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Lexicon :: Strong's H1240 - bᵊqar

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בְּקַר
Transliteration
bᵊqar
Pronunciation
bek-ar'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Corresponding to בָּקַר (H1239)
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TWOT Reference: 2638

Strong’s Definitions

בְּקַר bᵉqar, bek-ar'; (Aramaic) corresponding to H1239:—inquire, make search.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x

The KJV translates Strong's H1240 in the following manner: make search (4x), enquire (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x
The KJV translates Strong's H1240 in the following manner: make search (4x), enquire (1x).

  1. to seek, enquire

    1. (Pael) to enquire

    2. (Ithpael) to let search be made

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בְּקַר bᵉqar, bek-ar'; (Aramaic) corresponding to H1239:—inquire, make search.
STRONGS H1240: Abbreviations

Biblical Aramaic

† [בְּקַר] verb
Pa. inquire, seek (only Ezra) (Targum Syriac; see Biblical Hebrew H1239); — Perfect 3rd person masculine plural בַּקַּ֫רוּ Ezra 4:19; Ezra 6:1; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יְבַקַּר Ezra 4:15; Infinitive לְבַקָּרָה Ezra 7:14; —
1. inquire, with עַל (of thing) concerning Ezra 7:14; with subject indefinite, = passive, Ezra 4:19 search was made, so Ezra 6:1; Ezra 4:15.
Hithpa. Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִתְבַּקַּר Daniel 5:17, impersonal, let search be made.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Ezra

4:15; 4:15; 4:19; 4:19; 6:1; 6:1; 7:14; 7:14

Daniel

5:17

H1240

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1240 matches the Hebrew בְּקַר (bᵊqar),
which occurs 5 times in 5 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:15 - in order that search may be made in the book of the records of your fathers. You will find in the book of the records and learn that this city is a rebellious city, hurtful to kings and provinces, and that sedition was stirred up in it from of old. That was why this city was laid waste.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:19 - And I made a decree, and search has been made, and it has been found that this city from of old has risen against kings, and that rebellion and sedition have been made in it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 5:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:17 - Therefore, if it seems good to the king, let search be made in the royal archives there in Babylon, to see whether a decree was issued by Cyrus the king for the rebuilding of this house of God in Jerusalem. And let the king send us his pleasure in this matter.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:1 - Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in Babylonia, in the house of the archives where the documents were stored.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 7:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:14 - For you are sent by the king and his seven counselors to make inquiries about Judah and Jerusalem according to the Law of your God, which is in your hand,
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