ʻâqar — H6131
H6131 · Hebrew — עקר
Pronunciation: aw-kar'
Definition
verb
to pluck up (especially by the roots); specifically, to hamstring; figuratively, to exterminate
- to pluck up, root up
- (Qal) to pluck up, root up
- (Niphal) to be plucked up
- to cut, hamstring
- (Piel) to cut, hamstring
Usually translated as
dig down, hough, pluck up, root up
Origin
a primitive root
Greek equivalents
Occurrences
ʻâqar occurs 6 times in the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (1), Joshua (2), 1 Chronicles (1), Ecclesiastes (1), Zephaniah (1)
- Genesis 49:6 — O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down (עִקְּרוּ) a wall.
- Joshua 11:6 — And the LORD said unto Joshua, Be not afraid because of them: for to morrow about this time will I deliver them up all slain before Israel: thou (תְּעַקֵּ֔ר) shalt hough their horses, and burn their chariots with fire.
- Joshua 11:9 — And Joshua did unto them as the LORD bade him (עִקֵּ֔ר): he houghed their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire.
- 1 Chronicles 18:4 — And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: David also (וַיְעַקֵּ֤ר) houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them an hundred chariots.
- Ecclesiastes 3:2 — A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up (לַעֲק֥וֹר) that which is planted;
- Zephaniah 2:4 — For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be rooted up (תֵּעָקֵֽר).