עָכַר akhar
Hebrew word for “to trouble” · Strong’s H5916 · used 14 times in 13 verses
Meaning
1) to trouble, stir up, disturb, make (someone) taboo;
How it is translated
Glosses given for akhar in context, with how often each is used:
- have troubled 2
- one who troubles 2
- troubling 2
- will trouble 1
- have you brought trouble to 1
- will bring trouble to 1
- among those who trouble 1
- has troubled 1
- who troubled 1
- stirred up 1
- trouble 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Proverbs | 4 | 0.6 | |
| Joshua | 3 | 0.3 | |
| 1 Kings | 2 | 0.2 | |
| Genesis | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Judges | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 1 Samuel | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 1 Chronicles | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Psalms | 1 | 0.1 |
Chapters where it is used most
1 Kings 18 (2), Proverbs 11 (2), Proverbs 15 (2), Genesis 34 (1), Joshua 6 (1), Joshua 7 (1), Judges 11 (1), 1 Samuel 14 (1), 1 Chronicles 2 (1), Psalms 39 (1)
Forms
- עכר 3
- עוכר 2
- עכרתם 1
- ועכרתם 1
- עכרתנו 1
- יעכרך 1
- בעכרי 1
- עכרתי 1
- נעכר 1
- ועכר 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with akhar more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- חֵרֶם cherem “devoted thing” 2
- אַתָּה attah “you(m.s.)” 4
- זֶה zeh “this” 3
- רָאָה raah “to see” 3
- אָב av “father” 2
Key verses
The verses using akhar that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Genesis 34:30 — And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I…
- Joshua 6:18 — And ye, in any wise keep yourselves from the accursed thing, lest ye make yourselves accursed, when ye take of the accursed thing, and make the camp of Israel…
- Joshua 7:25 — And Joshua said, Why hast thou troubled us? the LORD shall trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, and burned them with fire, after they…
- Judges 11:35 — And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, and said, Alas, my daughter! thou hast brought me very low, and thou art one of them that…
- 1 Kings 18:17 — And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, Art thou he that troubleth Israel?
- 1 Kings 18:18 — And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father’s house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the LORD, and thou hast followed…
- 1 Chronicles 2:7 — And the sons of Carmi; Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the thing accursed.
- Psalms 39:2 — I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.
- Proverbs 11:17 — The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh.
- Proverbs 11:29 — He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.
- Proverbs 15:6 — In the house of the righteous is much treasure: but in the revenues of the wicked is trouble.
- Proverbs 15:27 — He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.
See all 13 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.