture him	1
moses took	1
must accept the oath	1
must be obtained	1
must marry	1
must select	1
need	1
next i took	1
now if you also take	1
now joshua had taken	1
now you want to take	1
open	1
or let her captivate you	1
or receive	1
or receives them	1
or respond	1
or retrieves	1
or take it	1
others were taken	1
pick up	1
picked out	1
prepare	1
pulled	1
put her	1
receive it	1
receive me	1
remarry	1
removed	1
sampled	1
seize	1
seize them	1
seized	1
select	1
selected	1
shall retrieve	1
shall use	1
share with	1
she accepted	1
she also took	1
she got	1
she has received	1
she is to take	1
she shall bring	1
should you accept	1
so abram brought	1
so as not to take	1
so balak took him	1
so he set out	1
so he took him	1
so he took them	1
so i selected	1
so jehoash took	1
so she took	1
so that i took	1
so that you can take	1
so that you may take	1
someone to take	1
take along	1
take away	1
take him	1
take it	1
take me away	1
take some	1
taking it even	1
taking them	1
that he had taken	1
that you brought us	1
that you have taken away	1
the amalekites had taken	1
the capture	1
the four kings seized	1
then abraham brought	1
then boaz took	1
then have them take	1
then he carried away	1
then he must take	1
then receive	1
then she brought	1
then the scouts took	1
then we will take	1
then you are to take away	1
then you may take	1
they accepted	1
they also carried off	1
they also took	1
they received	1
they selected	1
they take	1
they took the things	1
they will take	1
those being led away	1
to accept it	1
to catch them	1
to collect	1
to get her	1
to him	1
to marry her	1
to retrieve it	1
to steal	1
to supply	1
to take her	1
to take him	1
to take you	1
took him captive	1
took it	1
took me	1
took out	1
took the censer	1
took these	1
took you	1
until he accepted	1
use it	1
used to take	1
want to take	1
was also taken	1
was captured	1
we must get	1
we will need	1
we will take	1
were taken	1
were you taken	1
when he married	1
when you receive	1
which take away	1
which you will accept	1
who received it	1
who refrained from taking	1
who sent for him	1
who took	1
who wag	1
who were pledged in marriage to	1
why should i take	1
will be seized	1
will escort israel	1
will receive	1
will seize	1
will take a shoot	1
will take them	1
will take them away	1
withdrew	1
would claim	1
would pick up	1
you accept	1
you also took	1
you are to collect	1
you are to gather	1
you are to receive	1
you can lead it back	1
you engage	1
you even took	1
you have received	1
you have taken	1
you may take it	1
you must take him	1
you take	1
you take away	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
took	150
take	92
and took	52
and he took	33
and take	32
shall take	24
and they took	23
and thou shalt take	19
to take	13
he took	9
and fetched	8
and he shall take	8
to receive	8
and fetch	7
and i took	7
received	7
had taken	6
to fetch	6
was taken	6
and they shall take	5
have received	5
shalt thou take	5
then took	5
they took	5
thou shalt take	5
and i will take	4
and ye shall take	4
have i taken	4
receive	4
that they bring	4
then take	4
thou shalt not take	4
unto him take	4
and hath taken	3
and he will take	3
and took away	3
away	3
bring	3
hath taken	3
he shall take	3
him and took	3
i took	3
is taken	3
shall they take away	3
taketh	3
that he took	3
they shall take	3
to take away	3
took away	3
unto me take	3
which took	3
and bring	2
and i behold i have taken	2
and receive	2
and shall take	2
and she took	2
and take away	2
and take you away	2
and taketh	2
and we took	2
be taken	2
behold i will take	2
brought	2
fetch	2
get	2
hath taken away	2
her he took	2
him and he took	2
i will take	2
neither shall they take	2
neither shalt thou take	2
nor taketh	2
not to take	2
out	2
shall not take	2
she took	2
so i took	2
take away	2
that they had taken	2
that thou shalt take	2
them and took	2
they have taken	2
thou shalt also take	2
to take it away	2
took they away	2
when he took	2
who took	2
will receive	2
will take away	2
ye shall take	2
against him and we shall take	1
all and he took away	1
all he carried away	1
also take	1
also thou shalt take	1
also took	1
and behold now he hath taken away	1
and brought	1
and buyeth	1
and fetcht	1
and fire	1
and get	1
and had taken	1
and hast taken	1
and hath not taken	1
and hath taken away	1
and have carried them away	1
and he brought	1
and he received	1
and he sent	1
and he that winneth	1
and he took away	1
and he took her	1
and he took them	1
and i have taken	1
and i will also take	1
and i will fetch	1
and if ye take	1
and of them shall be taken up	1
and shall take away	1
and take him away	1
and take them out	1
and taken	1
and taketh away	1
and they brought	1
and they received	1
and they shall not take	1
and they shall take away	1
and thou shalt receive	1
and thou take	1
and to receive	1
and took her	1
and took him out	1
and took me away	1
