H3947 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 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

  • Numbers 35:31 - Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer which is guilty but he shall be surely but he shall be surely but he shall be surely

  • Numbers 35:32 - And ye shall take no satisfaction for him that is fled to the city of his refuge that he should come again to dwell in the land until the death of the priest

  • 2 Chronicles 36:1 - took Then the people of the land Jehoahaz the son of Josiah and made him king in his father's stead in Jerusalem

  • Genesis 36:2 - Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan Adah of the daughters of Elon the Hittite and Aholibamah of the daughters of Anah of the daughters of Zibeon the Hivite

  • 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

  • Exodus 36:3 - And they received of Moses all the offering had brought which the children of Israel for the work of the service of the sanctuary to make had brought yet unto him free offerings every morning every morning

  • 2 Chronicles 36:4 - king And the king him to Egypt made Eliakim his brother over Judah and Jerusalem and turned his name to Jehoiakim Jehoahaz his brother took And Necho and carried him to Egypt

  • Genesis 36:6 - took And Esau his wives and his sons and his daughters and all the persons of his house and his cattle and all his beasts and all his substance which he had got in the land of Canaan in the land from the face Jacob of his brother

  • 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

  • Isaiah 36:17 - Until I come and take you away a land a land a land of corn and wine a land of bread and vineyards

  • 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

  • Ezekiel 36:24 - For I will take you from among the heathen and gather you out of all countries and will bring you into your own land

  • 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

  • Ezekiel 36:30 - And I will multiply the fruit of the tree and the increase of the field that ye shall receive no more reproach of famine among the heathen

  • 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

  • Isaiah 37:14 - received And Hezekiah the letter from the hand of the messengers and read went up unto the house of the LORD and spread And Hezekiah it before of the LORD

  • Ezekiel 37:16 - Moreover thou son of man take stick another and write upon it For Judah Moreover thou son of Israel his companions take stick another and write upon it For Joseph stick of Ephraim and for all the house of Israel his companions

  • 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

  • Ezekiel 37:19 - Say unto them Thus saith the Lord GOD Behold I will take stick of Joseph in mine hand of Ephraim and the tribes of Israel his fellows and will put stick of Judah and make stick and they shall be one and they shall be one in mine hand

  • Ezekiel 37:21 - And say unto them Thus saith the Lord GOD Behold I will take the children of Israel from among the heathen whither they be gone and will gather them on every side and bring them into their own land

  • Genesis 37:24 - And they took him and cast and the pit and the pit was empty there was no water

  • Genesis 37:31 - And they took coat Joseph's and killed a kid of the goats and dipped coat in the blood

  • Genesis 38:2 - saw And Judah there a daughter of a certain Canaanite whose name was Shuah and he took her and went in

  • Genesis 38:6 - took And Judah a wife for Er his firstborn whose name was Tamar

  • 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

  • Ezekiel 38:13 - Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish with all the young lions thereof shall say to take a spoil unto thee Art thou come to take a prey hast thou gathered thy company to carry away silver and gold to take away cattle and goods to take a spoil a great

  • 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

  • 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

  • Job 38:20 - That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house

  • 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

  • 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

  • Isaiah 39:7 - And of thy sons that shall issue from thee which thou shalt beget shall they take away and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Isaiah 40:2 - Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem and cry is accomplished unto her that her warfare is pardoned that her iniquity for she hath received hand of the LORD'S double for all her sins

  • 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

  • Exodus 40:9 - And thou shalt take oil the anointing and anoint the tabernacle and all that is therein and shalt hallow it and all the vessels thereof and it shall be holy

  • 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

  • Exodus 40:20 - And he took and put the testimony into the ark and set the staves into the ark and put the mercy seat into the ark above

  • Job 40:24 - it with his eyes He taketh snares pierceth through his nose

  • Job 41:4 - Will he make a covenant with thee wilt thou take him for a servant for ever

  • 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

  • Jeremiah 41:16 - Then took Johanan the son of Kareah and all the captains of the forces that were with him all the remnant of the people whom he had brought again from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah from Mizpah after that he had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam even mighty of war and the women and the children and the eunuchs whom he had brought again from Gibeon

  • Job 42:8 - Therefore take and seven bullocks and seven rams and my servant Job and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering Job and my servant shall pray for you for him will I accept lest I deal with you after your folly in that ye have not spoken of me the thing which is right and my servant Job

  • 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

  • Jeremiah 43:5 - took But Johanan the son of Kareah and all the captains of the forces all the remnant of Judah that were returned from all nations whither they had been driven to dwell in the land of Judah

  • Jeremiah 43:9 - Take in thine hand stones great and hide them in the clay in the brickkiln which is at the entry house of Pharaoh's in Tahpanhes in the sight of the men of Judah

  • Jeremiah 43:10 - And say And say the LORD of hosts the God of Israel Behold I will send and take Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon my servant and will set his throne upon these stones that I have hid and he shall spread his royal pavilion

