H6131: עָקַר
ʻâqar · pronounced aw-kar' · “to uproot”
Definition
to pluck up (especially by the roots); specifically, to hamstring; figuratively, to exterminate
KJV translates it as: dig down, hough, pluck up, root up.
Word origin: a primitive root;
Extended definition
1a) (Qal) to pluck up, root up
1b) (Niphal) to be plucked up
Aramaic equivalent: a.qar (עֲקַר "be uprooted" H6132)
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H6131 is translated
- he hamstrung ×3
- they hamstrung ×1
- you will hamstring ×1
- pluck up ×1
- it will be plucked up ×1
Bible verses with H6131 (ʻâqar)
ʻâqar appears in 7 verses.
- 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 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 shalt hough their horses, and burn their chariots with fire.
- Joshua 11:9
And Joshua did unto them as the Lord bade him: he houghed their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire.
- 2 Samuel 8:4
And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and David houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for an hundred chariots.
- 1 Chronicles 18:4
And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: David also 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 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.