Usually translated as
take, receive, fetch, bring, get, buy, carry away, accept, drawn, receiving, seize, taking, use, infold, many, mingle, place, reserve, send for, win
Occurrences
Lâqach occurs 962 times in 905 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (133), Exodus (74), Leviticus (53), Numbers (65), Deuteronomy (43), Joshua (22), Judges (41), Ruth (3), 1 Samuel (76), 2 Samuel (38), 1 Kings (35), 2 Kings (64), 1 Chronicles (15), 2 Chronicles (14), Ezra (1), Nehemiah (7), Esther (6), Job (17), Psalms (13), Proverbs (19), Isaiah (21), Jeremiah (61), Ezekiel (55), Hosea (8), Joel (1), Amos (6), Jonah (1), Micah (2), Zephaniah (2), Haggai (1), Zechariah (7), Malachi (1)
- Genesis 2:15 — And the LORD God took (וַיִּקַּ֛ח) the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
- Genesis 2:21 — And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took (וַיִּקַּ֗ח) one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;
- Genesis 2:22 — And the rib, which the LORD God had taken (לָקַ֥ח) from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.
- Genesis 2:23 — And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken (לֻֽקֳחָה) out of Man.
- Genesis 3:6 — And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took (וַתִּקַּ֥ח) of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
- Genesis 3:19 — In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken (לֻקָּ֑חְתָּ): for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
- Genesis 3:22 — And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take (וְלָקַח֙) also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
- Genesis 3:23 — Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken (לֻקַּ֖ח).
- Genesis 4:11 — And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive (לָקַ֛חַת) thy brother’s blood from thy hand;
- Genesis 4:19 — And Lamech took (וַיִּֽקַּֽח) unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.
- Genesis 5:24 — And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took (לָקַ֥ח) him.
- Genesis 6:2 — That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took (וַיִּקְח֤וּ) them wives of all which they chose.
- Genesis 6:21 — And take (קַח) thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them.
- Genesis 7:2 — Of every clean beast thou shalt take (תִּֽקַּח) to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female.
- Genesis 8:9 — But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took (וַיִּקָּחֶ֔הָ) her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark.
- Genesis 8:20 — And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took (וַיִּקַּ֞ח) of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
- Genesis 9:23 — And Shem and Japheth took (וַיִּקַּח֩) a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father’s nakedness.
- Genesis 11:29 — And Abram and Nahor took (וַיִּקַּ֨ח) them wives: the name of Abram’s wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor’s wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.
- Genesis 11:31 — And Terah took (וַיִּקַּ֨ח) Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram’s wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.
- Genesis 12:5 — And Abram took (וַיִּקַּ֣ח) Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother’s son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.
- Genesis 12:15 — The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken (וַתֻּקַּ֥ח) into Pharaoh’s house.
- Genesis 12:19 — Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I might have taken (וָאֶקַּ֥ח) her to me to wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way.
- Genesis 12:19 — Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I might have taken her to me to wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take (קַ֥ח) her, and go thy way.
- Genesis 14:11 — And they took (וַ֠יִּקְחוּ) all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way.
- Genesis 14:12 — And they took (וַיִּקְח֨וּ) Lot, Abram’s brother’s son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.
- Genesis 14:21 — And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take (קַֽח) the goods to thyself.
- Genesis 14:23 — That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take (אֶקַּ֖ח) any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich:
- Genesis 14:24 — Save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take (יִקְח֥וּ) their portion.
- Genesis 15:9 — And he said unto him, Take (קְחָ֥ה) me an heifer of three years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon.
- Genesis 15:10 — And he took (וַיִּֽקַּֽח) unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each piece one against another: but the birds divided he not.
- Genesis 16:3 — And Sarai Abram’s wife took (וַתִּקַּ֞ח) Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife.
- Genesis 17:23 — And Abraham took (וַיִּקַּ֨ח) Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham’s house; and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him.
- Genesis 18:4 — Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched (יֻקַּֽח), and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree:
- Genesis 18:5 — And I will fetch (וְאֶקְחָ֨ה) a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts; after that ye shall pass on: for therefore are ye come to your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said.
- Genesis 18:7 — And Abraham ran unto the herd, and (וַיִּקַּ֨ח) fetcht a calf tender and good, and gave it unto a young man; and he hasted to dress it.
- Genesis 18:8 — And he took (וַיִּקַּ֨ח) butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat.
- Genesis 19:15 — And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take (קַ֨ח) thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.
- Genesis 20:2 — And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took (וַיִּקַּ֖ח) Sarah.
- Genesis 20:3 — But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken (לָקַ֔חְתָּ); for she is a man’s wife.
- Genesis 20:14 — And Abimelech took (וַיִּקַּ֨ח) sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and womenservants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife.
- Genesis 21:14 — And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took (וַיִּֽקַּֽח) bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beer-sheba.
- Genesis 21:21 — And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took (וַתִּֽקַּֽח) him a wife out of the land of Egypt.
- Genesis 21:27 — And Abraham took (וַיִּקַּ֤ח) sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant.
- Genesis 21:30 — And he said, For these seven ewe lambs shalt thou take (תִּקַּ֖ח) of my hand, that they may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well.
- Genesis 22:2 — And he said, Take (קַח) now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.
- Genesis 22:3 — And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took (וַיִּקַּ֞ח) two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.
- Genesis 22:6 — And Abraham took (וַיִּקַּ֨ח) the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them together.
- Genesis 22:6 — And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took (וַיִּקַּ֣ח) the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them together.
- Genesis 22:10 — And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took (וַיִּקַּ֖ח) the knife to slay his son.
- Genesis 22:13 — And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took (וַיִּקַּ֣ח) the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son.