חֵקֶר
chêqer · khay'-ker
examination, enumeration, deliberation
Lexicon
Derivation: from H2713 (חָקַר);
examination, enumeration, deliberation
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: finding out, number, (un-) search(-able, -ed, out, -ing).
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 חֵקֶר 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
12 occurrences · 12 OT · 0 NT · 8 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- is unsearchable2 · 17%
- searchings1 · 8%
- and unsearchable1 · 8%
- thyself to the search1 · 8%
- finding out1 · 8%
- canst thou by searching1 · 8%
- without number1 · 8%
- be searched out1 · 8%
- in the search1 · 8%
- so for men to search1 · 8%
- there is no searching1 · 8%
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.