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 shall inquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is done in the midst of you,Judges 18:2 · וּלְחָקְרָ֔הּ · חִקְר֣וּThe children of Dan sent of their family five men from their whole number, men of valor, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it; and they said to them, “Go, explore the land!” They came to the hill country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, and lodged there.1 Samuel 20:12 · אֶחְקֹ֣רJonathan said to David, “By Yahweh, the God of Israel, when I have sounded my father about this time tomorrow, or the third day, behold, if there is good toward David, shall I not then send to you, and disclose it to you?2 Samuel 10:3 · חֲק֤וֹרBut the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun their lord, “Do you think that David honors your father, in that he has sent comforters to you? Hasn’t David sent his servants to you to search the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it?”1 Kings 7:47 · נֶחְקַ֖רSolomon left all the vessels unweighed, because they were exceeding many: the weight of the brass could not be found out.1 Chronicles 19:3 · לַחְקֹ֨רBut the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, “Do you think that David honors your father, in that he has sent comforters to you? Haven’t his servants come to you to search, to overthrow, and to spy out the land?”2 Chronicles 4:18 · נֶחְקַ֖רThus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance: for the weight of the brass could not be found out.Job 5:27 · חֲקַרְנ֥וּהָLook this, we have searched it, so it is. Hear it, and know it for your good.”Job 13:9 · יַחְקֹ֣רIs it good that he should search you out? Or as one deceives a man, will you deceive him?Job 28:3 · חוֹקֵ֑רMan sets an end to darkness, and searches out, to the furthest bound, the stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.Job 28:27 · חֲקָרָֽהּ׃then he saw it, and declared it. He established it, yes, and searched it out.Job 29:16 · אֶחְקְרֵֽהוּ׃I was a father to the needy. The cause of him who I didn’t know, I searched out.Job 32:11 · תַּחְקְר֥וּן“Behold, I waited for your words, and I listened for your reasoning, while you searched out what to say.Psalm 44:21 · יַֽחֲקָר־won’t God search this out? For he knows the secrets of the heart.Psalm 139:1 · חֲ֝קַרְתַּ֗נִיFor the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. Yahweh, you have searched me, and you know me.Psalm 139:23 · חָקְרֵ֣נִיSearch me, God, and know my heart. Try me, and know my thoughts.Proverbs 18:17 · וַחֲקָרֽוֹ׃He who pleads his cause first seems right; until another comes and questions him.Proverbs 23:30 · לַחְקֹ֥רThose who stay long at the wine; those who go to seek out mixed wine.Proverbs 25:2 · חֲקֹ֣רIt is the glory of God to conceal a thing, but the glory of kings is to search out a matter.Proverbs 28:11 · יַחְקְרֶֽנּוּ׃The rich man is wise in his own eyes; but the poor who has understanding sees through him.Ecclesiastes 12:9 · וְחִקֵּ֔רFurther, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge. Yes, he pondered, sought out, and set in order many proverbs.Jeremiah 17:10 · חֹקֵ֥רI, Yahweh, search the mind, I try the heart, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.Jeremiah 31:37 · וְיֵחָקְר֥וּThus says Yahweh: If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, then will I also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, says Yahweh.Jeremiah 46:23 · יֵֽחָקֵ֑רThey shall cut down her forest, says Yahweh, though it can’t be searched; because they are more than the locusts, and are innumerable.Lamentations 3:40 · וְֽנַחְקֹ֔רָהLet us search and try our ways, and turn again to Yahweh.