To search
חָקַרStrong’s H2713chaqar (cha-qar)
Appears in 26 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Chaqar is the Hebrew word usually translated “explore”, “it was ascertained” and “search”. It appears in 26 verses of the Old Testament.
“Then shalt thou enquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought among you;”
Meaning
- To search, search for, search out, examine, investigate(Qal) · (Niphal) · (Piel) to search out, seek out
How it's translated
- to explore 2
- it was ascertained 2
- and you will search 1
- and to explore it 1
- explore 1
- i will sound out 1
- we have examined it 1
- he will examine 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Job 6
- Proverbs 4
- Psalms 3
- Jeremiah 3
- Deuteronomy 1
- Judges 1
14 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Judges 18:2And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their coasts, men of valour, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it; and they said unto them, Go, search the land: who when they came to mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah, they lodged there.
- 1 Samuel 20:12And Jonathan said unto David, O LORD God of Israel, when I have sounded my father about to morrow any time, or the third day, and, behold, if there be good toward David, and I then send not unto thee, and shew it thee;
- 2 Samuel 10:3And the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun their lord, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? hath not David rather sent his servants unto thee, to search the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it?
- 1 Kings 7:47And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because they were exceeding many: neither was the weight of the brass found out.
- 1 Chronicles 19:3But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? are not his servants come unto thee for to search, and to overthrow, and to spy out the land?
- 2 Chronicles 4:18Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance: for the weight of the brass could not be found out.
Hebrew dictionary
חָקַר chaqar · to search
1) to search, search for, search out, examine, investigate 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to search (for) 1a2) to search through, explore 1a3) to examine thoroughly 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be searched out, be found out, be ascertained, be examined 1c) (Piel) to search out, seek out
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “search” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SEARCH, verb transitive
serch
- To look over or through for the purpose of finding something; to explore; to examine by inspection; as, to search the house for a book; to search the wood for a thief.“Send though men, that they may search the land of Canaan” Numbers 13:2
- To inquire; to seek for.
- To probe; to seek the knowledge of by feeling with instrument; as to search a wound.
- To examine; to try. Psalms 139:23
All definitions and other forms of “search”
SEARCH, verb intransitive
serch.
- To seek; to look for; to make search
- To make inquiry; to inquire.
SEARCH, noun
serch.
- A seeking or looking for something that is lost, or the place of which us unknown; with for or after; as a search for lost money; a search for mines of gold and silver; a search after happiness or knowledge.
- Inquiry; a seeking.
- Quest; pursuit for finding.
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.