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Lexicon :: Strong's H2714 - ḥēqer

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חֵקֶר
Transliteration
ḥēqer
Pronunciation
khay'-ker
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 729a

Strong’s Definitions

חֵקֶר chêqer, khay'-ker; from H2713; examination, enumeration, deliberation:—finding out, number, (un-) search(-able, -ed, out, -ing).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x

The KJV translates Strong's H2714 in the following manner: search (6x), unsearchable (2x), unsearchable (with H369) (1x), finding out (1x), without number (1x), search out (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x
The KJV translates Strong's H2714 in the following manner: search (6x), unsearchable (2x), unsearchable (with H369) (1x), finding out (1x), without number (1x), search out (1x).

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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חֵקֶר chêqer, khay'-ker; from H2713; examination, enumeration, deliberation:—finding out, number, (un-) search(-able, -ed, out, -ing).
STRONGS H2714: Abbreviations
† חֵ֫קֶר noun masculineJudges 5:16 searching, thing (to be) searched out; — absolute חֵ֫קֶר Job 5:9 + 8 times; construct id. Job 8:8 + 2 times; 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 ח׳ תהום 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 8:8 i.e. thing searched out by their fathers.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Judges

5:16; 5:16; 5:16

Job

5:9; 5:9; 8:8; 8:8; 9:10; 11:7; 34:24; 36:26; 38:16

Psalms

145:3

Proverbs

25:3

Isaiah

40:28

H2714

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2714 matches the Hebrew חֵקֶר (ḥēqer),
which occurs 12 times in 12 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 5:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:16 - Why did you sit still among the sheepfolds,
to hear the whistling for the flocks?
Among the clans of Reuben
there were great searchings of heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:9 - who does great things and unsearchable,
marvelous things without number:

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:8 - “For inquire, please, of bygone ages,
and consider what the fathers have searched out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:10 - who does great things beyond searching out,
and marvelous things beyond number.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:7 - “Can you find out the deep things of God?
Can you find out the limit of the Almighty?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 34:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:24 - He shatters the mighty without investigation
and sets others in their place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:26 - Behold, God is great, and we know him not;
the number of his years is unsearchable.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:16 - “Have you entered into the springs of the sea,
or walked in the recesses of the deep?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 145:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 145:3 - Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised,
and his greatness is unsearchable.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 25:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:3 - As the heavens for height, and the earth for depth,
so the heart of kings is unsearchable.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 25:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:27 - It is not good to eat much honey,
nor is it glorious to seek one’s own glory.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:28

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:28 - Have you not known? Have you not heard?
The LORD is the everlasting God,
the Creator of the ends of the earth.
He does not faint or grow weary;
his understanding is unsearchable.
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