Strong's Lexicon

H1856

H1856 — דָּקַר

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

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Hebrewdaqarverb-stemOccurrences: 11TWOT: 449

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H1856
Word:דָּקַר
Part of Speech:verb-stem
Etymology:a primitive root
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:11
Transliteration:daqar
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:daw-kar'
Meaning:1. to stab 2. by analogy, to starve 3. (figuratively) to revile
KJV Renderings:pierce, strike (thrust) through, wound.

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[דָּקַר] verb pierce, pierce through (Late Hebrew id., Aramaic דְּקַר, [untranscribed source text 1185]) —

Qal Perfect 3 plural דָּקָ֑רוּ Zech 12:10 suffix וּדְקָרֻנִי consecutive 1Sam 31:4, וּדְקָרֻהוּ consecutive Zech 13:3 Imperfect וַיִּדְקֹר Num 25:8, וַיִּדְקְרֵהוּ Judg 9:54 — pierce, run through (always with accusative): as retributive act, Israelite and Midianite woman Num 25:8 false prophet Zech 13:3 but also as speedy death Judg 9:54 (Abimelech); 1Sam 31:4 a (Saul) = 1Chr 10:4, also 1Sam 31:4b (but strike out Be We after 1Chr 10:4 & so ᵐ5 L 1Sam 31:4 b), see also Zech 12:10 (compare John 19:37).
Niph`al Imperfect יִדָּקֵר be pierced through, slain Isa 13:15 (in conquest of Babylonian by Medes).
Pu`al Participle plural מְדֻקָּרִים pierced, riddled, (i.e. desperately wounded) warriors, Jer 37:10, slain Jer 51:4 (|| חללים); by hunger Lam 4:9 (|| חַלְלֵי רָעָב).

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

דקר (dah-kar’)

1 Samuel 31:4

KJV: Then said Saul unto his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword, and fell upon it.abuse…: or, mock me
EHCC: come and thrust me through, '

Zechariah 12:10

KJV: And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.
EHCC: upon me whom they have pierced,

Zechariah 188:31

EHCC: 4. Draw thy sword, and thrust me through 0

Numbers 25:8

KJV: And he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her belly. So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel.
EHCC: and thrust both of them through, i

Judges 9:54

KJV: Then he called hastily unto the young man his armourbearer, and said unto him, Draw thy sword, and slay me, that men say not of me, A woman slew him. And his young man thrust him through, and he died.
EHCC: And his young man thrast him throegh, |

Jeremiah 37:10

KJV: For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yet should they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire.wounded: Heb. thrust through
EHCC: there remained (but) sounded men (marg.

Jeremiah 51:4

KJV: Thus the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and they that are thrust through in her streets.
EHCC: and {they that are) rest through

Lamentations 4:9

KJV: They that be slain with the sword are better than they that be slain with hunger: for these pine away, stricken through for want of the fruits of the field.pine…: Heb. flow out
EHCC: stricken through for (want of) the

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