{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H2713",
  "lemma": "חָקַר",
  "transliteration": "châqar",
  "definition": "properly, to penetrate; hence, to examine intimately",
  "kjv": "find out, (make) search (out), seek (out), sound, try.",
  "occurrences": 27,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "[חָקַר] vb. search",
    "Qal",
    "1. search (for)",
    "a. search through, explore",
    "b. search a man, find out his sentiments",
    "c. of י׳ searching man",
    "d. of examining thoroughly",
    "Niph. be searched out, found out, ascertained",
    "Pi. he sought out many proverbs"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Deuteronomy 13:15",
      "text": "then you shall inquire, investigate, and ask diligently. Behold, if it is true, and the thing certain, that such…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/13?v=15"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Judges 18:2",
      "text": "The children of Dan sent five men of their family from their whole number, men of valor, from Zorah and from Eshtaol…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/18?v=2"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 20:12",
      "text": "Jonathan said to David, “By the LORD, the God of Israel, when I have sounded out my father about this time tomorrow, or…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/20?v=12"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Samuel 10:3",
      "text": "But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun their lord, “Do you think that David honors your father, in that…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/10?v=3"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Kings 7:47",
      "text": "Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because there were so many of them. The weight of the bronze could not be…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/7?v=47"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Jeremiah 17:10",
      "text": "“I, the LORD, search the mind. I try the heart, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/17?v=10"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Jeremiah 31:37",
      "text": "The LORD says: “If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, then I will…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/31?v=37"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Jeremiah 46:23",
      "text": "They will cut down her forest,” says the LORD, “though it can’t be searched; because they are more than the locusts…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/46?v=23"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Ezekiel 39:14",
      "text": "“‘“They will set apart men of continual employment who will pass through the land. Those who pass through will go with…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/39?v=14"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Psalms 44:22",
      "text": "won’t God search this out? For he knows the secrets of the heart.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/44?v=22"
    }
  ],
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