Occurrences
ʻâkar occurs 14 times in 13 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (1), Joshua (2), Judges (1), 1 Samuel (1), 1 Kings (2), 1 Chronicles (1), Psalms (1), Proverbs (4)
- Genesis 34:30 — And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled (עֲכַרְתֶּ֣ם) me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I being few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.
- Joshua 6:18 — And ye, in any wise keep yourselves from the accursed thing, lest ye make yourselves accursed, when ye take of the accursed thing, and make the camp of Israel a curse, and trouble (וַעֲכַרְתֶּ֖ם) it.
- Joshua 7:25 — And Joshua said, Why hast thou troubled (עֲכַרְתָּ֔נוּ) us? the LORD shall trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, and burned them with fire, after they had stoned them with stones.
- Joshua 7:25 — And Joshua said, Why hast thou troubled us? the LORD shall trouble (יַעְכֳּרְךָ֥) thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, and burned them with fire, after they had stoned them with stones.
- Judges 11:35 — And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, and said, Alas, my daughter! thou hast brought me very low, and thou art one of them that trouble (בְּעֹֽכְרָ֑י) me: for I have opened my mouth unto the LORD, and I cannot go back.
- 1 Samuel 14:29 — Then said Jonathan, My father hath troubled (עָכַ֥ר) the land: see, I pray you, how mine eyes have been enlightened, because I tasted a little of this honey.
- 1 Kings 18:17 — And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, Art thou he that troubleth (עֹכֵ֥ר) Israel?
- 1 Kings 18:18 — And he answered, I have not troubled (עָכַ֙רְתִּי֙) Israel; but thou, and thy father’s house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the LORD, and thou hast followed Baalim.
- 1 Chronicles 2:7 — And the sons of Carmi; Achar, the troubler (עוֹכֵ֣ר) of Israel, who transgressed in the thing accursed.
- Psalms 39:2 — I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred (נֶעְכָּֽר).
- Proverbs 11:17 — The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubleth (וְעֹכֵ֥ר) his own flesh.
- Proverbs 11:29 — He that troubleth (עוֹכֵ֣ר) his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.
- Proverbs 15:6 — In the house of the righteous is much treasure: but in the revenues of the wicked is trouble (נֶעְכָּֽרֶת).
- Proverbs 15:27 — He that is greedy of gain troubleth (עֹכֵ֣ר) his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.