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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #2714 - חֵקֶר

Transliteration

chêqer

Phonetics

khay'-ker

Origin

from (H2713)

Parts of Speech

masculine noun

TWOT

729a

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

a search, investigation, searching, enquiry, thing to be searched out

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 2487 ‑ ἴχνος (ikh'‑nos); 4009 ‑ πέρας (per'‑as);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (9)

Judges 1

Job 5

Psalms 1

Proverbs 1

Isaiah 1

BSB (11)

Judges 1

Job 7

Psalms 1

Proverbs 2

Isaiah 1

CSB (5)

Judges 2

Job 6

Psalms 1

Proverbs 2

ESV (9)

Judges 1

Job 7

Psalms 1

Proverbs 2

Isaiah 1

KJV (12)

Judges 1

Job 7

Psalms 1

Proverbs 2

Isaiah 1

LEB (9)

Judges 1

Job 5

Proverbs 2

Isaiah 1

LSB (11)

Judges 1

Job 8

Proverbs 2

N95 (8)

Judges 1

Job 6

Proverbs 1

NAS (10)

Judges 1

Job 9

Psalms 1

Proverbs 2

Isaiah 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (11)

Judges 1

Job 6

Psalms 1

Proverbs 2

Isaiah 1

ASV (9)

canst thou by searching 1

finding out 1

have searched out 1

in the recesses 1

is unsearchable 3

searchings 1

there is no searching 1

BSB (11)

be searched 1

in the trenches 1

indecision 1

inquiry 1

is unsearchable 1

or to search out 1

searching out 2

the deep things 1

the discoveries 1

unsearchable things 1

CSB (5)

be investigated 1

searching 2

the depths 1

to seek 1

ESV (9)

investigation 1

out 1

recesses 1

searched out 1

searchings 1

seek 1

unsearchable 2

you 1

KJV (12)

number 1

out 2

search 3

searching 2

searchings 1

unsearchable 3

LEB (9)

⌊what 1

in the recesses of 1

investigation 1

nor is seeking one 1

searching 2

searchings of 1

the essence of 1

understanding⌋ 1

LSB (11)

depths 1

out 3

probings 1

recesses 1

search 1

searched 1

searching 1

things 2

N95 (8)

depths 1

inquiry 1

recesses 1

search 1

searched 1

searchings 1

things 2

NAS (10)

depth 1

depths 1

investigation 1

out 2

search 1

searched 1

searchings 1

things 2

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (11)

are unsearchable 1

can you fathom 1

finding out 1

in the recesses 1

in ways past finding 1

is unsearchable 3

out about the learning 1

searchings 1

to seek 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2198) r q h (ההקר HhQR) AC: Examine CO: ? AB: ?: [from: rk- a digging]

V) r q h (ההקר HhQR) - Examine: To search or seek for something. KJV (27): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Piel) search, found, seek, sound, try - Strongs: H2713 (חָקַר)

N^m) r q h (ההקר HhQR) - Examination: KJV (12): search, finding, number - Strongs: H2714 (חֵקֶר)

k^m) r q h m (מההקר MHhQR) - Depth: A deep place as unexamined. KJV (1): deep - Strongs: H4278 (מֶחְקָר)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

חֵ֫קֶר noun masculine^{Judges 5:16} searching, thing (to be) searched out; — absolute חֵ֫קֶר Job 5:9 8t.; construct id. Job 8:8 2t.; plural construct חִקְרֵי Judges 5:16; — חִקְרֵי לֵב Judges 5:16 searchings, questionings of heart; Job 11:7 canst thou reach אֱלוֺהַּ׳ח i.e. what is to be explored in him, the whole range of his nature, so ׳חתהום Job 38:16 the range of the deep; especially ׳אֵין ח i.e. it is unsearchable Job 5:9; Job 9:10; Psalm 145:3; Proverbs 25:3; Isaiah 40:28, compare ׳לא ח Job 34:24; Job 36:26; אבותם׳ח Job 8:8i.e. thing searched out by their fathers.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

חֵקֶר (1) searching, investigation, Job 34:24. אֵין חֵקֶר that which cannot be sought out, Proverbs 25:3 hence used of any thing that is innumerable, Job 5:9, 9:10 36:26 also deliberation, Judges 5:16.

(2) that which is known by investigation, hidden, secret. Job 38:16, חֵקֶר תְּהוֹם “the most secret recesses of the sea.” Metaph. חֵקֶר אֱלוֹהַּ Job 11:7, i.q. τὰ βάθεα τοῦ θεοῦ. [Prof. Lee questions the propriety of this comparison on the ground of the Hebrew construction.]

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List of Word Forms

הַחֵ֣קֶר החקר וְחֵ֖קֶר וּבְחֵ֥קֶר ובחקר וחקר חִקְרֵי־ חֵ֑קֶר חֵ֖קֶר חֵֽקֶר׃ חקר חקר׃ חקרי־ לְחֵ֣קֶר לחקר Cheker chikrei ha·ḥê·qer haCheker haḥêqer ḥê·qer ḥêqer ḥiq·rê- ḥiqrê- lə·ḥê·qer leCheker ləḥêqer ū·ḇə·ḥê·qer ūḇəḥêqer uveCheker veCheker wə·ḥê·qer wəḥêqer