עָכַר
ʻâkar · H5916 · Hebrew · 14 occurrences
Meanings
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trouble
State of misfortune and distress
ExamplesProverbs 15:6 Great wealth is in the house of the righteous, But trouble is in the income of the wicked.
Genesis 34:30 Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble on me by making me repulsive among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites; and since my men are few in number, they will band together against me and attack me, and I will be destroyed, I and my household!”
Joshua 6:18 “But as for you, only keep yourselves from the things designated for destruction, so that you do not covet them and take some of the designated things, and turn the camp of Israel into something designated for destruction and bring disaster on it.
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Process by which a condition grows in intensity (to grow worse, to increase (of someone's suffering))
ExamplesPsalm 39:2 I was mute and silent, I refused to say even something good, And my pain was stirred up.
How it’s used In 9 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
12 occurrences in 9 groups
- Not stated (participle) 3
- Other words · 8 groups that occur once or twice (9) 9
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
11 occurrences in 8 groups
- יִשְׂרָאֵלIsrael 3
- בַּיִתhouse, household 2
- שְׁאֵרflesh, relative 1
- אֶרֶץland, earth, ground 1
- נִיme 1
- ךָּyou 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- בin/on/with+ יוֹםday, time 1
- לto/for+ בָּאַשׁto become foul 1
With adverbsAdverbs
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- לֹאnot 1
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- נִיme 1
Named alongside itApposition
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- זֶהthis 1
- עָכָרAchar 1
What it doesIt is the subject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- נָחַלto inherit, to possess 1
What it is said to bePredicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- תְּבוּאָהyield 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- בin/on/with 2
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 2 entries
- Unsafe002003003022
- עָכַר describes bringing trouble or disaster, as in Joshua 7:25's "Why have you brought disaster on us?" and Judges 11:35's "you have brought me disaster."
- Intense002001003011
- The word carries an intensifying force alongside the basic trouble sense, describing disaster as severe and overwhelming, as in Genesis 34:30's "you have brought trouble on me" amid a threat of destruction.
Word family 2 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H5916. akar עָכַר verb stir up, disturb, trouble (Late Hebrew id., make turbid; Arabic be…
עָכַר verb stir up, disturb, trouble (Late Hebrew id., make turbid; Arabic be turbid); —
Qal Perfect3masculine singular ׳ע 1Sa 14:29; 1Sa 14:2masculine singular suffix עֲכַרְתָּ֔נִי Jos 7:25, etc.; Imperfect3masculine singular suffix יַעְכָּרְךָ Jos 7:25; Participle עֹכֵר 1Ki 18:17 1Ki 18:3t., עוֺכֵר 1Ch 2:7; plural suffix עֹכְרָ֑י Jdg 11:35; — disturb, trouble, with accusative of person Gen 34:30 (J), Jos 6:18; Jos 7:25 (twice in verse) (all J E; Jos 7:25 b subject ׳י), Jdg 11:35; compare Pro 11:17 (opposed to גֹּמֵל), Pro 11:29; Pro 15:27 (opposed to חָיָה; ׳ע יִשְׂרָאֵל 1Ki 18:17-18, 1Ch 2:7 (compare Jos 7:18 etc., above); ׳ע אֶתהָֿאָרֶץ 1Sa 14:29.
Niph`al Perfect3masculine singular נֶעְכָּ֑ר וּכְאֵבִי Psa 39:3 my pain was stirred up; Participle feminine נֶעְכָּ֑רֶת Pro 15:6 usually as abstract noun disturbance, calamity, but < read רָשָׁע וּתְבוּאַת [ה]נִכְרָ֑ת the income of the wicked is cut off (Toy).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
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
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