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Lexicon :: Strong's H1856 - dāqar

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דָּקַר
Transliteration
dāqar
Pronunciation
daw-kar'
Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 449

Strong’s Definitions

דָּקַר dâqar, daw-kar'; a primitive root; to stab; by analogy, to starve; figuratively, to revile:—pierce, strike (thrust) through, wound.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x

The KJV translates Strong's H1856 in the following manner: thrust through (8x), pierced (1x), wounded (1x), stricken through (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x
The KJV translates Strong's H1856 in the following manner: thrust through (8x), pierced (1x), wounded (1x), stricken through (1x).

  1. to pierce, thrust through, pierce through

    1. (Qal) to pierce, run through

    2. (Niphal) to be pierced through

    3. (Pual) pierced, riddled (participle)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
דָּקַר dâqar, daw-kar'; a primitive root; to stab; by analogy, to starve; figuratively, to revile:—pierce, strike (thrust) through, wound.
STRONGS H1856: Abbreviations
† [דָּקַר] verb pierce, pierce through (Late Hebrew id., Aramaic דְּקַר, ) —
Qal Perfect 3rd person plural דָּקָ֑רוּ Zechariah 12:10; suffix וּדְקָרֻנִי consecutive 1 Samuel 31:4, וּדְקָרֻהוּ consecutive Zechariah 13:3; Imperfect וַיִּדְקֹר Numbers 25:8, וַיִּדְקְרֵהוּ Judges 9:54 — pierce, run through (always with accusative): as retributive act, Israelite and Midianite woman Numbers 25:8; false prophet Zechariah 13:3; but also as speedy death Judges 9:54 (Abimelech); 1 Samuel 31:4a (Saul) = 1 Chronicles 10:4, also 1 Samuel 31:4b (but strike out Be We after 1 Chronicles 10:4 & so 1 Samuel 31:4b), see also Zechariah 12:10 (compare John 19:37).
Niph. Imperfect יִדָּקֵר be pierced through, slain Isaiah 13:15 (in conquest of Babylonian by Medes).
Pu. Participle plural מְדֻקָּרִים pierced, riddled, (i.e. desperately wounded) warriors, Jeremiah 37:10, slain Jeremiah 51:4 (|| חללים); by hunger Lamentations 4:9 (|| חַלְלֵי רָעָב).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Numbers

25:8; 25:8

Judges

9:54; 9:54

1 Samuel

31:4; 31:4; 31:4; 31:4

1 Chronicles

10:4; 10:4

Isaiah

13:15

Jeremiah

37:10; 51:4

Lamentations

4:9

Zechariah

12:10; 12:10; 13:3; 13:3

John

19:37