דָּקַר
dâqar · daw-kar'
to stab; by analogy, to starve; figuratively, to revile
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to stab; by analogy, to starve; figuratively, to revile
- to stab
- by analogy, to starve
- figuratively, to revile
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: pierce, strike (thrust) through, wound.
Letters
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the doorway, the way in › what comes behind, the returning cycle › the head, the highest
The doorway, the way in of what comes behind, the returning cycle of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of דָּקַר above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
11 occurrences · 11 OT · 0 NT · 10 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and thrust2 · 18%
- and thrust me through2 · 18%
- thrust him through1 · 9%
- shall be thrust through1 · 9%
- but wounded1 · 9%
- and they that are thrust through1 · 9%
- stricken1 · 9%
- upon me whom they have pierced1 · 9%
- him shall thrust1 · 9%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.