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)


  • Jeremiah 33:26 - Then any of his seed and Jacob and David my servant will I cast away so that I will not take any of his seed to be rulers any of his seed of Abraham Isaac and Jacob to return for I will cause their captivity and have mercy

  • Jeremiah 35:3 - Then I took Jaazaniah and all his sons of Jeremiah and all his sons of Habaziniah and his brethren and all his sons and the whole house of the Rechabites

  • Jeremiah 35:13 - Thus saith the LORD of hosts the God of Israel Go Thus saith the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem Will ye not receive instruction to hearken to my words saith the LORD

  • Jeremiah 36:2 - Take thee a roll of a book and write therein all the words I spake unto thee against Israel and against Judah and against all the nations even unto this day I spake even unto this day of Josiah even unto this day

  • Jeremiah 36:14 - sent Therefore all the princes So Baruch Jehudi the son of Nethaniah the son of Shelemiah the son of Cushi saying the roll wherein thou hast read in the ears of the people Take in his hand Take So Baruch the son of Neriah the roll in his hand and came

  • Jeremiah 36:21 - sent So the king And Jehudi and he took the roll and he took chamber it out of Elishama the scribe's read And Jehudi and in the ears So the king and in the ears of all the princes which stood beside So the king

  • Jeremiah 36:26 - commanded But the king Jerahmeel the son of Hammelech and Seraiah the son of Azriel and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel to take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet hid but the LORD

  • Jeremiah 36:28 - thee again Take roll another and write words in it all the former roll in it all the former hath burned which Jehoiakim the king of Judah

  • Jeremiah 36:32 - Jeremiah Then took roll another and gave it to Baruch the son of Neriah the scribe who wrote therein from the mouth Jeremiah all the words of the book had burned which Jehoiakim king of Judah in the fire and there were added all the words besides unto them many like

  • Jeremiah 37:17 - sent and the king Then Zedekiah and took him out asked and the king in his house him secretly and said There is Is there any word from the LORD and said And Jeremiah There is and said into the hand and the king of Babylon he thou shalt be delivered

  • Jeremiah 38:6 - Then took Jeremiah and cast And in the dungeon of Malchiah the son that was in the court of the prison and they let down Jeremiah with cords And in the dungeon there was no water but mire sunk Jeremiah but mire

  • Jeremiah 38:10 - commanded Then the king Ebedmelech the Ethiopian saying Take with thee from hence thirty and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon before he die

  • Jeremiah 38:11 - and took So Ebedmelech with him and went into the house of the king under the treasury and took and old cast clouts and old rotten rags and let them down to Jeremiah into the dungeon by cords

  • Jeremiah 38:14 - sent and the king Then Zedekiah and took Jeremiah the prophet entry unto him into the third that is in the house of the LORD said and the king Jeremiah I will ask thee a thing hide thee a thing

  • Jeremiah 39:5 - pursued army But the Chaldeans after them and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho and when they had taken him they brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath where he gave judgment

  • Jeremiah 39:12 - Take him and look well but do him no harm unto him even as he shall say but do

  • Jeremiah 39:14 - Even they sent and took Jeremiah out of the court of the prison and committed him unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan that he should carry him home so he dwelt among the people

  • Jeremiah 40:1 - The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD after had let him go that Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard from Ramah when he had taken him being bound in chains among all that were carried away captive of Jerusalem and Judah which were carried away captive unto Babylon

  • Jeremiah 40:2 - took And the captain of the guard Jeremiah and said unto him The LORD thy God hath pronounced this evil upon this place

  • Jeremiah 41:12 - Then they took to fight with Ishmael the son of Nethaniah and found waters him by the great that are in Gibeon