Hebrew · Strong's H3947 · Verb
לָקַח
la·qach
to take: take
How it's translated
- and he took163
- take74
- and they took41
- and you will take40
- and she took28
- and he will take28
- he took23
- you will take21
Definition
: take
1) to take, get, fetch, lay hold of, seize, receive, acquire, buy, bring, marry, take a wife, snatch, take away
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to take, take in the hand
1a2) to take and carry along
1a3) to take from, take out of, take, carry away, take away
1a4) to take to or for a person, procure, get, take possession of, select, choose, take in marriage, receive, accept
1a5) to take up or upon, put upon
The forms it takes
Stem
Form
- Wayyiqtol (“and he did”) 35% and then …: the storyteller’s past
- Imperfect (yiqtol) 17% incomplete: ongoing, future or possible
- Perfect (qatal) 14% a complete action, usually past
- Imperative 13% a command
- Weqatal (“and he will”) 12% and then …: future or instructions
- Infinitive 6% “to …”, or for emphasis
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Between Hebrew and Greek
The Greek Old Testament (the Septuagint), the Bible the first Christians often quoted, translates this word as:
Where it appears
Genesisacross the Old TestamentMalachi
- Genesis106
- 1 Samuel64
- Exodus63
- Numbers52
- 2 Kings52
- Ezekiel51
- Jeremiah50
- Leviticus45
- 2 Samuel35
- Judges33
…and 19 more books.
Every verse
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