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. Ruth 4:2 וַיִּקַּ֞ח vai.yi.Kach · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit ye down here. And they sat down.

  2. Ruth 4:13 וַיִּקַּ֨ח vai.yi.Kach · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife; and he went in unto her, and Jehovah gave her conception, and she bare a son.

  3. Ruth 4:16 וַתִּקַּ֨ח va.ti.Kach · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it.

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