Ikkar אִכָּר
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| אִכָּר | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | ikkar |
| Strong's number | H406 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | farmer |
| Occurrences | 7 in 7 verses |
| Most frequent in | Jeremiah (3) |
Ikkar (Hebrew אִכָּר, Strong's H406) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “farmer”. It occurs 7 times in 7 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) plowman, husbandman, farmer
1a) working the land, yet not owning any of it
1a) working the land, yet not owning any of it
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | husbandmen (3), plowmen (2), husbandman (2) |
|---|---|
| BSB | farmers (2), farmer (2), he had farmers (1), will be your plowmen (1), o farmers (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Ikkar, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
2 Chronicles
- 2 Chronicles 26:10Also he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells: for he had much cattle, both in the low country, and in the plains: husbandmen also, and vine dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel: for he loved husbandry.Since he had much livestock in the foothills and in the plain, he built towers in the desert and dug many cisterns. And since he was a lover of the soil, he had farmers and vinedressers in the hill country and in the fertile fields.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 61:5And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.Strangers will stand and feed your flocks, and foreigners will be your plowmen and vinedressers.
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 14:4Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.The ground is cracked because no rain has fallen on the land. The farmers are ashamed; they cover their heads.
- Jeremiah 31:24And there shall dwell in Judah itself, and in all the cities thereof together, husbandmen, and they that go forth with flocks.And Judah and all its cities will dwell together in the land, the farmers and those who move with the flocks,
- Jeremiah 51:23I will also break in pieces with thee the shepherd and his flock; and with thee will I break in pieces the husbandman and his yoke of oxen; and with thee will I break in pieces captains and rulers.With you I shatter the shepherd and his flock; with you I shatter the farmer and his oxen; with you I shatter the governors and officials.
Joel
- Joel 1:11Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished.Be dismayed, O farmers, wail, O vinedressers, over the wheat and barley, because the harvest of the field has perished.
Amos
- Amos 5:16Therefore the Lord, the God of hosts, the Lord, saith thus; Wailing shall be in all streets; and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing.Therefore this is what the LORD, the God of Hosts, the Lord, says: “There will be wailing in all the public squares and cries of ‘Alas! Alas!’ in all the streets. The farmer will be summoned to mourn, and the mourners to wail.
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).