Hebrew Lexicon Strong's Concordance Definition

Strong's H3947: לָקַח (lâqach) Definition

Strong's number
H3947
Lemma
לָקַח
Transliteration
lâqach
Pronunciation
law-kakh'
Strong's definition
to take (in the widest variety of applications) accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, [idiom] many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win. a primitive root;

910 instances of the word לָקַח lâqach (H3947)


  • Genesis 38:20 - sent And Judah the kid by the hand of his friend the Adullamite to receive his pledge by the hand from the woman's but he found her

  • Genesis 38:23 - said And Judah Let her take it to her lest we be shamed behold I sent this kid and thou hast not found

  • Genesis 38:28 - And it came to pass when she travailed that the one put out his hand took And it came to pass when she travailed and bound his hand a scarlet thread saying This came out first

  • Genesis 39:20 - took master And Joseph's him and put him and he was there in the prison a place prisoners where the king's were bound and he was there in the prison

  • Genesis 40:11 - cup And Pharaoh's was in my hand and I took the grapes and pressed cup And Pharaoh's and I gave cup hand And Pharaoh's

  • Genesis 42:16 - Send one of you and let him fetch your brother and ye shall be kept in prison may be proved that your words whether there be any truth in you or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies

  • Genesis 42:24 - And he turned himself about from them and wept and returned to them again and communed with them and took from them Simeon and bound him before their eyes

  • Genesis 42:33 - said And the man the lord of the country unto us Hereby shall I know that ye are true of your brethren one men leave food for the famine of your households here with me and take

  • Genesis 42:36 - said And Jacob their father unto them Me have ye bereaved of my children Joseph is not and Simeon Benjamin is not and ye will take

  • Genesis 43:11 - said Israel And their father unto them If it must be so now do this take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels and carry down a present a little balm a little honey spices and myrrh nuts and almonds

  • Genesis 43:12 - and the money double And take in your hand and the money carry it again in the mouth of your sacks carry it again in your hand peradventure it was an oversight

  • Genesis 43:13 - also your brother Take and arise go again unto the man

  • Genesis 43:15 - and they took present that double money and they took in their hand and Benjamin and rose up and went down to Egypt and stood before Joseph

  • Genesis 43:18 - were afraid are we brought in house into Joseph's and they said Because of the money that was returned in our sacks at the first time are we brought in that he may seek occasion against us and fall upon us and take us for bondmen and our asses

  • Genesis 44:29 - And if ye take this also from me befall him and mischief ye shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave

  • Genesis 45:18 - And take your father and your households and come unto me and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt and ye shall eat the fat of the land

  • Genesis 45:19 - Now thou art commanded this do ye take out of the land of Egypt you wagons for your little ones and for your wives and bring your father and come

  • Genesis 46:6 - And they took their cattle and their goods which they had gotten in the land of Canaan and came into Egypt Jacob and all his seed

  • Genesis 47:2 - some of his brethren And he took even five men and presented them unto Pharaoh

  • Genesis 48:1 - And it came to pass after these things that one told Joseph Behold thy father is sick and he took with him his two sons Manasseh and Ephraim