To pierce
דָּקַרStrong’s H1856daqar (da-qar)
Appears in 10 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Daqar is the Hebrew word usually translated “pierce through me”, “pierced through” and “pierced through him”. It appears in 10 verses of the Old Testament.
“And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.”
Meaning
- To pierce, thrust through, pierce through(Qal) to pierce, run through · (Niphal) to be pierced through · (Pual) pierced, riddled (participle)
How it's translated
- and pierce through me 2
- pierced through 2
- and he pierced through 1
- and he pierced through him 1
- and they will pierce through me 1
- he will be pierced through 1
- and pierced through 1
- they have pierced through 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Jeremiah 2
- Zechariah 2
- Numbers 1
- Judges 1
- 1 Samuel 1
- 1 Chronicles 1
8 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Zechariah 13:3In contextAnd it shall come to pass, that when any shall yet prophesy, then his father and his mother that begat him shall say unto him, Thou shalt not live; for thou speakest lies in the name of the LORD: and his father and his mother that begat him shall thrust him through when he prophesieth.
- Numbers 25:8And he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her belly. So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel.
- Judges 9:54Then he called hastily unto the young man his armourbearer, and said unto him, Draw thy sword, and slay me, that men say not of me, A woman slew him. And his young man thrust him through, and he died.
- 1 Samuel 31:4Then said Saul unto his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword, and fell upon it.
- 1 Chronicles 10:4Then said Saul to his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. So Saul took a sword, and fell upon it.
- Isaiah 13:15Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is joined unto them shall fall by the sword.
Hebrew dictionary
דָּקַר daqar · to pierce
1) to pierce, thrust through, pierce through 1a) (Qal) to pierce, run through 1b) (Niphal) to be pierced through 1c) (Pual) pierced, riddled (participle)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “pierce” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
PIERCE, verb transitive
pers.
- To thrust into with a pointed instrument; as, to pierce the body with a sword or spear; to pierce the side with a thorn.
- To penetrate; to enter; to force a way into; as, a column of troops pierced the main body of the enemy; a shot pierced the ship.
- To penetrate the heart deeply; to touch the passions; to excite or affect the passions. 1 Timothy 6:10
- To dive or penetrate into, as a secret or purpose.
All definitions and other forms of “pierce”
PIERCE, verb intransitive
pers. To enter; as a pointed instrument.
- To penetrate; to force a way into or through any thing.
- To enter; to dive or penetrate, as into a secret.
- To affect deeply.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.