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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. Isaiah 47:3

    Your nakedness shall be uncovered, yes, your shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and will spare no man.

    אֶקָּ֔ח 'e.Kach “I will take”

  2. Isaiah 49:24

    Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captives be delivered?

    הֲיֻקַּ֥ח (יֻקַּ֥ח) yu.Kach “will it be taken”

  3. Isaiah 49:25

    But thus says Yahweh, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered; for I will contend with him who contends with you, and I will save your children.

    יֻקָּ֔ח yu.Kach “he will be taken”

  4. Isaiah 51:22

    Thus says your Lord Yahweh, and your God who pleads the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of your hand the cup of staggering, even the bowl of the cup of my wrath; you shall no more drink it again:

    לָקַ֛חְתִּי la.Kach.ti “I have taken”

  5. Isaiah 52:5

    Now therefore, what do I here, says Yahweh, seeing that my people is taken away for nothing? those who rule over them do howl, says Yahweh, and my name continually all the day is blasphemed.

    לֻקַּ֥ח lu.Kach “it was taken”

  6. Isaiah 53:8

    By oppression and judgment he was taken away; and as for his generation, who [supplied: among them] considered that he was cut off out of the land of the living for the disobedience of my people to whom the stroke [supplied: was due]?

    לֻקָּ֔ח lu.Kach “he was taken away”

  7. Isaiah 56:12

    Come you, [supplied: say they], I will get wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and tomorrow shall be as this day, [supplied: a day] great beyond measure.

    אֶקְחָה־ 'ek.chah- “let me take”

  8. Isaiah 57:13

    When you cry, let those who you have gathered deliver you; but the wind shall take them, a breath shall carry them all away: but he who takes refuge in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy mountain.

    יִקַּח־ yi.kach- “it will take [them] away”

  9. Isaiah 66:21

    Of them also will I take for priests [supplied: and] for Levites, says Yahweh.

    אֶקַּ֛ח 'e.Kach “I will take”

  10. Jeremiah 2:30

    In vain have I struck your children; they received no correction: your own sword has devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.

    לָקָ֑חוּ la.Ka.chu “they accepted”

  11. Jeremiah 3:14

    Return, backsliding children, says Yahweh; for I am a husband to you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion:

    וְלָקַחְתִּ֨י (לָקַחְתִּ֨י) la.kach.Ti “I will take”

  12. Jeremiah 5:3

    O Yahweh, don't your eyes look on truth? you have stricken them, but they were not grieved; you have consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.

    קַ֣חַת Ka.chat “to accept”

  13. Jeremiah 13:4

    Take the belt that you have bought, which is on your loins, and arise, go to the Euphrates, and hide it there in a cleft of the rock.

    קַ֧ח kach “take”

  14. Jeremiah 13:6

    It happened after many days, that Yahweh said to me, Arise, go to the Euphrates, and take the belt from there, which I commanded you to hide there.

    וְקַ֤ח (קַ֤ח) Kach “take”

  15. Jeremiah 13:7

    Then I went to the Euphrates, and dug, and took the belt from the place where I had hid it; and, behold, the belt was marred, it was profitable for nothing.

    וָֽאֶקַּח֙ (אֶקַּח֙) 'e.Kach “I took”

  16. Jeremiah 15:15

    Yahweh, you know; remember me, and visit me, and avenge me of my persecutors; don't take me away in your longsuffering: know that for your sake I have suffered reproach.

    תִּקָּחֵ֑נִי (תִּקָּחֵ֑) ti.ka.Che. “you take away”

  17. Jeremiah 20:5

    Moreover I will give all the riches of this city, and all the gains of it, and all the precious things of it, yes, all the treasures of the kings of Judah will I give into the hand of their enemies; and they shall make them a prey, and take them, and carry them to Babylon.

    וּלְקָח֔וּם (לְקָח֔וּ) le.ka.Chu “they will take”

  18. Jeremiah 20:10

    For I have heard the defaming of many, terror on every side. Denounce, and we will denounce him, [supplied: say] all my familiar friends, those who watch for my fall; peradventure he will be persuaded, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.

    וְנִקְחָ֥ה (נִקְחָ֥ה) nik.Chah “we will take”

  19. Jeremiah 23:31

    Behold, I am against the prophets, says Yahweh, who use their tongues, and say, He says.

    הַלֹּקְחִ֣ים (לֹּקְחִ֣ים) lo.ke.Chim “take”

  20. Jeremiah 25:15

    For thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, to me: take this cup of the wine of wrath at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send you, to drink it.

    קַ֠ח kach “take”

  21. Jeremiah 25:17

    Then took I the cup at Yahweh's hand, and made all the nations to drink, to whom Yahweh had sent me:

    וָאֶקַּ֥ח (אֶקַּ֥ח) 'e.Kach “I took”

  22. Jeremiah 27:20

    which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon didn't take, when he carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, from Jerusalem to Babylon, and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem;

    לְקָחָ֗ם (לְקָחָ֗) le.ka.Cha “he took”

  23. Jeremiah 28:3

    Within two full years will I bring again into this place all the vessels of Yahweh's house, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from this place, and carried to Babylon:

    לָקַ֜ח la.Kach “he took”

  24. Jeremiah 28:10

    Then Hananiah the prophet took the bar from off the prophet Jeremiah's neck, and broke it.

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

  25. Jeremiah 29:6

    Take wives, and father sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; and multiply you there, and don't be diminished.

    קְח֣וּ ke.Chu “take”וּקְח֨וּ (קְח֨וּ) ke.Chu “take”