Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #6131 - עָקַר aqar (to pluck or root up)

Original Word:	עָקַר
Transliteration:	aqar
Definition:	to pluck or root up
Part of Speech:	Verb
Phonetic Spelling:	(aw-kar')
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

dig down, pluck up, root up

A primitive root; to pluck up (especially by the roots); specifically, to hamstring; figuratively, to exterminate -- dig down, hough, pluck up, root up.

Englishman's Concordance

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
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1681, 1682

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[עָקַר] verb denominativepluck or root up —

QalInfinitive constructלַעֲקוֺר with accusative Ecclesiastes 3:2 (opposed to נָטַע).

Niph`alImperfect3feminine singular עֶקְרוֺן תֵּעָקֵרZephaniah 2:4 (word-play).

עִקֵּרverbPi`eldenom (from עֵקַר or other like word=(root-sinew), hamstring; — hamstring horses (on Arabic funeral usage, with camel and horse see We^{Heid. 2, 181}): Perfect3masculine singular ׳עJoshua 11:9, Imperfect3masculine singularוַיְעַקֵּר2 Samuel 8:4=1 Chronicles 18:4, 2masculine singularתְּעַקֵּרJoshua 11:6 all with accusative; Perfect3masculine plural עִקְּרוּ שׁוֺרGenesis 49:6they hamstrung an ox.

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 6131. עָקַר (aqar) — 7 Occurrences

Genesis 49:6
HEB:אִ֔ישׁ וּבִרְצֹנָ֖ם עִקְּרוּ־ שֽׁוֹר׃
KJV: and in their selfwill they digged down a wall.
INT: men their self-will down oxen

Joshua 11:6
HEB:אֶת־ סוּסֵיהֶ֣ם תְּעַקֵּ֔ר וְאֶת־ מַרְכְּבֹתֵיהֶ֖ם
KJV: Israel: thou shalt hough their horses,
INT: Israel their horses hough their chariots and burn

Joshua 11:9
HEB:אֶת־ סוּסֵיהֶ֣ם עִקֵּ֔ר וְאֶת־ מַרְכְּבֹתֵיהֶ֖ם
KJV: bade him: he houghed their horses,
INT: as the LORD their horses houghed their chariots and burned

2 Samuel 8:4
HEB:אִ֣ישׁ רַגְלִ֑י וַיְעַקֵּ֤ר דָּוִד֙ אֶת־
KJV: and David houghed all the chariot
INT: he foot soldier houghed and David all manner

1 Chronicles 18:4
HEB:אִ֣ישׁ רַגְלִ֑י וַיְעַקֵּ֤ר דָּוִיד֙ אֶת־
KJV: David also houghed all the chariot
INT: he foot soldier houghed David all manner

Ecclesiastes 3:2
HEB:לָטַ֔עַת וְעֵ֖ת לַעֲק֥וֹר נָטֽוּעַ׃
NAS: and a time to uproot what is planted.
KJV: and a time to pluck up [that which is] planted;
INT: to plant time to uproot is planted

Zephaniah 2:4
HEB:יְגָ֣רְשׁ֔וּהָ וְעֶקְר֖וֹן תֵּעָקֵֽר׃ ס
NAS: And Ekron will be uprooted.
KJV: and Ekron shall be rooted up.
INT: will be driven and Ekron will be uprooted

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