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H5916 עָכַר (ʻâkar) aw-kar'
Hebrew
Verb (Hebrew)
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Quick Definition

to trouble

Strong's Definition

properly, to roil water; figuratively, to disturb or affict

Derivation: a primitive root;

KJV Usage: trouble, stir.

TWOT Reference: 1621

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) to trouble, stir up, disturb, make (someone) taboo
1a) (Qal) to disturb, trouble
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be disturbed, be stirred up
1b2) disturbance, calamity (participle)

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

1) to trouble, stir up, disturb, make (someone) taboo 1a) (Qal) to disturb, trouble 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be disturbed, be stirred up 1b2) disturbance, calamity (participle)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

עָכַר ‛âkar BDB Definition: 1) to trouble, stir up, disturb, make (someone) taboo 1a) (Qal) to disturb, trouble 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be disturbed, be stirred up 1b2) disturbance, calamity (participle) Part of Speech: verb A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: a primitive root Same Word by TWOT Number: 1621 Total KJV Occurrences: 15

Bible Occurrences (13)

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