Chaqar חָקַר

Chaqar (Hebrew חָקַר, Strong's H2713) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to search”. It occurs 27 times in 26 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Chaqar, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Deuteronomy

• Deuteronomy 13:14
  Then shalt thou enquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought among you;then you must inquire, investigate, and interrogate thoroughly. And if it is established with certainty that this abomination has been committed among you,

Judges

• Judges 18:2
  And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their coasts, men of valour, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it; and they said unto them, Go, search the land: who when they came to mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah, they lodged there.So the Danites sent out five men from their clans, men of valor from Zorah and Eshtaol, to spy out the land and explore it. “Go and explore the land,” they told them. The men entered the hill country of Ephraim and came to the house of Micah, where they spent the night.

1 Samuel

• 1 Samuel 20:12
  And Jonathan said unto David, O Lord God of Israel, when I have sounded my father about to morrow any time, or the third day, and, behold, if there be good toward David, and I then send not unto thee, and shew it thee;and Jonathan said, “By the LORD, the God of Israel, I will sound out my father by this time tomorrow or the next day. If he is favorable toward you, will I not send for you and tell you?

2 Samuel

• 2 Samuel 10:3
  And the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun their lord, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? hath not David rather sent his servants unto thee, to search the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it?the princes of the Ammonites said to Hanun their lord, “Just because David has sent you comforters, do you really believe he is showing respect for your father? Has not David instead sent his servants to explore the city, spy it out, and overthrow it?”

1 Kings

• 1 Kings 7:47
  And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because they were exceeding many: neither was the weight of the brass found out.Solomon left all these articles unweighed, because there were so many. The weight of the bronze could not be determined.

1 Chronicles

• 1 Chronicles 19:3
  But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? are not his servants come unto thee for to search, and to overthrow, and to spy out the land?the princes of the Ammonites said to Hanun, “Just because David has sent you comforters, do you really believe he is showing respect for your father? Have not his servants come to you to explore the land, spy it out, and overthrow it?”

2 Chronicles

• 2 Chronicles 4:18
  Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance: for the weight of the brass could not be found out.Solomon made all these articles in such great abundance that the weight of the bronze could not be determined.

Job

• Job 5:27
  Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thy good.Indeed, we have investigated, and it is true! So hear it and know for yourself.”
• Job 13:9
  Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh another, do ye so mock him?Would it be well when He examined you? Could you deceive Him like a man?
• Job 28:3
  He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.Man puts an end to the darkness; he probes the farthest recesses for ore in deepest darkness.
• Job 28:27
  Then did he see it, and declare it; he prepared it, yea, and searched it out.then He looked at wisdom and appraised it; He established it and searched it out.
• Job 29:16
  I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.I was a father to the needy, and I took up the case of the stranger.
• Job 32:11
  Behold, I waited for your words; I gave ear to your reasons, whilst ye searched out what to say.Indeed, I waited while you spoke; I listened to your reasoning; as you searched for words,

Psalms

• Psalm 44:21
  Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.would not God have discovered, since He knows the secrets of the heart?
• Psalm 139:1
  O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me.O LORD, You have searched me and known me.
• Psalm 139:23
  Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns.

Proverbs

• Proverbs 18:17
  He that is first in his own cause seemeth just; but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him.The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
• Proverbs 23:30
  They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.Those who linger over wine, who go to taste mixed drinks.
• Proverbs 25:2
  It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.It is the glory of God to conceal a matter and the glory of kings to search it out.
• Proverbs 28:11
  The rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.A rich man is wise in his own eyes, but a poor man with discernment sees through him.

Ecclesiastes

• Ecclesiastes 12:9
  And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs.Not only was the Teacher wise, but he also taught the people knowledge; he pondered, searched out, and arranged many proverbs.

Jeremiah

• Jeremiah 17:10
  I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.I, the LORD, search the heart; I examine the mind to reward a man according to his way, by what his deeds deserve.
• Jeremiah 31:37
  Thus saith the Lord; If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith the Lord.This is what the LORD says: “Only if the heavens above could be measured and the foundations of the earth below searched out would I reject all of Israel’s descendants because of all they have done,” declares the LORD.
• Jeremiah 46:23
  They shall cut down her forest, saith the Lord, though it cannot be searched; because they are more than the grasshoppers, and are innumerable.They will chop down her forest, declares the LORD, dense though it may be, for they are more numerous than locusts; they cannot be counted.

Lamentations

• Lamentations 3:40
  Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the Lord.Let us examine and test our ways, and turn back to the LORD.

Ezekiel

• Ezekiel 39:14
  And they shall sever out men of continual employment, passing through the land to bury with the passengers those that remain upon the face of the earth, to cleanse it: after the end of seven months shall they search.And men will be employed to continually pass through the land to cleanse it by burying the invaders who remain on the ground. At the end of the seven months they will begin their search.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).