The meaning of “עָקַר”
Understanding ʻâqar reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
dig down, hough, pluck up, root up. - to pluck up (especially by the roots) - specifically, to hamstring - figuratively,...
עָקַר
dig down, hough, pluck up, root up. - to pluck up (especially by the roots) - specifically, to hamstring - figuratively, to exterminate 1) to pluck up, root up 1a) (Qal) to pluck up, root up 1b) (Niphal) to be plucked up 2) to cut, hamstring 2a) (Piel) to cut, hamstring
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 49:6 | “O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall.” Word: עָקַר (ʻâqar) | |
| Joshua 11:9 | “And Joshua did unto them as the Lord bade him: he houghed their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire.” Word: עָקַר (ʻâqar) | |
| 2 Samuel 8:4 | “And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and David houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for an hundred chariots.” Word: עָקַר (ʻâqar) | |
| 1 Chronicles 18:4 | “And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: David also houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them an hundred chariots.” Word: עָקַר (ʻâqar) | |
| Ecclesiastes 3:2 | “A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;” Word: עָקַר (ʻâqar) |
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