and took them away	1
and tookest	1
and we will take	1
and when they had taken	1
and wouldest thou take away	1
and ye take	1
any more or receiveth	1
are taken	1
be fetched	1
because he had taken	1
because they cannot be taken	1
because ye have taken	1
behold i have received	1
behold i have taken out	1
behold i take away	1
bring them	1
but he shall take	1
but i pray thee take	1
but i will take	1
but now bring	1
but they shall take	1
but they took	1
carry thee away	1
drawn	1
for he had married	1
for he shall receive	1
for he will not have	1
for he will take	1
for her take	1
for him he took	1
for i have neither brought	1
for i will take	1
for it and shall take	1
for out of it wast thou taken	1
for she hath received	1
for thee before i be taken away	1
for thereof must we take	1
for us and bring	1
from among them he is taken away	1
from whence he was taken	1
getteth	1
had carried away	1
hast thou taken us away	1
hath not received	1
have we not taken	1
have ye taken away	1
he also took	1
he even took away	1
he had taken	1
he hath taken	1
he placed	1
he receiveth	1
he shall carry nothing away	1
he shall receive	1
he taketh	1
he that taketh	1
he took away	1
he was taken	1
him and take	1
him she took	1
him that they brought	1
him to take	1
himself and took	1
howbeit i will not take	1
i pray thee i will bring	1
i will also take	1
i will fetch	1
i will receive	1
if he take	1
if thou wilt receive	1
if thou wilt take	1
in not receiving	1
in thee have they taken	1
infolding	1
is taken away	1
it and took	1
it shall take	1
let her take	1
let us fetch	1
let us take	1
me and hast taken	1
me thou wilt receive	1
moreover take	1
moreover thou hast taken	1
moreover ye shall take	1
neither hath taken	1
neither let her take	1
neither take	1
nor receive	1
nor receiveth	1
nor take	1
not and ye will take	1
not take	1
now and if not i will take	1
now therefore get	1
now therefore i pray thee take	1
now therefore receive	1
now therefore take	1
of him he hath also taken	1
of it shall accept	1
of them and i took	1
of them and took	1
of you and let him fetch	1
on them nor take	1
on this side of thee take	1
or if thou shalt take	1
over them and bring	1
over you he will take	1
put	1
seize	1
shall be taken away	1
shall i then take	1
shall receive	1
she received	1
she shall take	1
so i might have taken	1
so much then he shall take	1
take me not away	1
take now	1
taken	1
taketh away	1
taking	1
that i will not take	1
that take	1
that thou hast taken	1
that thou shalt not take	1
that thou shouldest take	1
that use	1
that we might buy	1
that were taken	1
that ye shall receive	1
thee and from thence will he fetch	1
them and take	1
them for they have even taken	1
then bring	1
then he took	1
then i took	1
then let them take	1
then receive	1
then shalt thou take	1
then she shall bring	1
then she took	1
then take of them again	1
then they took	1
then thou shalt take	1
then will we take	1
therefore she took	1
therefore take	1
therefore they took	1
therefore took	1
therefore we take up	1
therein and they brought	1
these shall he not take	1
they received	1
they shall not take	1
they shall receive	1
they take	1
they would have fetched	1
thine with me and take	1
this take	1
thou didst take	1
thou hast also taken	1
thou hast received	1
thou hast taken	1
thou him or what receiveth	1
thou shalt even take	1
to them that they took	1
took not away	1
unto her and take	1
unto her that thou wouldest have her	1
unto him but took	1
unto him thou shalt not take	1
unto me i took	1
unto thee receive	1
unto them for our sakes because we reserved	1
unto them take	1
unto them when ye take	1
unto us and take	1
unto you and i will take	1
unto you and we will take	1
upon us and take	1
us he would not have received	1
us neither hast thou taken	1
us unto thee to take	1
was brought	1
we would not buy	1
when he had taken	1
when i shall receive	1
when i take	1
when it was taken away	1
when thou shalt receive	1
when ye take	1
which he had taken	1
which he hath taken	1
which i took	1
which married	1
which they took out	1
which thou hast taken	1
which thou shalt receive	1
which thou takest	1
which took me	1
which we took	1
which ye receive	1
which ye shall take	1
who had taken	1
whom he had married	1
whom he had taken	1
whom he married	1
why should he take away	1
will i take	1
will ye not receive	1
with him took	1
with me and take	1
with me i took	1
with thee wilt thou take	1
with them and took	1
ye bring	1
ye get	1
ye have taken away	1
ye take	1
yea let him take	1

Verses containing H3947

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Judges 6:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
On that very night the LORD said to Gideon, “Take your father’s young bull and a second bull seven years old, tear down your father’s altar to Baal, and cut down the Asherah pole beside it.
