דָּקַר daqar
Hebrew word for “to pierce” · Strong’s H1856 · used 11 times in 10 verses
Meaning
1) to pierce, thrust through, pierce through;
How it is translated
Glosses given for daqar in context, with how often each is used:
- pierced through 5
- pierce through 2
- will pierce through 2
- will be pierced through 1
- have pierced through 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Samuel | 2 | 0.2 | |
| Jeremiah | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Zechariah | 2 | 0.6 | |
| Numbers | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Judges | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 1 Chronicles | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Isaiah | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Lamentations | 1 | 0.6 |
Chapters where it is used most
Numbers 25 (1), Judges 9 (1), 1 Samuel 31 (1), 1 Chronicles 10 (1), Isaiah 13 (1), Jeremiah 37 (1), Jeremiah 51 (1), Lamentations 4 (1), Zechariah 12 (1), Zechariah 13 (1)
Forms
- ודקרני 3
- מדקרים 2
- וידקר 1
- וידקרהו 1
- ידקר 1
- ומדקרים 1
- דקרו 1
- ודקרהו 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with daqar more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- חֶרֶב cherev “sword” 5
- שָׁלַף shalaph “to draw” 3
- נָפַל naphal “to fall” 4
- פֶּן־ pen “lest” 3
- עָלַל alal “to abuse” 2
- כְּלִי keli “article/utensil” 3
- עָרֵל arel “uncircumcised” 2
- אָבָה avah “be willing” 2
- כַּשְׂדִּים kasdi “Chaldea” 2
- חָלָל chalal “slain” 2
- נָשָׂא nasa “to lift” 3
- נִי ni “me” 3
Key verses
The verses using daqar that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Numbers 25:8 — And he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her belly. So the plague was…
- Judges 9:54 — Then he called hastily unto the young man his armourbearer, and said unto him, Draw thy sword, and slay me, that men say not of me, A woman slew him. And his…
- 1 Samuel 31:4 — Then said Saul unto his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But…
- 1 Chronicles 10:4 — Then said Saul to his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me. But his armourbearer would…
- Isaiah 13:15 — Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is joined unto them shall fall by the sword.
- Jeremiah 37:10 — For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yet should they rise up every…
- Jeremiah 51:4 — Thus the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and they that are thrust through in her streets.
- Lamentations 4:9 — They that be slain with the sword are better than they that be slain with hunger: for these pine away, stricken through for want of the fruits of the field.
- Zechariah 12:10 — And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they…
- Zechariah 13:3 — And it shall come to pass, that when any shall yet prophesy, then his father and his mother that begat him shall say unto him, Thou shalt not live; for thou…
See all 10 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.