לָקַט laqat

Hebrew word for “to gather” · Strong’s H3950 · used 37 times in 34 verses

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Meaning

1) to pick up, gather, glean, gather up;

How it is translated

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

• will gather 6
• gather 5
• gathered 5
• glean 3
• gleaned 2
• will glean 2
• had gleaned 2
• gathered up 1
• had gathered 1
• gathering up 1
• joined themselves 1
• may glean 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Ruth 2 (10), Exodus 16 (9), Leviticus 19 (2), Genesis 31 (1), Genesis 47 (1), Leviticus 23 (1), Numbers 11 (1), Judges 1 (1), Judges 11 (1), 1 Samuel 20 (1)

Forms

• ללקט 5
• לקטו 4
• תלקט 4
• וילקט 3
• ולקטו 2
• וילקטו 2
• מלקטים 2
• ותלקט 2
• לקטה 2
• ילקטו 1

Words used with it

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

• עֹמֶר omer “sheaf” 5
• בֹּעַז boaz “Boaz” 5
• קָצַר qatsar “to reap” 5
• שָׂדֶה sadeh “land” 7
• קָצִיר qatsir “harvest” 4
• חֲמוֹת chamot “mother-in-law” 3
• שִׁבֹּלֶת shibbol “ear” 3
• אֹכֶל okhel “food” 3
• לֶקֶט leqet “gleaning” 2
• חָבַט chavat “to beat” 2
• מָצָא matsa “to find” 4
• הָ ha “her” 4

Key verses

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

• Genesis 31:46 — And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made an heap: and they did eat there upon the heap.
• Exodus 16:4 — Then said the LORD unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day, that I may prove…
• Leviticus 19:9 — And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleanings of thy harvest.
• Leviticus 23:22 — And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make clean riddance of the corners of thy field when thou reapest, neither shalt thou gather any…
• Judges 1:7 — And Adoni-bezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered their meat under my table: as I have done, so God…
• Judges 11:3 — Then Jephthah fled from his brethren, and dwelt in the land of Tob: and there were gathered vain men to Jephthah, and went out with him.
• Ruth 2:2 — And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and glean ears of corn after him in whose sight I shall find grace. And she said unto her,…
• Ruth 2:7 — And she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves: so she came, and hath continued even from the morning until now, that…
• Song of Solomon 6:2 — My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
• Isaiah 17:5 — And it shall be as when the harvestman gathereth the corn, and reapeth the ears with his arm; and it shall be as he that gathereth ears in the valley of…
• Isaiah 27:12 — And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall beat off from the channel of the river unto the stream of Egypt, and ye shall be gathered one by…
• Jeremiah 7:18 — The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink…

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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.