חָקַר chaqar

Hebrew word for “to search” · Strong’s H2713 · used 27 times in 26 verses

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Meaning

1) to search, search for, search out, examine, investigate;

How it is translated

Glosses given for chaqar in context, with how often each is used:

• explore 4
• ascertained 2
• have examined 2
• will examine 2
• examine 2
• will search 1
• will sound out 1
• searching for 1
• examined 1
• investigated 1
• searched for ! 1
• will he search out 1

Where it is used

Also in 2 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Job 28 (2), Psalms 139 (2), Deuteronomy 13 (1), Judges 18 (1), 1 Samuel 20 (1), 2 Samuel 10 (1), 1 Kings 7 (1), 1 Chronicles 19 (1), 2 Chronicles 4 (1), Job 5 (1)

Forms

• יחקר 3
• נחקר 2
• לחקר 2
• חקר 2
• וחקרת 1
• ולחקרה 1
• חקרו 1
• אחקר 1
• חקור 1
• חקרנוה 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with chaqar more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• רָגַל ragal “to spy” 3
• יָדַע yada “to know” 5
• חָנוּן chanun “Hanun” 2
• שָׁלַח shalach “to send” 4
• בָּחַן bachan “to test” 2
• דָּוִד david “David” 4
• מִשְׁקָל mishqal “weight” 2
• עָבוּר avur “for the sake of” 2
• אָב av “father” 4
• רִיב riv “strife” 2
• אֱנוֹשׁ enosh “human” 3
• זֹאת zot “this” 3

Key verses

The verses using chaqar that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Deuteronomy 13:14 — Then shalt thou enquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought among you;
• Judges 18:2 — And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their coasts, men of valour, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it;…
• Job 29:16 — I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
• Psalms 44:21 — Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
• Psalms 139:1 — [To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.] O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me.
• Psalms 139:23 — Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:
• Proverbs 25:2 — It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.
• Proverbs 28:11 — The rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.
• Ecclesiastes 12:9 — And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs.
• Jeremiah 17:10 — I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
• Jeremiah 31:37 — Thus saith the LORD; If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the seed of Israel for…
• Lamentations 3:40 — Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.

See all 26 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.