Strong's Lexicon

H2714

H2714 — חֵקֶר

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

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Hebrewcheqernoun mascOccurrences: 12TWOT: 729a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H2714
Word:חֵקֶר
Part of Speech:noun masc
Etymology:from H2713
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:12
Transliteration:cheqer
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:khay'-ker
Meaning:1. examination, enumeration, deliberation
KJV Renderings:finding out, number, (un-)search(-able, -ed, out, -ing).

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חֵ֫קֶר noun masculine Judg 5:16 searching, thing (to be) searched out; — absolute חֵ֫קֶר Job 5:9 + 8 t.; construct id. Job 8:8 + 2 t.; plural construct חִקְרֵי Judg 5:16 — חִקְרֵי לֵב Judg 5:16 searchings, questionings of heart; Job 11:7 canst thou reach אֱלוֺהַּ ׳ ח i.e. what is to be explored in him, the whole range of his nature, so ׳ ח תהום Job 38:16 the range of the deep; especially ׳ אֵין ח i.e. it is unsearchable Job 5:9; Job 9:10; Ps 145:3; Prov 25:3; Isa 40:28, compare ׳ לא ח Job 34:24; Job 36:26 אבותם ׳ ח Job 8:8 i.e. thing searched out by their fathers.

Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

חקר (g’h)

Judges 5:16

KJV: Why abodest thou among the sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings of the flocks? For the divisions of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.For: or, In
EHCC: it eearchings of heart.

Judges 36:26

EHCC: number of his years be searched oxt.

Judges 38:16

EHCC: or bast thou walked in the search of

Psalms 145:3

KJV: Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable.and his…: Heb. and of his greatness there is no search
EHCC: his Eregipess (is) unsearchabie. (marg.00

Proverbs 25:8

KJV: Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.
EHCC: heart of kings (is) unsearchable, (roxy.

Isaiah 40:28

KJV: Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.
EHCC: no searching of his understanding.

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