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. Numbers 31:51 וַיִּקַּ֨ח vai.yi.Kach · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, even all wrought jewels.

  2. Numbers 31:54 וַיִּקַּ֨ח vai.yi.Kach · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tent of meeting, for a memorial for the children of Israel before Jehovah.

  3. Numbers 34:14 לָקְח֞וּ la.ke.Chu · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    for the tribe of the children of Reuben according to their fathers' houses, and the tribe of the children of Gad according to their fathers' houses, have received, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received, their inheritance:

  4. Numbers 34:14 לָקְח֖וּ la.ke.Chu · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    for the tribe of the children of Reuben according to their fathers' houses, and the tribe of the children of Gad according to their fathers' houses, have received, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received, their inheritance:

  5. Numbers 34:15 לָקְח֣וּ la.ke.Chu · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    the two tribes and the half-tribe have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan at Jericho eastward, toward the sunrising.

  6. Numbers 34:18 תִּקְח֖וּ tik.Chu · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by all of you

    And ye shall take one prince of every tribe, to divide the land for inheritance.

  7. Numbers 35:31 תִקְח֥וּ tik.Chu · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by all of you

    Moreover ye shall take no ransom for the life of a murderer, that is guilty of death; but he shall surely be put to death.

  8. Numbers 35:32 תִקְח֣וּ tik.Chu · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by all of you

    And ye shall take no ransom for him that is fled to his city of refuge, that he may come again to dwell in the land, until the death of the priest.

  9. Deuteronomy 1:15 וָאֶקַּ֞ח va.'e.Kach · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by me

    So I took the heads of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, and captains of fifties, and captains of tens, and officers, according to your tribes.

  10. Deuteronomy 1:23 וָאֶקַּ֤ח va.'e.Kach · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by me

    And the thing pleased me well; and I took twelve men of you, one man for every tribe:

  11. Deuteronomy 1:25 וַיִּקְח֤וּ vai.yik.Chu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    And they took of the fruit of the land in their hands, and brought it down unto us, and brought us word again, and said, It is a good land which Jehovah our God giveth unto us.

  12. Deuteronomy 3:4 לָקַ֖חְנוּ la.Kach.nu · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by us

    And we took all his cities at that time; there was not a city which we took not from them; threescore cities, all the region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan.

  13. Deuteronomy 3:8 וַנִּקַּ֞ח va.ni.Kach · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by us

    And we took the land at that time out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorites that were beyond the Jordan, from the valley of the Arnon unto mount Hermon;

  14. Deuteronomy 3:14 לָקַח֙ la.Kach · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    Jair the son of Manasseh took all the region of Argob, unto the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and called them, even Bashan, after his own name, Havvoth-jair, unto this day.)

  15. Deuteronomy 4:20 לָקַ֣ח la.Kach · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    But Jehovah hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance, as at this day.

  16. Deuteronomy 4:34 לָקַ֨חַת la.Ka.chat · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by trials, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by an outstretched arm, and by great terrors, according to all that Jehovah your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?

  17. Deuteronomy 7:3 תִקַּ֥ח ti.Kach · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son.

  18. Deuteronomy 7:25 וְלָקַחְתָּ֣ ve.la.kach.Ta · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by you

    The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not covet the silver or the gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therein; for it is an abomination to Jehovah thy God.

  19. Deuteronomy 9:9 לָקַ֜חַת la.Ka.chat · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    When I was gone up into the mount to receive the tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant which Jehovah made with you, then I abode in the mount forty days and forty nights; I did neither eat bread nor drink water.

  20. Deuteronomy 9:21 לָקַחְתִּי֮ la.kach.Ti · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by me

    And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, grinding it very small, until it was as fine as dust: and I cast the dust thereof into the brook that descended out of the mount.

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