Laqach לָקַח

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Laqach
לָקַח
Transliterationlaqach
Strong's numberH3947 (H3947G, H3947H, H3947I, H3947J, H3947K, H3947L)
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechverb
Glossto take: take
Occurrences966 in 909 verses
Most frequent inGenesis (134)

Laqach (Hebrew לָקַח, Strong's H3947) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to take: take”. It occurs 966 times in 909 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

H3947G: to take: take

: take
1) to take, get, fetch, lay hold of, seize, receive, acquire, buy, bring, marry, take a wife, snatch, take away
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to take, take in the hand
1a2) to take and carry along
1a3) to take from, take out of, take, carry away, take away
1a4) to take to or for a person, procure, get, take possession of, select, choose, take in marriage, receive, accept
1a5) to take up or upon, put upon
1a6) to fetch
1a7) to take, lead, conduct
1a8) to take, capture, seize
1a9) to take, carry off 1a10) to take (vengeance)
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be captured
1b2) to be taken away, be removed
1b3) to be taken, brought unto
1c) (Pual)
1c1) to be taken from or out of
1c2) to be stolen from
1c3) to be taken captive
1c4) to be taken away, be removed
1d) (Hophal)
1d1) to be taken unto, be brought unto
1d2) to be taken out of
1d3) to be taken away
1e) (Hithpael)
1e1) to take hold of oneself
1e2) to flash about (of lightning)

H3947H: to take: recieve

: recieve
1) to take, get, fetch, lay hold of, seize, receive, acquire, buy, bring, marry, take a wife, snatch, take away
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to take, take in the hand
1a2) to take and carry along
1a3) to take from, take out of, take, carry away, take away
1a4) to take to or for a person, procure, get, take possession of, select, choose, take in marriage, receive, accept
1a5) to take up or upon, put upon
1a6) to fetch
1a7) to take, lead, conduct
1a8) to take, capture, seize
1a9) to take, carry off 1a10) to take (vengeance)
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be captured
1b2) to be taken away, be removed
1b3) to be taken, brought unto
1c) (Pual)
1c1) to be taken from or out of
1c2) to be stolen from
1c3) to be taken captive
1c4) to be taken away, be removed
1d) (Hophal)
1d1) to be taken unto, be brought unto
1d2) to be taken out of
1d3) to be taken away
1e) (Hithpael)
1e1) to take hold of oneself
1e2) to flash about (of lightning)

H3947I: to take: marry

: marry
1) to take, get, fetch, lay hold of, seize, receive, acquire, buy, bring, marry, take a wife, snatch, take away
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to take, take in the hand
1a2) to take and carry along
1a3) to take from, take out of, take, carry away, take away
1a4) to take to or for a person, procure, get, take possession of, select, choose, take in marriage, receive, accept
1a5) to take up or upon, put upon
1a6) to fetch
1a7) to take, lead, conduct
1a8) to take, capture, seize
1a9) to take, carry off 1a10) to take (vengeance)
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be captured
1b2) to be taken away, be removed
1b3) to be taken, brought unto
1c) (Pual)
1c1) to be taken from or out of
1c2) to be stolen from
1c3) to be taken captive
1c4) to be taken away, be removed
1d) (Hophal)
1d1) to be taken unto, be brought unto
1d2) to be taken out of
1d3) to be taken away
1e) (Hithpael)
1e1) to take hold of oneself
1e2) to flash about (of lightning)

H3947J: to take: bring

: bring/put
1) to take, get, fetch, lay hold of, seize, receive, acquire, buy, bring, marry, take a wife, snatch, take away
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to take, take in the hand
1a2) to take and carry along
1a3) to take from, take out of, take, carry away, take away
1a4) to take to or for a person, procure, get, take possession of, select, choose, take in marriage, receive, accept
1a5) to take up or upon, put upon
1a6) to fetch
1a7) to take, lead, conduct
1a8) to take, capture, seize
1a9) to take, carry off 1a10) to take (vengeance)
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be captured
1b2) to be taken away, be removed
1b3) to be taken, brought unto
1c) (Pual)
1c1) to be taken from or out of
1c2) to be stolen from
1c3) to be taken captive
1c4) to be taken away, be removed
1d) (Hophal)
1d1) to be taken unto, be brought unto
1d2) to be taken out of
1d3) to be taken away
1e) (Hithpael)
1e1) to take hold of oneself
1e2) to flash about (of lightning)

