Strong's Lexicon

H3953

H3953 — לָקַשׁ

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

Hebrewlaqashverb-stemOccurrences: 1TWOT: 1127c

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H3953
Word:	לָקַשׁ
Part of Speech:	verb-stem
Etymology:	a primitive root
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	1
Transliteration:	laqash
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	law-kash'
Meaning:	1. to gather the after crop
KJV Renderings:	gather.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB4465

[לָקַשׁ] verb only

Pi`el 3 masculine plural, probably denominative from לֶקֶשׁ = take the aftermath, i.e. take everything (Wetzst in De^{Hiob 26, 6}) (> Buhl II. לקשׁ, compare Arabic [untranscribed source text 2857] schnell zusammenraffen [compare Lane²⁶⁶⁸ ]); — despoil; וְכֶרֶם רָשָׁע יְלֵַקּשׁוּ ׃ Job 24:6 and the vineyard of the wicked (but read probably עָשִׁיר the rich Bu Du) they despoil (|| קָצַר).

Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

לקש (lah-kash’)

Job 24:6

KJV: They reap every one his corn in the field: and they gather the vintage of the wicked.corn: Heb. mingled corn, or, dredgethey gather…: Heb. the wicked gather the vintage

EHCC: they gather the vintage of the wicked.