עָקַרʻâqar
עָקַר: pluck or root up
Pronunciation: aw-kar' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6131
Meanings
עִקֵּר: Pi`el: (from עֵקַר or other like word = (root-sinew), hamstring, hamstring horses (Joshua 11:9; 2 Samuel 8:4; 1 Chronicles 18:4)
Same root
- עֲקַרʻăqar · H6132{to pluck up (especially by the roots); specifically, to hamstring; figuratively, to exterminate}
- עֵקֶרʻêqer · H6133figuratively, a transplanted person, i.e. naturalized citizen
- עָקָרʻâqâr · H6135sterile (as if extirpated in the generative organs)
- עֶקְרוֹןʻEqrôwn · H6138Ekron, a place in Palestine
Where it appears
Appears 7 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 49:6 May I never join in their meetings; may I never be a party to their plans. For in their anger they murdered men, and they crippled oxen just for sport.
- Joshua 11:6 Then the Lord said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of them. By this time tomorrow I will hand all of them over to Israel as dead men. Then you must cripple their horses and burn their chariots.”
- Joshua 11:9 Then Joshua crippled the horses and burned all the chariots, as the Lord had instructed.
- 2 Samuel 8:4 David captured 1,000 chariots, 7,000 charioteers, and 20,000 foot soldiers. He crippled all the chariot horses except enough for 100 chariots.
- 1 Chronicles 18:4 David captured 1,000 chariots, 7,000 charioteers, and 20,000 foot soldiers. He crippled all the chariot horses except enough for 100 chariots.
- Ecclesiastes 3:2 A time to be born and a time to die. A time to plant and a time to harvest.
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).