  • 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

  • Ezekiel 43:20 - And thou shalt take of the blood thereof and put it on the four horns it on the four corners of the settle and upon the border round about thus shalt thou cleanse and purge

  • Ezekiel 43:21 - Thou shalt take the bullock also of the sin offering and he shall burn it in the appointed place of the house without the sanctuary

  • Jeremiah 44:12 - And I will take the remnant of Judah that have set their faces to go in the land of Egypt to sojourn there and they shall all be consumed in the land of Egypt and fall by the sword and by the famine there and they shall all be consumed from the least even unto the greatest by the sword and by the famine they shall die and they shall be an execration and an astonishment and a curse and a reproach

  • Isaiah 44:14 - He heweth him down cedars and taketh the cypress and the oak which he strengtheneth for himself among the trees of the forest he planteth an ash and the rain doth nourish

  • Isaiah 44:15 - Then shall it be for a man to burn for he will take thereof and warm himself yea he kindleth it and baketh bread yea he maketh a god and worshippeth it he maketh it a graven image and falleth down

  • Ezekiel 44:22 - a widow nor her that is put away Neither shall they take for their wives maidens of the seed of the house of Israel of the seed a widow that had a priest Neither shall they take

  • 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

  • Ezekiel 45:18 - Thus saith the Lord In the first month in the first day of the month thou shalt take bullock a young without blemish and cleanse the sanctuary

  • 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

  • Ezekiel 45:19 - shall take And the priest of the blood of the sin offering and put and upon the posts of the house and upon the four corners of the settle of the altar and upon the posts of the gate court of the inner

  • 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

  • Jeremiah 46:11 - Go up into Gilead and take balm O virgin the daughter of Egypt in vain shalt thou use many medicines for thou shalt not be cured

  • Ezekiel 46:18 - shall not take Moreover the prince inheritance of the people's by oppression from his possession from his possession inheritance but he shall give his sons be not scattered of the people's every man from his possession

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

  • Isaiah 47:2 - Take the millstones and grind meal uncover thy locks make bare the leg uncover the thigh pass over the rivers

  • Isaiah 47:3 - shall be uncovered Thy nakedness shall be seen yea thy shame vengeance I will take and I will not meet thee as a man

  • 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

  • Genesis 48:9 - me in this place And he said And Joseph unto his father They are my sons hath given whom God me in this place And he said Bring them I pray thee unto me and I will bless

  • Genesis 48:13 - took And Joseph them both Ephraim in his right hand in his left hand toward Israel's and Manasseh in his left hand in his right hand toward Israel's and brought them near

  • Genesis 48:22 - Moreover I have given portion to thee one above thy brethren which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow

  • Jeremiah 48:46 - Woe be unto thee O Moab perisheth the people of Chemosh are taken for thy sons captives and thy daughters captives

  • Psalms 49:15 - But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave for he shall receive me Selah

  • Psalms 49:17 - For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away shall not descend after his glory

  • Isaiah 49:24 - be taken from the mighty Shall the prey captive or the lawful delivered

  • Isaiah 49:25 - But thus saith the LORD Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered with him that contendeth for I will contend thy children with thee and I will save

  • Jeremiah 49:29 - Their tents and their flocks shall they take away to themselves their curtains and all their vessels and their camels they shall take and they shall cry unto them Fear is on every side

  • Psalms 50:9 - I will take out of thy house no bullock out of thy folds nor he goats

  • Jeremiah 51:8 - is suddenly fallen Babylon and destroyed howl for her take balm for her pain if so be she may be healed

  • Psalms 51:11 - Cast me not away from thy presence spirit not thy holy and take

  • Isaiah 51:22 - Thus saith thy Lord the LORD and thy God that pleadeth the cause of his people Behold I have taken out of thine hand of the cup of trembling even the dregs of the cup of my fury thou shalt no more drink it again

  • Jeremiah 51:26 - And they shall not take nor a stone for a corner nor a stone for foundations but thou shalt be desolate for ever saith the LORD

  • Isaiah 52:5 - Now therefore what have I here saith the LORD is taken away that my people for nought they that rule over them make them to howl Now therefore what have I here saith the LORD continually every day and my name is blasphemed

  • Jeremiah 52:18 - The caldrons also and the shovels and the snuffers and the bowls and the spoons and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered took they away

  • Jeremiah 52:19 - And the basons and the firepans and the bowls and the caldrons and the candlesticks and the spoons and the cups in gold in gold and that which was of silver and that which was of silver away the captain of the guard

  • Jeremiah 52:24 - took And the captain of the guard Seraiah priest the chief and Zephaniah priest the second and the three keepers of the door

  • Jeremiah 52:25 - also out of the city He took eunuch an which had the charge men of war and seven men of them that were near person the king's that were found also out of the city scribe and the principal of the host who mustered of the people of the land and threescore men of the people of the land that were found in the midst also out of the city