# H6131 עָקַר

עָקַר (ʻâqar), Strong’s H6131: to pluck up (especially by the roots); specifically, to hamstring; figuratively, to exterminate KJV: dig down, hough, pluck up, root up.. Occurs 7 times.

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*ʻâqar* — to pluck up (especially by the roots); specifically, to hamstring; figuratively, to exterminate

KJV: dig down, hough, pluck up, root up.

Occurs 7 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- עִקֵּר vb. Pi. denom. hamstring horses
- עָקַר vb. denom
- [עָקַר] vb. denom. pluck or root up
- Qal Ec 3:2
- Niph. Zp 2:4

## Where it occurs
- [Genesis 49:6](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/49?v=6) — My soul, don’t come into their council. My glory, don’t be united to their assembly; for in their anger they killed…
- [Joshua 11:6](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/joshua/11?v=6) — The LORD said to Joshua, “Don’t be afraid because of them; for tomorrow at this time, I will deliver them up all slain…
- [Joshua 11:9](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/joshua/11?v=9) — Joshua did to them as the LORD told him. He hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots with fire.
- [2 Samuel 8:4](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/8?v=4) — David took from him one thousand seven hundred horsemen and twenty thousand footmen. David hamstrung the chariot…
- [Zephaniah 2:4](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/zephaniah/2?v=4) — For Gaza will be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation. They will drive out Ashdod at noonday, and Ekron will be rooted…
- [Ecclesiastes 3:2](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ecclesiastes/3?v=2) — a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
- [1 Chronicles 18:4](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-chronicles/18?v=4) — David took from him one thousand chariots, seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen; and David hamstrung…