לָקַח

la.qach · to take: take

Hebrew · Strong's H3947 · Verb · Sounds like: law-kakh' · 966 occurrences

Word meanings

Senses and individuals

  • to take: take H3947G 771
  • to take: recieve H3947H · a Meaning of 77
  • to take: marry H3947I · a Meaning of 64
  • to take: bring H3947J · a Meaning of 49
  • to take: buy H3947K · a Meaning of 3
  • to take: fire H3947L · a Meaning of 2

Strong's dictionary

a primitive root; to take (in the widest variety of applications); accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, [idiom] many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
לָקַח 965 vb. take
Qal
1. take, take in hand
2. take and carry along with oneself
3.
a. take from, or out of
b. take, carry away
c. take away from, so as to deprive of
d. esp. take away life
4. take to or for a person
5. take up, upon = put upon
6. = fetch
7. take = lead, conduct (with or without contact)
8. take = capture, seize
9. take = carry off
10. in phr. take vengeance
Niph.
1. be captured, of ark
2. be taken away, removed
3. be taken, brought unto
Pu.
1. be taken from, out of
2. = be stolen from
3. be taken captive
4. be taken away, removed
Hoph.
1. be taken, brought unto
2. be taken out of
3. be taken away from
Hithp. lit. fire taking hold of itself, of lightning

Every occurrence

  1. Jonah 4:3 קַח־ kach- · A command to you: simple action

    Therefore now, O Jehovah, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.

American Standard Version (1901). Public domain.

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