Akhar עָכַר

Akhar (Hebrew עָכַר, Strong's H5916) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to trouble”. It occurs 14 times in 13 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 Akhar, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

• Genesis 34:30
  And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I being few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble upon me by making me a stench to the Canaanites and Perizzites, the people of this land. We are few in number; if they unite against me and attack me, I and my household will be destroyed.”

Joshua

• Joshua 6:18
  And ye, in any wise keep yourselves from the accursed thing, lest ye make yourselves accursed, when ye take of the accursed thing, and make the camp of Israel a curse, and trouble it.But keep away from the things devoted to destruction, lest you yourself be set apart for destruction. If you take any of these, you will set apart the camp of Israel for destruction and bring disaster upon it.
• Joshua 7:25
  And Joshua said, Why hast thou troubled us? the Lord shall trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, and burned them with fire, after they had stoned them with stones.“Why have you brought this trouble upon us?” said Joshua. “Today the LORD will bring trouble upon you!” And all Israel stoned him to death. Then they stoned the others and burned their bodies.

Judges

• Judges 11:35
  And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, and said, Alas, my daughter! thou hast brought me very low, and thou art one of them that trouble me: for I have opened my mouth unto the Lord, and I cannot go back.As soon as Jephthah saw her, he tore his clothes and said, “No! Not my daughter! You have brought me to my knees! You have brought great misery upon me, for I have given my word to the LORD and cannot take it back.”

1 Samuel

• 1 Samuel 14:29
  Then said Jonathan, My father hath troubled the land: see, I pray you, how mine eyes have been enlightened, because I tasted a little of this honey.“My father has brought trouble to the land,” Jonathan replied. “Just look at how my eyes have brightened because I tasted a little of this honey.

1 Kings

• 1 Kings 18:17
  And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, Art thou he that troubleth Israel?When Ahab saw Elijah, he said to him, “Is that you, O troubler of Israel?”
• 1 Kings 18:18
  And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father’s house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the Lord, and thou hast followed Baalim.“I have not troubled Israel,” Elijah replied, “but you and your father’s house have, for you have forsaken the commandments of the LORD and have followed the Baals.

1 Chronicles

• 1 Chronicles 2:7
  And the sons of Carmi; Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the thing accursed.The son of Carmi: Achar, who brought trouble upon Israel by violating the ban on devoted things.

Psalms

• Psalm 39:2
  I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.I was speechless and still; I remained silent, even from speaking good, and my sorrow was stirred.

Proverbs

• Proverbs 11:17
  The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh.A kind man benefits himself, but a cruel man brings trouble on himself.
• Proverbs 11:29
  He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.He who brings trouble on his house will inherit the wind, and the fool will be servant to the wise of heart.
• Proverbs 15:6
  In the house of the righteous is much treasure: but in the revenues of the wicked is trouble.The house of the righteous has great treasure, but the income of the wicked is trouble.
• Proverbs 15:27
  He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.He who is greedy for unjust gain brings trouble on his household, but he who hates bribes will live.

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).