Word

חָקַר

châqar · H2713 · Hebrew · 27 occurrences

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Meanings

to look for, to try out, to test, to search out, to explore, to investigate, to examine, to cross-examine, to sound out, to determine

Action by which someone tries to obtain information about a certain object, person, or event by examining it carefully

Examples
Judges 18:2 So the sons of Dan sent from their family five men out of their whole number, valiant men from Zorah and Eshtaol, to spy out the land and to explore it; and they said to them, “Go, explore the land.” And they came to the hill country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, and stayed overnight there.
1 Samuel 20:12 Then Jonathan said to David, “The LORD, the God of Israel, is my witness! When I have sounded out my father about this time tomorrow or the third day, behold, if he has a good feeling toward you, shall I not then send word to you and inform you?
2 Samuel 10:3 the commanders of the Ammonites said to their lord Hanun, “Do you think that David is simply honoring your father since he has sent you servants to console you? Has David not sent his servants to you in order to explore the city, to spy it out and overthrow it?”

How it’s used In 6 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

27 occurrences in 13 groups

Not stated: he, she or it 5
Not stated (infinitive) 5
Not stated: you (one person) 3
Other words · 10 groups that occur once or twice (14) 14

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

18 occurrences in 13 groups

וֹhim 3
הָher 3
Other words · 11 groups that occur once or twice (12) 12

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

3 occurrences in 3 groups

מִןfrom+ קָצֶהend, edge, border 1
כlike/as+ עֵתtime, moment, period 1
לto/for+ תַּכְלִיתend, limit 1

With adverbsAdverbs

4 occurrences in 1 groups

לֹאnot 4

What it is said to bePredicate

1 occurrences in 1 groups

כָּבוֹדglory, honor 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

1 occurrences in 1 groups

לto/for 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 1 entry

Know002004002007: The word denotes searching out or investigating something to gain understanding, describing a thorough inquiry into hidden or difficult matters.

Word family 3 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

חָקַרchâqar · H2713חֵקֶר chêqer · H2714 · examination, investigation · 13×מֶחְקָר mechqâr · H4278 · depth · 1×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H2713. chaqar [חָקַר] verb search (Late Hebrew id., Niph`al passive, Aramaic חֲקַר) — Qal…

H2713. chaqar
[חָקַר] verb search (Late Hebrew id., Niph`al passive, Aramaic חֲקַר) —
Qal Perfect3masculine singular suffix וַחֲקָרוֺ consecutive Pro 18:17; חֲקָרָהּ Job 28:27; וְחָֽקַרְתָּ֫ Deu 13:15 etc.; Imperfect יַחְקֹר Job 13:19; יַחֲקָרֿ Psa 44:22; יַחְקְרֶנּוּ Pro 28:11; אֶחְקֹר 1Sa 20:12; תַּחְקְרוּן Job 32:11; נַחְקֹ֑רָה Lam 3:40 etc.; Imperative חָקְרֵ֫נִי Psa 139:23; חִקְרוּ Jdg 18:2; Infinitive חֲקֹר 2Sa 10:3 2Sa 10:2t.; לַחְקוֺר Pro 23:30; לְחָקְרָהּ Jdg 18:2; —
1 search (for), followed by accusative Pro 23:30; Job 32:11; absolute הֵיטֵיב וְשָׁאַלְתָּ֫ וְחָקַרְתָּ֫ וְדָרַשְׁתָּ֫ Deu 13:15; literal Eze 39:14 (i.e. for bones unburied).
2. a. search through, explore, literally, object הארץ Jdg 18:2 (|| רַגֵּל) Jdg 18:2, 1Ch 19:3 (|| id.); city העיר 2Sa 10:3 (|| id.), of mining Job 28:3; search out a subject or matter Job 5:27; Job 28:27; Pro 25:2; Psa 44:22.
b. search a man, find out his sentiments (AV sound him) 1Sa 20:12.
c. of ׳י searching man, with accusative Psa 139:1 (|| ידע), Psa 139:23 (|| id.) Job 13:9, compare Jer 17:10 (object לֵב).
d. of examining thoroughly, so as to expose weakness in a case Job 29:16; Pro 18:17, compare Pro 28:11; so of self-examination ׳ח דרכים Lam 3:40 (|| חפשׂ).
Niph`al Perfect נֶחְקַר 1Ki 7:47; 2Ch 4:18; Imperfect יֵחָקֵר Jer 46:23; יֵחָֽקְרוּ Jer 31:37 be searched out, found out, ascertained, 1Ki 7:47; 2Ch 4:18 (weight of the bronze used in temple utensils), of forest Jer 46:23; searched out, Jer 31:37 subject ארץ מוסדיֿ
Pi`el Perfect חִקֵּר Ecc 12:9 he sought out many proverbs (מְשָׁלִים; || אִזֵּן).

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

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Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0