Strong's Lexicon

H3363

H3363 — יָקַע

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

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Hebrewyaqaverb-stemOccurrences: 8TWOT: 903

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H3363
Word:יָקַע
Part of Speech:verb-stem
Etymology:a primitive root
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:8
Transliteration:yaqa
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:` (yaw-kah') v.
Meaning:1. (properly) to sever oneself 2. (by implication) to be dislocated 3. (figuratively) to abandon 4. (causatively) to impale (and thus allow to drop to pieces by rotting)
KJV Renderings:be alienated, depart, hang (up), be out of joint.

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BDB3696

יָקַע verb be dislocated, alienated (Arabic [untranscribed source text 2288] is fall, fall down, fall upon, befal, happen) —

Qal Imperfect 3 feminine singular תֵּקַע Jer 6:8 וַתֵּ֫קַע Gen 32:26 + 2 t.; dislocated Gen 32:26 (Jacob's thigh); elsewhere figurative of נפשׁ; torn away, alienated from any one, followed by מִן Jer 6:8; Ezek 23:17 followed by מֵעַל Ezek 23:18.
Hiph`il Perfect וְהוֺקַעֲנוּם consecutive 2Sam 21:6 Imperfect וַיֹּקִיעֻם 2Sam 21:9 Imperative הוֺקַע Num 25:4 of some solemn form of execution, but meaning uncertain: Aq Ges impale; ᵐ5 ᵑ6 expose (ἐξηλιάζειν, παραδειγματἰζειν); ᵑ7 ᵑ9 crucify; RsRel. Semitic 398 (419) throw down (Arabic [untranscribed source text 2289]) a rock (compare 2Chr 25:12): + ליהוה 2Sam 21:6 ( ׳ לפני י 2Sam 21:9), Num 25:4.
Hoph`al Participle הַמּוּקָעִים 2Sam 21:13 passive of Hiph`il

Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

יקע (yah-kag’)

Genesis 32:25

KJV: And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob’s thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him.
EHCC: (26).and...Jacob's thigh was out of joint,

Jeremiah 6:8

KJV: Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from thee; lest I make thee desolate, a land not inhabited.depart: Heb. be loosed, or, disjointed
EHCC: lest my soul depart from thee ; tmnarg.

2 Samuel 21:6

KJV: Let seven men of his sons be delivered unto us, and we will hang them up unto the Lord in Gibeah of Saul, whom the Lord did choose. And the king said, I will give them.whom…: or, chosen of the Lord
EHCC: and we will hang them up unto the Lord

Numbers 25:4

KJV: And the Lord said unto Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and hang them up before the Lord against the sun, that the fierce anger of the Lord may be turned away from Israel.
EHCC: and hang them up before the Lord

2 Samuel 21:13

KJV: And he brought up from thence the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son; and they gathered the bones of them that were hanged.
EHCC: they gathered the bones of them that were

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