Strong’s H2713 · Hebrew
חָקַר
châqar · khaw-kar'
Origin a primitive root;
Meaning properly, to penetrate; hence, to examine intimately
In the King James Version find out, (make) search (out), seek (out), sound, try.
In 26 verses of the King James Version
- Deuteronomy 13:14Then shalt thou inquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought among you;
- 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.
- Job 5:27Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thy good.
- Job 13:9Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh another, do ye so mock him?
- Job 28:3He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.
- Job 28:27Then did he see it, and declare it; he prepared it, yea, and searched it out.
- Job 29:16I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
- Job 32:11Behold, I waited for your words; I gave ear to your reasons, whilst ye searched out what to say.
- Psalms 44:21Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
- Psalms 139:1To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me.
- Psalms 139:23Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:
- Proverbs 18:17He that is first in his own cause seemeth just; but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him.
- Proverbs 23:30They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.
- Proverbs 25:2It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.
- Proverbs 28:11The rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.
- Ecclesiastes 12:9And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs.
- Jeremiah 17:10I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
- Jeremiah 31:37Thus saith the LORD; If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith the LORD.
- Jeremiah 46:23They shall cut down her forest, saith the LORD, though it cannot be searched; because they are more than the grasshoppers, and are innumerable.
- Lamentations 3:40Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.
- Ezekiel 39:14And they shall sever out men of continual employment, passing through the land to bury with the passengers those that remain upon the face of the earth, to cleanse it: after the end of seven months shall they search.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.