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Judges 6:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then build a proper altar to the LORD your God on the top of this stronghold. And with the wood of the Asherah pole you cut down, take the second bull and offer it as a burnt offering.”
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Judges 6:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Gideon took ten of his servants and did as the LORD had told him. But because he was too afraid of his father’s household and the men of the city, he did it by night rather than in the daytime.
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Judges 7:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Gideon sent the rest of the Israelites to their tents but kept the three hundred men, who took charge of the provisions and rams’ horns of the others. And the camp of Midian lay below him in the valley.
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Judges 8:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then he took the elders of the city, and using the thorns and briers of the wilderness, he disciplined the men of Succoth.
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Judges 8:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, “Get up and kill us yourself, for as the man is, so is his strength.” So Gideon got up and killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and he took the crescent ornaments from the necks of their camels.
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Judges 9:43 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So he took his men, divided them into three companies, and lay in wait in the fields. When he saw the people coming out of the city, he rose up against them and attacked them.
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Judges 9:48 · BSB · 1 occurrence
he and all his men went up to Mount Zalmon. Abimelech took his axe in his hand and cut a branch from the trees, which he lifted to his shoulder, saying to his men, “Hurry and do what you have seen me do.”
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Judges 11:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and made war with them, the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah from the land of Tob.
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Judges 11:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The king of the Ammonites answered Jephthah’s messengers, “When Israel came up out of Egypt, they seized my land, from the Arnon to the Jabbok and all the way to the Jordan. Now, therefore, restore it peaceably.”
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Judges 11:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
to tell him, “This is what Jephthah says: Israel did not take away the land of Moab or of the Ammonites.
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Judges 13:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Manoah took a young goat and a grain offering and offered them on a rock to the LORD. And as Manoah and his wife looked on, the LORD did a marvelous thing.
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Judges 13:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But his wife replied, “If the LORD had intended to kill us, He would not have accepted the burnt offering and the grain offering from our hands, nor would He have shown us all these things or spoken to us this way.”
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Judges 14:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So he returned and told his father and mother, “I have seen a daughter of the Philistines in Timnah. Now get her for me as a wife.”
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Judges 14:3 · BSB · 2 occurrences
But his father and mother replied, “Can’t you find a young woman among your relatives or among any of our people? Must you go to the uncircumcised Philistines to get a wife?” But Samson told his father, “Get her for me, for she is pleasing to my eyes.”
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Judges 14:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When Samson returned later to take her, he left the road to see the lion’s carcass, and in it was a swarm of bees, along with their honey.
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Judges 14:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And when the Philistines saw him, they selected thirty men to accompany him.
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Judges 14:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, killed thirty of their men, took their apparel, and gave their clothes to those who had solved the riddle. And burning with anger, Samson returned to his father’s house,
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Judges 15:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Samson went out and caught three hundred foxes. And he took torches, turned the foxes tail-to-tail, and fastened a torch between each pair of tails.
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Judges 15:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Who did this?” the Philistines demanded. “It was Samson, the son-in-law of the Timnite,” they were told. “For his wife was given to his companion.” So the Philistines went up and burned her and her father to death.
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Judges 15:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He found the fresh jawbone of a donkey, reached out his hand and took it, and struck down a thousand men.
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Judges 16:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Delilah took new ropes, tied him up with them, and called out, “Samson, the Philistines are here!” But while the men were hidden in her room, he snapped the ropes off his arms like they were threads.
