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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

Renderings

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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 American Standard Version.

  1. 1 Samuel 21:6

    So the priest gave him holy [supplied: bread]; for there was no bread there but the showbread, that was taken from before Jehovah, to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away.

    הִלָּקְחֽוֹ׃ (הִלָּקְחֽ) hi.la.ke.Ch “was taken away”

  2. 1 Samuel 21:9

    And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou slewest in the vale of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod: if thou wilt take that, take it; for there is no other save that here. And David said, There is none like that; give it me.

    תִּֽקַּח־ ti.kach- “you will take”קָ֔ח Kach “take [it]”

  3. 1 Samuel 24:2

    Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and went to seek David and his men upon the rocks of the wild goats.

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

  4. 1 Samuel 24:11

    Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my hand; for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed thee not, know thou and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in my hand, and I have not sinned against thee, though thou huntest after my life to take it.

    לְקַחְתָּֽהּ׃ (קַחְתָּֽ) kach.Ta “take”

  5. 1 Samuel 25:11

    Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men of whom I know not whence they are?

    וְלָקַחְתִּ֤י (לָקַחְתִּ֤י) la.kach.Ti “will I take”

  6. 1 Samuel 25:18

    Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched grain, and a hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on asses.

    וַתִּקַּח֩ (תִּקַּח֩) ti.Kach “she took”

  7. 1 Samuel 26:11

    Jehovah forbid that I should put forth my hand against Jehovah's anointed: but now take, I pray thee, the spear that is at his head, and the cruse of water, and let us go.

    קַח־ kach- “take”

  8. 1 Samuel 26:12

    So David took the spear and the cruse of water from Saul's head; and they gat them away: and no man saw it, nor knew it, neither did any awake; for they were all asleep, because a deep sleep from Jehovah was fallen upon them.

    וַיִּקַּח֩ (יִּקַּח֩) i.yi.Kach “he took”

  9. 1 Samuel 26:22

    And David answered and said, Behold the spear, O king! let then one of the young men come over and fetch it.

    וְיִקָּחֶֽהָ׃ (יִקָּחֶֽ) yi.ka.Che. “let him take”

  10. 1 Samuel 27:9

    And David smote the land, and saved neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel; and he returned, and came to Achish.

    וְלָקַח֩ (לָקַח֩) la.Kach “he took”

  11. 1 Samuel 28:24

    And the woman had a fatted calf in the house; and she hasted, and killed it; and she took flour, and kneaded it, and did bake unleavened bread thereof:

    וַתִּקַּח־ (תִּקַּח) ti.kach- “she took”

  12. 1 Samuel 30:16

    And when he had brought him down, behold, they were spread abroad over all the ground, eating and drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.

    לָקְח֛וּ la.ke.Chu “they had taken”

  13. 1 Samuel 30:18

    And David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken; and David rescued his two wives.

    לָקְח֖וּ la.ke.Chu “they had taken”

  14. 1 Samuel 30:19

    And there was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor anything that they had taken to them: David brought back all.

    לָקְח֖וּ la.ke.Chu “they had taken”

  15. 1 Samuel 30:20

    And David took all the flocks and the herds, [supplied: which] they drove before those [supplied: other] cattle, and said, This is David's spoil.

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

  16. 1 Samuel 31:4

    Then said Saul to his armorbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith, lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armorbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took his sword, and fell upon it.

    וַיִּקַּ֤ח (יִּקַּ֤ח) i.yi.Kach “he took”

  17. 1 Samuel 31:12

    all the valiant men arose, and went all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth-shan; and they came to Jabesh, and burnt them there.

    וַיִּקְח֞וּ (יִּקְח֞וּ) i.yik.Chu “they took”

  18. 1 Samuel 31:13

    And they took their bones, and buried them under the tamarisk-tree in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.

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

  19. 2 Samuel 1:10

    So I stood beside him, and slew him, because I was sure that he could not live after that he was fallen: and I took the crown that was upon his head, and the bracelet that was on his arm, and have brought them hither unto my lord.

    וָאֶקַּ֞ח (אֶקַּ֞ח) 'e.Kach “I took”

  20. 2 Samuel 2:8

    Now Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul's host, had taken Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim;

    לָקַ֗ח la.Kach “he had taken”

  21. 2 Samuel 2:21

    And Abner said to him, Turn thee aside to thy right hand or to thy left, and lay thee hold on one of the young men, and take thee his armor. But Asahel would not turn aside from following him.

    וְקַח־ (קַח) kach- “take”

  22. 2 Samuel 3:15

    And Ish-bosheth sent, and took her from her husband, even from Paltiel the son of Laish.

    וַיִּקָּחֶ֖הָ (יִּקָּחֶ֖) i.yi.ka.Che. “he took”

  23. 2 Samuel 4:6

    And they came thither into the midst of the house, as though they would have fetched wheat; and they smote him in the body: and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped.

    לֹקְחֵ֣י lo.ke.Chei “taking”

  24. 2 Samuel 4:7

    Now when they came into the house, as he lay on his bed in his bedchamber, they smote him, and slew him, and beheaded him, and took his head, and went by the way of the Arabah all night.

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

  25. 2 Samuel 4:12

    And David commanded his young men, and they slew them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged them up beside the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ish-bosheth, and buried it in the grave of Abner in Hebron.

    לָקָ֔חוּ la.Ka.chu “they took”