The meaning of “חֵקֶר”
Understanding chêqer reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
finding out, number, (un-) search(-able, -ed, out, -ing). - examination, enumeration, deliberation 1) a search, investig...
חֵקֶר
finding out, number, (un-) search(-able, -ed, out, -ing). - examination, enumeration, deliberation 1) a search, investigation, searching, enquiry, thing to be searched out
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Judges 5:16 | “Why abodest thou among the sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings of the flocks? For the divisions of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.” Word: חֵקֶר (chêqer) | |
| Job 34:24 | “He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their stead.” Word: חֵקֶר (chêqer) | |
| Psalms 145:3 | “Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable.” Word: חֵקֶר (chêqer) | |
| Proverbs 25:27 | “It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.” Word: חֵקֶר (chêqer) | |
| Isaiah 40:28 | “Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.” Word: חֵקֶר (chêqer) |
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