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Judges 17:2 · BSB · 2 occurrences
said to his mother, “The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from you and about which I heard you utter a curse—I have the silver here with me; I took it.” Then his mother said, “Blessed be my son by the LORD!”
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Judges 17:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So he returned the silver to his mother, and she took two hundred shekels of silver and gave them to a silversmith, who made them into a graven image and a molten idol. And they were placed in the house of Micah.
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Judges 18:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And the five men who had gone to spy out the land went inside and took the graven image, the ephod, the household idols, and the molten idol, while the priest stood at the entrance of the gate with the six hundred armed men.
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Judges 18:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When they entered Micah’s house and took the graven image, the ephod, the household idols, and the molten idol, the priest said to them, “What are you doing?”
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Judges 18:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So the priest was glad and took the ephod, the household idols, and the graven image, and went with the people.
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Judges 18:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He replied, “You took the gods I had made, and my priest, and went away. What else do I have? How can you say to me, ‘What is the matter with you?’”
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Judges 18:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
After they had taken Micah’s idols and his priest, they went to Laish, to a quiet and unsuspecting people, and they struck them with their swords and burned down the city.
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Judges 19:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now in those days, when there was no king in Israel, a Levite who lived in the remote hill country of Ephraim took for himself a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah.
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Judges 19:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Get up,” he told her. “Let us go.” But there was no response. So the man put her on his donkey and set out for home.
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Judges 19:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When he reached his house, he picked up a knife, took hold of his concubine, cut her limb by limb into twelve pieces, and sent her throughout the territory of Israel.
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Judges 20:10 · BSB · 2 occurrences
We will take ten men out of every hundred from all the tribes of Israel, and a hundred out of every thousand, and a thousand out of every ten thousand, to supply provisions for the army when they go to Gibeah in Benjamin to punish them for the atrocity they have committed in Israel.”
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Judges 21:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When their fathers or brothers come to us to complain, we will tell them, ‘Do us a favor by helping them, since we did not get wives for each of them in the war. Since you did not actually give them your daughters, you have no guilt.’”
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Ruth 4:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Boaz took ten of the elders of the city and said, “Sit here,” and they did so.
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Ruth 4:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife. And when he had relations with her, the LORD enabled her to conceive, and she gave birth to a son.
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Ruth 4:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And Naomi took the child, placed him on her lap, and became a nurse to him.
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1 Samuel 2:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and plunge it into the pan or kettle or cauldron or cooking pot. And the priest would claim for himself whatever the meat fork brought up. This is how they treated all the Israelites who came to Shiloh.
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1 Samuel 2:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Even before the fat was burned, the servant of the priest would come and say to the man who was sacrificing, “Give the priest some meat to roast, because he will not accept boiled meat from you, but only raw.”
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1 Samuel 2:16 · BSB · 2 occurrences
And if any man said to him, “The fat must be burned first; then you may take whatever you want,” the servant would reply, “No, you must give it to me right now. If you refuse, I will take it by force!”
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1 Samuel 4:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When the troops returned to the camp, the elders of Israel asked, “Why has the LORD brought defeat on us before the Philistines today? Let us bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Shiloh, so that it may go with us to save us from the hand of our enemies.”
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1 Samuel 4:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The ark of God was captured, and Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, died.
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1 Samuel 4:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The messenger answered, “Israel has fled before the Philistines, and there has been a great slaughter among the people. Your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are both dead, and the ark of God has been captured.”
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1 Samuel 4:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now Eli’s daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was pregnant and about to give birth. When she heard the news of the capture of God’s ark and the deaths of her father-in-law and her husband, she collapsed and gave birth, for her labor pains overtook her.
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1 Samuel 4:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And she named the boy Ichabod, saying, “The glory has departed from Israel,” because the ark of God had been captured and her father-in-law and her husband had been killed.
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1 Samuel 4:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“The glory has departed from Israel,” she said, “for the ark of God has been captured.”
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1 Samuel 5:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
After the Philistines had captured the ark of God, they took it from Ebenezer to Ashdod,
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1 Samuel 5:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
carried it into the temple of Dagon, and set it beside his statue.
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1 Samuel 5:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When the people of Ashdod got up early the next morning, there was Dagon, fallen on his face before the ark of the LORD. So they took Dagon and returned him to his place.
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1 Samuel 6:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now, therefore, prepare one new cart with two milk cows that have never been yoked. Hitch the cows to the cart, but take their calves away and pen them up.
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