עָכַרʻâkar
stir up, disturb, trouble
Pronunciation: aw-kar' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5916
Meanings
Qal: disturb, trouble (1 Samuel 14:29; Joshua 7:25; 1 Kings 18:17)
Niph`al: was stirred up (Psalms 39:3; Proverbs 15:6)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 14 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 34:30 Afterward Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have ruined me! You’ve made me stink among all the people of this land—among all the Canaanites and Perizzites. We are so few that they will join forces and crush us. I will be ruined, and my entire household will be wiped out!”
- Joshua 6:18 “Do not take any of the things set apart for destruction, or you yourselves will be completely destroyed, and you will bring trouble on the camp of Israel.
- Joshua 7:25 Then Joshua said to Achan, “Why have you brought trouble on us? The Lord will now bring trouble on you.” And all the Israelites stoned Achan and his family and burned their bodies.
- Judges 11:35 When he saw her, he tore his clothes in anguish. “Oh, my daughter!” he cried out. “You have completely destroyed me! You’ve brought disaster on me! For I have made a vow to the Lord, and I cannot take it back.”
- 1 Samuel 14:29 “My father has made trouble for us all!” Jonathan exclaimed. “A command like that only hurts us. See how refreshed I am now that I have eaten this little bit of honey.
- 1 Kings 18:17 When Ahab saw him, he exclaimed, “So, is it really you, you troublemaker of Israel?”
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).