Cheqer חֵ֫קֶר
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| חֵ֫קֶר | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | cheqer |
| Strong's number | H2714 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | search |
| Occurrences | 12 in 12 verses |
| Most frequent in | Job (7) |
Cheqer (Hebrew חֵ֫קֶר, Strong's H2714) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “search”. It occurs 12 times in 12 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
a search, investigation, searching, enquiry, thing to be searched out
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | search (3), out (2), searching (2), unsearchable (2), searchings (1), number (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | searching out (2), indecision (1), unsearchable things (1), discoveries (1), deep things (1), inquiry (1), trenches (1), unsearchable (1), be searched (1), search out (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Cheqer, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Judges
- Judges 5:16Why abodest thou among the sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings of the flocks? For the divisions of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.Why did you sit among the sheepfolds to hear the whistling for the flocks? In the clans of Reuben there was great indecision.
Job
- Job 5:9Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number:the One who does great and unsearchable things, wonders without number.
- Job 8:8For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers:Please inquire of past generations and consider the discoveries of their fathers.
- Job 9:10Which doeth great things past finding out; yea, and wonders without number.He does great things beyond searching out, and wonders without number.
- Job 11:7Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?Can you fathom the deep things of God or discover the limits of the Almighty?
- Job 34:24He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their stead.He shatters the mighty without inquiry and sets up others in their place.
- Job 36:26Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.Indeed, God is great—beyond our knowledge; the number of His years is unsearchable.
- Job 38:16Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?Have you journeyed to the vents of the sea or walked in the trenches of the deep?
Psalms
- Psalm 145:3Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable.Great is the LORD and greatly to be praised; His greatness is unsearchable.
Proverbs
- Proverbs 25:3The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings is unsearchable.As the heavens are high and the earth is deep, so the hearts of kings cannot be searched.
- Proverbs 25:27It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.It is not good to eat too much honey or to search out one’s own glory.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 40:28Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary; His understanding is beyond searching out.
Notes
- 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.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).