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Lexicon :: Strong's H1856 - dāqar

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דָּקַר
Transliteration
dāqar
Pronunciation
daw-kar'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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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, bdb020101) —
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 LXX of Lucian (Lag.) 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

H1856

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1856 matches the Hebrew דָּקַר (dāqar),
which occurs 11 times in 10 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 25:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:8 - and followed the Israelite into the tent. He drove the spear into both of them, right through the Israelite man and into the woman’s stomach. Then the plague against the Israelites was stopped;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:54

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:54 - Hurriedly he called to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and kill me, so that they can’t say, ‘A woman killed him.’ ” So his servant ran him through, and he died.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 31:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 31:4 - Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run me through, or these uncircumcised fellows will come and run me through and abuse me.” But his armor-bearer was terrified and would not do it; so Saul took his own sword and fell on it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 10:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 10:4 - Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run me through, or these uncircumcised fellows will come and abuse me.” But his armor-bearer was terrified and would not do it; so Saul took his own sword and fell on it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 13:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:15 - Whoever is captured will be thrust through; all who are caught will fall by the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 37:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:10 - Even if you were to defeat the entire Babylonian[fn] army that is attacking you and only wounded men were left in their tents, they would come out and burn this city down.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:4 - They will fall down slain in Babylon,[fn] fatally wounded in her streets.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:9 - Those killed by the sword are better off than those who die of famine; racked with hunger, they waste away for lack of food from the field.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 12:10 - “And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit[fn] of grace and supplication. They will look on[fn] me, the one they have pierced, and they will mourn for him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for him as one grieves for a firstborn son.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 13:3

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 13:3 - And if anyone still prophesies, their father and mother, to whom they were born, will say to them, ‘You must die, because you have told lies in the LORD’s name.’ Then their own parents will stab the one who prophesies.
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