The meaning of “עָכַר”
Understanding ʻâkar reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
trouble, stir. - properly, to roil water - figuratively, to disturb or affict 1) to trouble, stir up, disturb, make (som...
עָכַר
trouble, stir. - properly, to roil water - figuratively, to disturb or affict 1) to trouble, stir up, disturb, make (someone) taboo 1a) (Qal) to disturb, trouble 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be disturbed, be stirred up 1b2) disturbance, calamity (participle)
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 34:30 | “And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I being few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.” Word: עָכַר (ʻâkar) | |
| Joshua 7:25 | “And Joshua said, Why hast thou troubled us? the Lord shall trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, and burned them with fire, after they had stoned them with stones.” Word: עָכַר (ʻâkar) | |
| Judges 11:35 | “And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, and said, Alas, my daughter! thou hast brought me very low, and thou art one of them that trouble me: for I have opened my mouth unto the Lord, and I cannot go back.” Word: עָכַר (ʻâkar) | |
| 1 Samuel 14:29 | “Then said Jonathan, My father hath troubled the land: see, I pray you, how mine eyes have been enlightened, because I tasted a little of this honey.” Word: עָכַר (ʻâkar) | |
| 1 Kings 18:18 | “And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father’s house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the Lord, and thou hast followed Baalim.” Word: עָכַר (ʻâkar) |
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