לָקַחlâqach

take

Pronunciation: law-kakh' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3947

Meanings

Qal: construct, active (Genesis 2:22; Genesis 27:36; Ezekiel 17:5)

1. take, take in the hand (Exodus 7:15; Exodus 17:5; Numbers 25:7)

2. take and carry along with oneself (Genesis 43:12; Joshua 9:11; 1 Kings 14:3)

3.

a. take from, or out of (Genesis 2:22; Genesis 3:22; Deuteronomy 19:12)

b. take, carry away (Ezekiel 3:14; Job 15:12)

c. take away from, so as to deprive of (Genesis 42:36; Genesis 44:29; 1 Kings 11:34)

d. especially take away life (1 Kings 19:10; 1 Kings 19:14; Psalms 31:14)

4. take to or for a person

a. for oneself (Deuteronomy 7:25; Numbers 8:16; Deuteronomy 22:7)

b. = procure, get (Exodus 5:11; Proverbs 9:7; Genesis 6:21)

c. take possession of (Deuteronomy 29:7; Joshua 11:16; Joshua 11:23)

d. = select, choose (Deuteronomy 4:20; Deuteronomy 4:34; 1 Kings 11:37)

e. especially take in marriage (Genesis 24:4; Genesis 24:7; Genesis 24:38)

f. = receive, accept, especially a bribe, gift, ransom, etc. (1 Samuel 8:3; 1 Samuel 12:4; Amos 5:12)

g. take, as preliminary to further action (Genesis 31:34; Judges 3:25; Joshua 2:4)

5. take up, upon =put upon (2 Samuel 13:19; Judges 19:28; Deuteronomy 32:11)

6. = fetch (1 Kings 17:10; 1 Kings 17:11; 2 Kings 2:20)

7. take, = lead, conduct (with or without contact) (Genesis 48:1; Exodus 12:32; Exodus 14:6)

8. take, = capture, seize (1 Samuel 2:16; Judges 5:19; 1 Samuel 5:1)

9. take, = carry off

a. as booty (Genesis 14:11; 1 Samuel 27:9; 1 Samuel 30:16)

b. as prisoners (Genesis 14:12; 2 Kings 18:32; Isaiah 36:17)

10. in phrase take vengeance (Jeremiah 20:10; Isaiah 47:3)

Niph`al

1. be captured (1 Samuel 4:11; 1 Samuel 4:17; 1 Samuel 4:19)

2. be taken away, removed (1 Samuel 21:7; Ezekiel 33:6; 2 Kings 2:9)

3. be taken, brought (Esther 2:8; Esther 2:16)

Pu`al

1. be taken (Genesis 2:23; Genesis 3:19; Genesis 3:23)

2. = be stolen from (Judges 17:2)

3. be taken captive (Jeremiah 48:46; Isaiah 52:5)

4. of Elijah's translation, be taken away, removed, (= Niph`al 2) (2 Kings 2:10; Isaiah 53:8)

Hoph`al

1. be taken, brought (Genesis 12:15; Genesis 18:4)

2. be taken (Job 28:2; Ezekiel 15:3)

3. be taken away (Isaiah 49:24; Isaiah 49:25)

Hithpa`el: taking hold of itself (Exodus 9:24; Ezekiel 1:4)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 966 times in the Bible.

Genesis 2:15 The Lord God placed the man in the Garden of Eden to tend and watch over it.
Genesis 2:21 So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep. While the man slept, the Lord God took out one of the man’s ribs and closed up the opening.
Genesis 2:22 Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib, and he brought her to the man.
Genesis 2:23 “At last!” the man exclaimed. “This one is bone from my bone, and flesh from my flesh! She will be called ‘woman,’ because she was taken from ‘man.’”
Genesis 3:6 The woman was convinced. She saw that the tree was beautiful and its fruit looked delicious, and she wanted the wisdom it would give her. So she took some of the fruit and ate it. Then she gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it, too.
Genesis 3:19 By the sweat of your brow will you have food to eat until you return to the ground from which you were made. For you were made from dust, and to dust you will return.”

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