Iqqer עִקֵּר
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| עִקֵּר | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | iqqer |
| Strong's number | H6131 (H6131B, H6131A) |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Gloss | to hamstring |
| Occurrences | 7 in 7 verses |
| Most frequent in | Joshua (2) |
Iqqer (Hebrew עִקֵּר, Strong's H6131) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to hamstring”. It occurs 7 times in 7 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
H6131B: to hamstring
1) to cut, hamstring
1a) (Piel) to cut, hamstring
1a) (Piel) to cut, hamstring
H6131A: to uproot
1) to pluck up, root up
1a) (Qal) to pluck up, root up
1b) (Niphal) to be plucked up
Aramaic equivalent: a.qar (עֲקַר "be uprooted" H6132)
1a) (Qal) to pluck up, root up
1b) (Niphal) to be plucked up
Aramaic equivalent: a.qar (עֲקַר "be uprooted" H6132)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | houghed (3), up (2), down (1), hough (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | he hamstrung (2), hamstring (1), you are to hamstring (1), hamstrung (1), uproot (1), will be uprooted (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Iqqer, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Genesis
- Genesis 49:6O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall.May I never enter their council; may I never join their assembly. For they kill men in their anger, and hamstring oxen on a whim.
Joshua
- Joshua 11:6And the Lord said unto Joshua, Be not afraid because of them: for to morrow about this time will I deliver them up all slain before Israel: thou shalt hough their horses, and burn their chariots with fire.Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of them, for by this time tomorrow I will deliver all of them slain before Israel. You are to hamstring their horses and burn up their chariots.”
- Joshua 11:9And Joshua did unto them as the Lord bade him: he houghed their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire.Joshua treated them as the LORD had told him; he hamstrung their horses and burned up their chariots.
2 Samuel
- 2 Samuel 8:4And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and David houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for an hundred chariots.David captured from him a thousand chariots, seven thousand charioteers, and twenty thousand foot soldiers, and he hamstrung all the horses except a hundred he kept for the chariots.
1 Chronicles
- 1 Chronicles 18:4And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: David also houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them an hundred chariots.David captured from him a thousand chariots, seven thousand charioteers, and twenty thousand foot soldiers, and he hamstrung all the horses except a hundred he kept for the chariots.
Ecclesiastes
- Ecclesiastes 3:2A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot,
Zephaniah
- Zephaniah 2:4For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be rooted up.For Gaza will be abandoned, and Ashkelon left in ruins. Ashdod will be driven out at noon, and Ekron will be uprooted.
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).