H3947K: to take: buy

: buy
1) to take, get, fetch, lay hold of, seize, receive, acquire, buy, bring, marry, take a wife, snatch, take away
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to take, take in the hand
1a2) to take and carry along
1a3) to take from, take out of, take, carry away, take away
1a4) to take to or for a person, procure, get, take possession of, select, choose, take in marriage, receive, accept
1a5) to take up or upon, put upon
1a6) to fetch
1a7) to take, lead, conduct
1a8) to take, capture, seize
1a9) to take, carry off 1a10) to take (vengeance)
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be captured
1b2) to be taken away, be removed
1b3) to be taken, brought unto
1c) (Pual)
1c1) to be taken from or out of
1c2) to be stolen from
1c3) to be taken captive
1c4) to be taken away, be removed
1d) (Hophal)
1d1) to be taken unto, be brought unto
1d2) to be taken out of
1d3) to be taken away
1e) (Hithpael)
1e1) to take hold of oneself
1e2) to flash about (of lightning)

H3947L: to take: fire

: fire
1) to take, get, fetch, lay hold of, seize, receive, acquire, buy, bring, marry, take a wife, snatch, take away
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to take, take in the hand
1a2) to take and carry along
1a3) to take from, take out of, take, carry away, take away
1a4) to take to or for a person, procure, get, take possession of, select, choose, take in marriage, receive, accept
1a5) to take up or upon, put upon
1a6) to fetch
1a7) to take, lead, conduct
1a8) to take, capture, seize
1a9) to take, carry off 1a10) to take (vengeance)
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be captured
1b2) to be taken away, be removed
1b3) to be taken, brought unto
1c) (Pual)
1c1) to be taken from or out of
1c2) to be stolen from
1c3) to be taken captive
1c4) to be taken away, be removed
1d) (Hophal)
1d1) to be taken unto, be brought unto
1d2) to be taken out of
1d3) to be taken away
1e) (Hithpael)
1e1) to take hold of oneself
1e2) to flash about (of lightning)

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

Translated as

KJVtook (338), take (333), taken (68), away (60), receive (35), received (21), fetch (20), bring (16), fetched (10), brought (9), taketh (9), out (6), and 27 other renderings
BSBtake (149), took (139), he took (36), they took (22), bring (20), get (14), i took (13), is to take (13), receive (12), accept (12), married (11), had taken (9), and 316 other renderings

Verses

Laqach occurs in 909 verses, listed here by reference.

Genesis (134): 2:15, 2:21, 2:22, 2:23, 3:6, 3:19, 3:22, 3:23, 4:11, 4:19, 5:24, 6:2, 6:21, 7:2, 8:9, 8:20, 9:23, 11:29, 11:31, 12:5, 12:15, 12:19, 14:11, 14:12, 14:21, 14:23, 14:24, 15:9, 15:10, 16:3, 17:23, 18:4, 18:5, 18:7, 18:8, 19:14, 19:15, 20:2, 20:3, 20:14, 21:14, 21:21, 21:27, 21:30, 22:2, 22:3, 22:6, 22:10, 22:13, 23:13, 24:3, 24:4, 24:7, 24:10, 24:22, 24:37, 24:38, 24:40, 24:48, 24:51, 24:61, 24:65, 24:67, 25:1, 25:20, 26:34, 27:9, 27:13, 27:14, 27:15, 27:35, 27:36, 27:45, 27:46, 28:1, 28:2, 28:6, 28:9, 28:11, 28:18, 29:23, 30:9, 30:15, 30:37, 31:1, 31:23, 31:32, 31:34, 31:45, 31:46, 31:50, 32:13, 32:22, 32:23, 33:10, 33:11, 34:2, 34:4, 34:9, 34:16, 34:17, 34:21, 34:25, 34:26, 34:28, 36:2, 36:6, 37:24, 37:31, 38:2, 38:6, 38:20, 38:23, 38:28, 39:20, 40:11, 42:16, 42:24, 42:33, 42:36, 43:11, 43:12, 43:13, 43:15, 43:18, 44:29, 45:18, 45:19, 46:6, 47:2, 48:1, 48:9, 48:13, 48:22

Exodus (76): 2:1, 2:3, 2:5, 2:9, 4:9, 4:17, 4:20, 4:25, 5:11, 6:7, 6:20, 6:23, 6:25, 7:9, 7:15, 7:19, 9:8, 9:10, 9:24, 10:26, 12:3, 12:4, 12:5, 12:7, 12:21, 12:22, 12:32, 13:19, 14:6, 14:7, 14:11, 15:20, 16:16, 16:33, 17:5, 17:12, 18:2, 18:12, 21:10, 21:14, 22:11, 23:8, 24:6, 24:7, 24:8, 25:2, 25:3, 27:20, 28:5, 28:9, 29:1, 29:5, 29:7, 29:12, 29:13, 29:15, 29:16, 29:19, 29:20, 29:21, 29:22, 29:25, 29:26, 29:31, 30:16, 30:23, 30:34, 32:4, 32:20, 33:7, 34:4, 34:16, 35:5, 36:3, 40:9, 40:20

