חָקַר
châqar · khaw-kar'
properly, to penetrate; hence, to examine intimately
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
properly, to penetrate; hence, to examine intimately
- properly, to penetrate
- hence, to examine intimately
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: find out, (make) search (out), seek (out), sound, try.
Letters
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- 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)
to separate and protect › what comes behind, the returning cycle › the head, the highest
To separate and protect of what comes behind, the returning cycle of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חָקַר 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
27 occurrences · 27 OT · 0 NT · 26 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- search4 · 15%
- and make search1 · 4%
- and to search1 · 4%
- when i have sounded1 · 4%
- found out1 · 4%
- unto thee for to search1 · 4%
- could not be found out1 · 4%
- lo this, we have searched1 · 4%
- that he should search you out1 · 4%
- and searcheth out1 · 4%
- it, yea, and searched it out1 · 4%
- not i searched out1 · 4%
- whilst ye searched out1 · 4%
- search this out1 · 4%
- thou hast searched1 · 4%
- and searcheth1 · 4%
- to seek1 · 4%
- is to search out1 · 4%
- searcheth him out1 · 4%
- and sought out1 · 4%
- searched out1 · 4%
- though it cannot be searched1 · 4%
- and try1 · 4%
- shall they search1 · 4%
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.