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a.qar H6131

עָקַר (a.qar) means “to uproot” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

עָקַר Hebrew · H6131 7 tagged occurrences in 7 verses

Pronunciation guide: aw-kar' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H6131A

עָקַר · a.qar · to uproot

1) to pluck up, root up 1a) (Qal) to pluck up, root up 1b) (Niphal) to be plucked up Aramaic equivalent: a.qar (עֲקַר "be uprooted" H6132)

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TBESH · H6131B

עִקֵּר · iq.qer · to hamstring

1) to cut, hamstring 1a) (Piel) to cut, hamstring

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

a primitive root; to pluck up (especially by the roots); specifically, to hamstring; figuratively, to exterminate

KJV glosses: dig down, hough, pluck up, root up.

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How translators render H6131

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
and hamstring 1
and he hamstrung 1
hamstrung 1
he hamstrung 1
to uproot 1
will be uprooted 1
you are to hamstring 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
also houghed 1
him he houghed 1
houghed 1
shall be rooted up 1
they digged down 1
thou shalt hough 1
to pluck up 1

Verses containing H6131

Page 1 of 1. 7 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. Genesis 49:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    May I never enter their council; may I never join their assembly. For they kill men in their anger, and hamstring oxen on a whim.

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  2. Joshua 11:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of them, for by this time tomorrow I will deliver all of them slain before Israel. You are to hamstring their horses and burn up their chariots.”

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  3. Joshua 11:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Joshua treated them as the LORD had told him; he hamstrung their horses and burned up their chariots.

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  4. 2 Samuel 8:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    David captured from him a thousand chariots, seven thousand charioteers, and twenty thousand foot soldiers, and he hamstrung all the horses except a hundred he kept for the chariots.

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  5. 1 Chronicles 18:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    David captured from him a thousand chariots, seven thousand charioteers, and twenty thousand foot soldiers, and he hamstrung all the horses except a hundred he kept for the chariots.

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  6. Ecclesiastes 3:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot,

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  7. Zephaniah 2:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For Gaza will be abandoned, and Ashkelon left in ruins. Ashdod will be driven out at noon, and Ekron will be uprooted.

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Sources and text

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