דָּקַר

da.qarto pierceHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb11 occurrences8 books10 verses

Definition

a primitive root; to stab; by analogy, to starve; figuratively, to revile
Traditional renderings: pierce, strike (thrust) through, wound.

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

11 total
  1. Numbers 25:8וַיִּדְקֹר֙ · and drove [the spear] through
    …followed the Israelite into the tent, and drove the spear through both of them—through the Israelite and on through the belly of the woman. So the plague against the Israelites was halted,
  2. Judges 9:54וַיִּדְקְרֵ֥הוּ · So Abimelech’s armor-bearer ran [his sword] through him
    He quickly called his armor-bearer, saying, “Draw your sword and kill me, lest they say of me, ‘A woman killed him.’” So Abimelech’s armor-bearer ran his sword through him, and he died.
  3. 1 Samuel 31:4וְדָקְרֵ֣נִי · and run me through; וּדְקָרֻ֙נִי֙ · and run me through
    Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run me through with it, or these uncircumcised men will come and run me through and torture me!” But his armor-bearer was terrified and refused to do it. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.
  4. 1 Chronicles 10:4וְדָקְרֵ֣נִי · and run me through
    Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run me through with it, or these uncircumcised men will come and torture me!” But his armor-bearer was terrified and refused to do it. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.
  5. Isaiah 13:15יִדָּקֵ֑ר · will be stabbed
    Whoever is caught will be stabbed, and whoever is captured will die by the sword.
  6. Jeremiah 37:10מְדֻקָּרִ֑ים · and only wounded
    Indeed, if you were to strike down the entire army of the Chaldeans that is fighting against you, and only wounded men remained in their tents, they would still get up and burn this city down.”
  7. Jeremiah 51:4וּמְדֻקָּרִ֖ים · and pierced through
    And they will fall slain in the land of the Chaldeans, and pierced through in her streets.
  8. Lamentations 4:9מְדֻקָּרִ֔ים · pierced with pain
    Those slain by the sword are better off than those who die of hunger, who waste away, pierced with pain because the fields lack produce.
  9. Zechariah 12:10דָּקָ֑רוּ · they have pierced
    Then I will pour out on the house of David and on the people of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and prayer, and they will look on Me, the One they have pierced. They will mourn for Him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for Him as one grieves for a firstborn son.
  10. Zechariah 13:3וּדְקָרֻ֜הוּ · will pierce him through
    And if anyone still prophesies, his father and mother who bore him will say to him, ‘You shall not remain alive, because you have spoken falsely in the name of the LORD.’ When he prophesies, his father and mother who bore him will pierce him through.