Strong's #3947: laqach (pronounced law-kakh')
a primitive root; to take (in the widest variety of applications):--accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, X many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:
lâqach
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)
Part of Speech: verb
Relation: a primitive root
Usage:
This word is used 966 times:
Job 40:24: " He taketh it with his eyes: pierceth through snares."
Job 41:4: "Will he make a covenant thee? wilt thou take him for a servant forever?"
Job 42:8: " Therefore take unto you now bullocks and seven rams, and go to"
Psalms 6:9: "hath heard the LORD will receive my prayer."
Psalms 15:5: "He that putteth not out his money nor taketh reward against the innocent."
Psalms 18:16: "He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters."
Psalms 31:13: "while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life."
Psalms 49:15: "from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah."
Psalms 49:17: "For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend"
Psalms 50:9: " I will take no out of thy house, nor he goats out of thy folds."
Psalms 51:11: "Cast me not and take not thy holy spirit"
Psalms 68:18: "Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious"
Psalms 73:24: "Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, receive me to glory."
Psalms 75:2: "When I shall receive I will judge uprightly."
Psalms 78:70: "He chose David and took him from the sheepfolds:"
Psalms 109:8: "be and let another take his office."
Proverbs 1:3: " To receive the instruction justice, and judgment, and equity;"
Proverbs 1:19: "that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners"
Proverbs 2:1: "My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with"
Proverbs 4:10: "Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many."
Proverbs 6:25: "in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids."
Proverbs 7:20: " He hath taken a bag with him, and will come home at the day appointed."
Proverbs 8:10: " Receive my instruction, silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold."
Proverbs 9:7: "He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot."
Proverbs 10:8: "The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall."
Proverbs 11:30: "of the righteous of life; and he that winneth souls is wise."
Proverbs 17:23: "A wicked man taketh out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment."
Proverbs 20:16: " Take his garment is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman."
Proverbs 21:11: "is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge."
Proverbs 22:25: "Lest thou learn and get a snare to thy soul."
Proverbs 22:27: "thou hast nothing why should he take away thy bed from under"
Proverbs 24:11: "If thou forbear them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain;"
Proverbs 24:32: "saw, I looked upon it, and received instruction."
Proverbs 27:13: " Take his garment is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman."
Proverbs 31:16: "She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard."
Isaiah 6:6: "unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar:"
Isaiah 8:1: "Moreover the LORD said me, Take thee a great roll, and write in"
Isaiah 14:2: "And the people shall take them to their place: and the house of Israel shall possess"
Isaiah 23:16: " Take a harp, the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten; make sweet melody,"
Isaiah 28:19: "From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over,"
Isaiah 36:17: "Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land"
Isaiah 37:14: "And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read"
Isaiah 39:7: "from thee, which thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace"
Isaiah 40:2: "that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the LORD's hand"
Isaiah 44:14: "He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the cypress and the oak, which he strengtheneth for himself among the trees of the forest:"
Isaiah 44:15: "Then shall it be for a man for he will take thereof, and warm himself; yea, he kindleth"
Isaiah 47:2: " Take the millstones, meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg,"
Isaiah 47:3: "thy shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and I will not meet thee as a man."
Isaiah 49:24: "Shall the prey be taken or the lawful captive delivered?"
Isaiah 49:25: "Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I"
