1) to search, search for, search out, examine, investigate 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to search (for) 1a2) to search through, explore 1a3) to examine thoroughly 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be searched out, be found out, be ascertained, be examined 1c) (Piel) to search out, seek out
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H2713 — חָקַר
cha.qar · to search · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Deuteronomy 13:14 · וְחָקַרְתָּ֧then you must inquire, investigate, and interrogate thoroughly. And if it is established with certainty that this abomination has been committed among you,Judges 18:2 · וּלְחָקְרָ֔הּ · חִקְר֣וּSo the Danites sent out five men from their clans, men of valor from Zorah and Eshtaol, to spy out the land and explore it. “Go and explore the land,” they told them. The men entered the hill country of Ephraim and came to the house of Micah, where they spent the night.1 Samuel 20:12 · אֶחְקֹ֣רand Jonathan said, “By the LORD, the God of Israel, I will sound out my father by this time tomorrow or the next day. If he is favorable toward you, will I not send for you and tell you?2 Samuel 10:3 · חֲק֤וֹרthe princes of the Ammonites said to Hanun their lord, “Just because David has sent you comforters, do you really believe he is showing respect for your father? Has not David instead sent his servants to explore the city, spy it out, and overthrow it?”1 Kings 7:47 · נֶחְקַ֖רSolomon left all these articles unweighed, because there were so many. The weight of the bronze could not be determined.1 Chronicles 19:3 · לַחְקֹ֨רthe princes of the Ammonites said to Hanun, “Just because David has sent you comforters, do you really believe he is showing respect for your father? Have not his servants come to you to explore the land, spy it out, and overthrow it?”2 Chronicles 4:18 · נֶחְקַ֖רSolomon made all these articles in such great abundance that the weight of the bronze could not be determined.Job 5:27 · חֲקַרְנ֥וּהָIndeed, we have investigated, and it is true! So hear it and know for yourself.”Job 13:9 · יַחְקֹ֣רWould it be well when He examined you? Could you deceive Him as you would deceive a man?Job 28:3 · חוֹקֵ֑רMan puts an end to the darkness; he probes the farthest recesses for ore in deepest darkness.Job 28:27 · חֲקָרָֽהּ׃then He looked at wisdom and appraised it; He established it and searched it out.Job 29:16 · אֶחְקְרֵֽהוּ׃I was a father to the needy, and I took up the case of the stranger.Job 32:11 · תַּחְקְר֥וּןIndeed, I waited while you spoke; I listened to your reasoning; as you searched for words,Psalm 44:21 · יַֽחֲקָר־would not God have discovered, since He knows the secrets of the heart?Psalm 139:1 · חֲ֝קַרְתַּ֗נִיFor the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O LORD, You have searched me and known me.Psalm 139:23 · חָקְרֵ֣נִיSearch me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns.Proverbs 18:17 · וַחֲקָרֽוֹ׃The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.Proverbs 23:30 · לַחְקֹ֥רThose who linger over wine, who go to taste mixed drinks.Proverbs 25:2 · חֲקֹ֣רIt is the glory of God to conceal a matter and the glory of kings to search it out.Proverbs 28:11 · יַחְקְרֶֽנּוּ׃A rich man is wise in his own eyes, but a poor man with discernment sees through him.Ecclesiastes 12:9 · וְחִקֵּ֔רNot only was the Teacher wise, but he also taught the people knowledge; he pondered, searched out, and arranged many proverbs.Jeremiah 17:10 · חֹקֵ֥רI, the LORD, search the heart; I examine the mind to reward a man according to his way, by what his deeds deserve.Jeremiah 31:37 · וְיֵחָקְר֥וּThis is what the LORD says: “Only if the heavens above could be measured and the foundations of the earth below searched out would I reject all of Israel’s descendants because of all they have done,” declares the LORD.Jeremiah 46:23 · יֵֽחָקֵ֑רThey will chop down her forest, declares the LORD, dense though it may be, for they are more numerous than locusts; they cannot be counted.Lamentations 3:40 · וְֽנַחְקֹ֔רָהLet us examine and test our ways, and turn back to the LORD.