Leviticus (53): 4:5, 4:25, 4:30, 4:34, 7:34, 8:2, 8:10, 8:15, 8:16, 8:23, 8:25, 8:26, 8:28, 8:29, 8:30, 9:2, 9:3, 9:5, 9:15, 10:1, 10:12, 12:8, 14:4, 14:6, 14:10, 14:12, 14:14, 14:15, 14:21, 14:24, 14:25, 14:42, 14:49, 14:51, 15:14, 15:29, 16:5, 16:7, 16:12, 16:14, 16:18, 18:17, 18:18, 20:14, 20:17, 20:21, 21:7, 21:13, 21:14, 23:40, 24:2, 24:5, 25:36

Numbers (65): 1:17, 3:12, 3:41, 3:45, 3:47, 3:49, 3:50, 4:9, 4:12, 5:17, 5:25, 6:18, 6:19, 7:5, 7:6, 8:6, 8:8, 8:16, 8:18, 11:16, 12:1, 13:20, 16:1, 16:6, 16:17, 16:18, 16:39, 16:46, 16:47, 17:2, 17:9, 18:6, 18:26, 18:28, 19:2, 19:4, 19:6, 19:17, 19:18, 20:8, 20:9, 20:25, 21:25, 21:26, 22:41, 23:11, 23:14, 23:20, 23:27, 23:28, 25:4, 25:7, 27:18, 27:22, 31:11, 31:29, 31:30, 31:47, 31:51, 31:54, 34:14, 34:15, 34:18, 35:31, 35:32

Deuteronomy (43): 1:15, 1:23, 1:25, 3:4, 3:8, 3:14, 4:20, 4:34, 7:3, 7:25, 9:9, 9:21, 10:17, 15:17, 16:19, 19:12, 20:7, 21:3, 21:11, 22:6, 22:7, 22:13, 22:14, 22:15, 22:18, 22:30, 24:1, 24:3, 24:4, 24:5, 24:19, 25:5, 25:7, 25:8, 26:2, 26:4, 27:25, 29:8, 30:4, 30:12, 30:13, 31:26, 32:11

Joshua (22): 2:4, 3:12, 4:2, 4:20, 6:18, 7:1, 7:11, 7:21, 7:23, 7:24, 8:1, 8:12, 9:4, 9:11, 9:14, 11:16, 11:19, 11:23, 13:8, 18:7, 24:3, 24:26

Judges (41): 3:6, 3:21, 3:25, 4:6, 4:21, 5:19, 6:20, 6:25, 6:26, 6:27, 7:8, 8:16, 8:21, 9:43, 9:48, 11:5, 11:13, 11:15, 13:19, 13:23, 14:2, 14:3, 14:8, 14:11, 14:19, 15:4, 15:6, 15:15, 16:12, 17:2, 17:4, 18:17, 18:18, 18:20, 18:24, 18:27, 19:1, 19:28, 19:29, 20:10, 21:22

Ruth (3): 4:2, 4:13, 4:16

1 Samuel (76): 2:14, 2:15, 2:16, 4:3, 4:11, 4:17, 4:19, 4:21, 4:22, 5:1, 5:2, 5:3, 6:7, 6:8, 6:10, 7:9, 7:12, 7:14, 8:3, 8:11, 8:13, 8:14, 8:16, 9:3, 9:22, 10:1, 10:4, 10:23, 11:7, 12:3, 12:4, 14:32, 15:21, 16:2, 16:11, 16:13, 16:20, 16:23, 17:17, 17:18, 17:31, 17:40, 17:49, 17:51, 17:54, 17:57, 18:2, 19:13, 19:14, 19:20, 20:21, 20:31, 21:6, 21:8, 21:9, 24:2, 24:11, 25:11, 25:18, 25:35, 25:39, 25:40, 25:43, 26:11, 26:12, 26:22, 27:9, 28:24, 30:11, 30:16, 30:18, 30:19, 30:20, 31:4, 31:12, 31:13

2 Samuel (38): 1:10, 2:8, 2:21, 3:15, 4:6, 4:7, 4:12, 5:13, 7:8, 8:1, 8:7, 8:8, 9:5, 10:4, 11:4, 12:4, 12:9, 12:10, 12:11, 12:30, 13:8, 13:9, 13:10, 13:19, 14:2, 17:19, 18:14, 18:17, 18:18, 19:30, 20:3, 20:6, 21:8, 21:10, 21:12, 22:17, 23:6, 24:22

