Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H3947

לָקַח

la.qach · “to take: take

Used 967 times across 32 books

Definition
: take
1) to take, get, fetch, lay hold of, seize, receive, acquire, buy, bring, marry, take a wife, snatch, take away
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to take, take in the hand
1a2) to take and carry along
1a3) to take from, take out of, take, carry away, take away
1a4) to take to or for a person, procure, get, take possession of, select, choose, take in marriage, receive, accept
1a5) to take up or upon, put upon
1a6) to fetch
1a7) to take, lead, conduct
1a8) to take, capture, seize
1a9) to take, carry off 1a10) to take (vengeance)
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be captured
1b2) to be taken away, be removed
1b3) to be taken, brought unto
1c) (Pual)
1c1) to be taken from or out of
1c2) to be stolen from
1c3) to be taken captive
1c4) to be taken away, be removed
1d) (Hophal)
1d1) to be taken unto, be brought unto
1d2) to be taken out of
1d3) to be taken away
1e) (Hithpael)
1e1) to take hold of oneself
1e2) to flash about (of lightning)
Where it appears
Genesis
142
Exodus
80
Leviticus
56
Numbers
70
Deuteronomy
45
Joshua
22
Judges
44
Ruth
3
1 Samuel
80
2 Samuel
39
1 Kings
38
2 Kings
73
1 Chronicles
15
2 Chronicles
16
Ezra
1
Nehemiah
7
Esther
6
Job
17
Psalms
13
Proverbs
19
Isaiah
21
Jeremiah
65
Ezekiel
65
Hosea
9
Joel
1
Amos
6
Jonah
1
Micah
2
Zephaniah
2
Haggai
1
Zechariah
7
Malachi
1
In the text
Genesis 2:15And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.Genesis 2:21And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;Genesis 2:22And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.Genesis 2:23And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.Genesis 3:6And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.Genesis 3:19In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.Genesis 3:22And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:Genesis 3:23Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.Genesis 4:11And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand;Genesis 4:19And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.

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