Chaqar means “find out” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's G2713 — katenanti (“before”) in the Greek Bible.
Strong's H2713 חָקַר (chaqar) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. chaqar (khaw-kar') v. 1. (properly) to penetrate 2. (hence) to examine intimately It has 26 linked Bible usages across 14 books. Visible English usage signals include out, searched, search, make, and sounded. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
chaqar (khaw-kar') v. 1. (properly) to penetrate 2. (hence) to examine intimately [a primitive root] KJV: find out, (make) search (out), seek (out), sound, try.
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H2713. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
to search
Usage: 1) to search, search for, search out, examine, investigate 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to search (for) 1a2) to search through, explore 1a3) to examine thoroughly 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be searched out, be found out, be ascertained, be examined 1c) (Piel) to search out, seek out
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render chaqar, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
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26 indexed usages in Old Testament.
Then shalt thou enquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought among you;
And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their coasts, men of valour, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it; and they said unto them, Go, search the land: who when they came to mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah, they lodged there.
And Jonathan said unto David, O LORD God of Israel, when I have sounded my father about to morrow any time, or the third day, and, behold, if there be good toward David, and I then send not unto thee, and shew it thee;
First 26 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H2713.
Then shalt thou enquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought among you;
And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their coasts, men of valour, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it; and they said unto them, Go, search the land: who when they came to mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah, they lodged there.
And Jonathan said unto David, O LORD God of Israel, when I have sounded my father about to morrow any time, or the third day, and, behold, if there be good toward David, and I then send not unto thee, and shew it thee;
And the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun their lord, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? hath not David rather sent his servants unto thee, to search the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it?
And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because they were exceeding many: neither was the weight of the brass found out.
But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? are not his servants come unto thee for to search, and to overthrow, and to spy out the land?
Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance: for the weight of the brass could not be found out.
Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thy good.
Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh another, do ye so mock him?
He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.
Then did he see it, and declare it; he prepared it, yea, and searched it out.
I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
Behold, I waited for your words; I gave ear to your reasons, whilst ye searched out what to say.
Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me.
Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:
He that is first in his own cause seemeth just; but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him.
They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.
The rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.
And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs.
I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
Thus saith the LORD; If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith the LORD.
They shall cut down her forest, saith the LORD, though it cannot be searched; because they are more than the grasshoppers, and are innumerable.
Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.
And they shall sever out men of continual employment, passing through the land to bury with the passengers those that remain upon the face of the earth, to cleanse it: after the end of seven months shall they search.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H2713, grouped by book.
Chaqar (Strong's H2713) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "find out". chaqar (khaw-kar') v. 1. (properly) to penetrate 2. (hence) to examine intimately
This page currently indexes 26 linked usages for Strong's H2713 across 14 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H2713 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as out, searched, search, make, sounded, and searcheth. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.