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H3947Gלָקַחla.qach

to take: takePart of speech: Hebrew Verb

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Occurrences by book

  1. 112
  2. 66
  3. 46
  4. 55
  5. 32
  6. 20
  7. 34
  8. 3
  9. 68
  10. 36
  11. 27
  12. 55
  13. 11
  14. 12
  15. Ezra: 0
  16. 4
  17. 6
  18. 13
  19. 7
  20. 9
  21. Ecclesiastes: 0
  22. Song of Songs: 0
  23. 19
  24. 54
  25. Lamentations: 0
  26. 59
  27. Daniel: 0
  28. 5
  29. 1
  30. 6
  31. Obadiah: 0
  32. 1
  33. 2
  34. Nahum: 0
  35. Habakkuk: 0
  36. Zephaniah: 0
  37. 1
  38. 7
  39. Malachi: 0

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Other meanings of H3947

  • H3947Hלָקַחla.qachto take: recieveH:VOccurrences: 77
  • H3947Iלָקַחla.qachto take: marryH:VOccurrences: 64
  • H3947Jלָקַחla.qachto take: bringH:VOccurrences: 49
  • H3947Kלָקַחla.qachto take: buyH:VOccurrences: 3
  • H3947Lלָקַחla.qachto take: fireH:VOccurrences: 2

771 occurrences in 733 verses

With their references and text in World English Bible.

  1. Judges 21:22

    It shall be, when their fathers or their brothers come to complain to us, that we will say to them, Grant them graciously to us, because we didn't take for each man his wife in battle, neither did you give them to them, else would you now be guilty.

    לָקַ֛חְנוּ la.Kach.nu “we took”

  2. Ruth 4:2

    He took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit you down here. They sat down.

    וַיִּקַּ֞ח (יִּקַּ֞ח) i.yi.Kach “he took”

  3. Ruth 4:13

    So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife; and he went in to her, and Yahweh gave her conception, and she bore a son.

    וַיִּקַּ֨ח (יִּקַּ֨ח) i.yi.Kach “he took”

  4. Ruth 4:16

    Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse to it.

    וַתִּקַּ֨ח (תִּקַּ֨ח) ti.Kach “she took”

  5. 1 Samuel 2:14

    and he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the flesh-hook brought up the priest took therewith. So they did in Shiloh to all the Israelites who came there.

    יִקַּ֥ח yi.Kach “he took”

  6. 1 Samuel 2:16

    If the man said to him, They will surely burn the fat first, and then take as much as your soul desires; then he would say, No, but you shall give it me now: and if not, I will take it by force.

    וְקַ֨ח־ (קַ֨ח) Kach- “take”לָקַ֥חְתִּי la.Kach.ti “I take [it]”

  7. 1 Samuel 4:11

    The ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.

    נִלְקָ֑ח nil.Kach “it was taken”

  8. 1 Samuel 4:17

    He who brought the news answered, Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there has been also a great slaughter among the people, and your two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken.

    נִלְקָֽחָה׃ nil.Ka.chah “it has been taken”

  9. 1 Samuel 4:19

    His daughter-in-law, Phinehas' wife, was with child, near to be delivered: and when she heard the news that the ark of God was taken, and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead, she bowed herself and brought forth; for her pains came on her.

    הִלָּקַח֙ hi.la.Kach “[the] being taken of”

  10. 1 Samuel 4:21

    She named the child Ichabod, saying, The glory is departed from Israel; because the ark of God was taken, and because of her father-in-law and her husband.

    הִלָּקַח֙ hi.la.Kach “[the] being taken of”

  11. 1 Samuel 4:22

    She said, The glory is departed from Israel; for the ark of God is taken.

    נִלְקַ֖ח nil.Kach “it has been taken”

  12. 1 Samuel 5:1

    Now the Philistines had taken the ark of God, and they brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod.

    לָֽקְח֔וּ la.ke.Chu “they took”

  13. 1 Samuel 5:2

    The Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.

    וַיִּקְח֤וּ (יִּקְח֤וּ) i.yik.Chu “they took”

  14. 1 Samuel 5:3

    When they of Ashdod arose early on the next day, behold, Dagon was fallen on his face to the ground before the ark of Yahweh. They took Dagon, and set him in his place again.

    וַיִּקְחוּ֙ (יִּקְחוּ֙) i.yik.Chu “they took”

  15. 1 Samuel 6:7

    Now therefore take and prepare yourselves a new cart, and two milk cattle, on which there has come no yoke; and tie the cattle to the cart, and bring their calves home from them;

    קְח֨וּ ke.Chu “take”

  16. 1 Samuel 6:8

    and take the ark of Yahweh, and lay it on the cart; and put the jewels of gold, which you return him for a trespass-offering, in a coffer by the side of it; and send it away, that it may go.

    וּלְקַחְתֶּ֞ם (לְקַחְתֶּ֞ם) le.kach.Tem “you will take”

  17. 1 Samuel 6:10

    The men did so, and took two milk cattle, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home;

    וַיִּקְח֗וּ (יִּקְח֗וּ) i.yik.Chu “they took”

  18. 1 Samuel 7:9

    Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered it for a whole burnt-offering to Yahweh: and Samuel cried to Yahweh for Israel; and Yahweh answered him.

    וַיִּקַּ֣ח (יִּקַּ֣ח) i.yi.Kach “he took”

  19. 1 Samuel 7:12

    Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpah and Shen, and called the name of it Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto has Yahweh helped us.

    וַיִּקַּ֨ח (יִּקַּ֨ח) i.yi.Kach “he took”

  20. 1 Samuel 7:14

    The cities which the Philistines had taken from Israel were restored to Israel, from Ekron even to Gath; and the border of it did Israel deliver out of the hand of the Philistines. There was peace between Israel and the Amorites.

    לָֽקְחוּ־ la.ke.chu- “they had taken”

  21. 1 Samuel 8:3

    His sons didn't walk in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted justice.

    וַיִּ֨קְחוּ־ (יִּ֨קְחוּ) i.Yik.chu- “they took”

  22. 1 Samuel 8:11

    He said, This will be the manner of the king who shall reign over you: he will take your sons, and appoint them to him, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and they shall run before his chariots;

    יִקָּ֗ח yi.Kach “he will take”

  23. 1 Samuel 8:13

    He will take your daughters to be perfumers, and to be cooks, and to be bakers.

    יִקָּ֑ח yi.Kach “he will take”

  24. 1 Samuel 8:14

    He will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your olive groves, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.

    יִקָּ֑ח yi.Kach “he will take”

  25. 1 Samuel 8:16

    He will take your men-servants, and your maid-servants, and your best young men, and your donkeys, and put them to his work.

    יִקָּ֑ח yi.Kach “he will take”