1 Kings (35): 1:33, 1:39, 3:1, 3:20, 3:24, 4:15, 7:8, 7:13, 9:28, 10:28, 11:18, 11:31, 11:34, 11:35, 11:37, 14:3, 14:26, 15:18, 16:31, 17:10, 17:11, 17:19, 17:23, 18:4, 18:26, 18:31, 19:4, 19:10, 19:14, 19:21, 20:6, 20:33, 20:34, 22:3, 22:26

2 Kings (64): 2:3, 2:5, 2:8, 2:9, 2:10, 2:14, 2:20, 3:15, 3:26, 3:27, 4:1, 4:29, 4:41, 5:5, 5:15, 5:16, 5:20, 5:23, 5:24, 5:26, 6:2, 6:7, 6:13, 7:13, 7:14, 8:8, 8:9, 8:15, 9:1, 9:3, 9:13, 9:17, 10:6, 10:7, 11:2, 11:4, 11:9, 11:19, 12:5, 12:7, 12:8, 12:9, 12:18, 13:15, 13:18, 13:25, 14:14, 14:21, 15:29, 16:8, 18:32, 19:14, 20:7, 20:18, 23:16, 23:30, 23:34, 24:7, 24:12, 25:14, 25:15, 25:18, 25:19, 25:20

1 Chronicles (15): 2:19, 2:21, 2:23, 4:18, 7:15, 7:21, 10:4, 14:3, 17:7, 18:1, 18:7, 18:8, 19:4, 20:2, 21:23

2 Chronicles (14): 1:16, 8:18, 11:18, 11:20, 12:9, 16:6, 18:25, 22:11, 23:1, 23:8, 23:20, 26:1, 36:1, 36:4

Ezra (1): 2:61

Nehemiah (7): 5:2, 5:3, 5:15, 6:18, 7:63, 10:30, 10:31

Esther (6): 2:7, 2:8, 2:15, 2:16, 6:10, 6:11

Job (17): 1:15, 1:17, 1:21, 2:8, 3:6, 4:12, 5:5, 12:20, 15:12, 22:22, 27:13, 28:2, 35:7, 38:20, 40:24, 41:4, 42:8

Psalms (13): 6:9, 15:5, 18:16, 31:13, 49:15, 49:17, 50:9, 51:11, 68:18, 73:24, 75:2, 78:70, 109:8

Proverbs (19): 1:3, 1:19, 2:1, 4:10, 6:25, 7:20, 8:10, 9:7, 10:8, 11:30, 17:23, 20:16, 21:11, 22:25, 22:27, 24:11, 24:32, 27:13, 31:16

Isaiah (21): 6:6, 8:1, 14:2, 23:16, 28:19, 36:17, 37:14, 39:7, 40:2, 44:14, 44:15, 47:2, 47:3, 49:24, 49:25, 51:22, 52:5, 53:8, 56:12, 57:13, 66:21

Jeremiah (61): 2:30, 3:14, 5:3, 7:28, 9:20, 13:4, 13:6, 13:7, 15:15, 16:2, 17:23, 20:5, 20:10, 23:31, 25:9, 25:15, 25:17, 25:28, 27:20, 28:3, 28:10, 29:6, 29:22, 32:11, 32:14, 32:33, 33:26, 35:3, 35:13, 36:2, 36:14, 36:21, 36:26, 36:28, 36:32, 37:17, 38:6, 38:10, 38:11, 38:14, 39:5, 39:12, 39:14, 40:1, 40:2, 41:12, 41:16, 43:5, 43:9, 43:10, 44:12, 46:11, 48:46, 49:29, 51:8, 51:26, 52:18, 52:19, 52:24, 52:25, 52:26

Ezekiel (56): 1:4, 3:10, 3:14, 4:1, 4:3, 4:9, 5:1, 5:2, 5:3, 5:4, 8:3, 10:6, 10:7, 15:3, 16:16, 16:17, 16:18, 16:20, 16:32, 16:39, 16:61, 17:3, 17:5, 17:12, 17:13, 17:22, 18:8, 18:13, 18:17, 19:5, 22:12, 22:25, 23:10, 23:25, 23:26, 23:29, 24:5, 24:16, 24:25, 27:5, 30:4, 33:2, 33:4, 33:6, 36:24, 36:30, 37:16, 37:19, 37:21, 38:13, 43:20, 43:21, 44:22, 45:18, 45:19, 46:18

Hosea (8): 1:2, 1:3, 2:9, 4:11, 10:6, 11:3, 13:11, 14:2

Joel (1): 3:5

Amos (6): 5:11, 5:12, 6:13, 7:15, 9:2, 9:3

Jonah (1): 4:3

Micah (2): 1:11, 2:9

Zephaniah (2): 3:2, 3:7

Haggai (1): 2:23

Zechariah (7): 6:10, 6:11, 11:7, 11:10, 11:13, 11:15, 14:21

Malachi (1): 2:13

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).
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