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בָּקַר

bakar · inquire, examine

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H1239 · appears 7 times in the Bible

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What it means

bakar (בָּקַר) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “inquire, examine”.

Seek carefully, examine, consider.

How to say it

ba·kar

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. To look into carefully; think deeply.
  2. To seek out and tend, as a shepherd his sheep.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

  • inquire ×3
  • look ×3
  • reflect ×1

Related words

Words that come from it

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

  • Leviticus 13:36

    the priest shall examine him, and if the ringworm has spread in the skin, the priest need not look for the yellowish hair; he is unclean.

  • Leviticus 27:33

    He shall not inquire whether good or bad, and he shall not substitute for it; and if he does substitute for it, then both it and its substitute shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed.”

  • 2 Kings 16:15

    King Ahaz commanded Uriah the priest, saying, “On the great altar offer up in smoke the burnt offering of the morning and the grain offering of the evening, and the burnt offering of the king and his grain offering, and the burnt offering of all the people of the land, and their grain offering and their libations; and all the blood of burnt offering and all the blood of sacrifice you shall splash on it. But the bronze altar shall be for me to inquire by.”

  • Psalms 27:4

    One thing I have asked of YHWH, that I will seek: to dwell in the house of YHWH all the days of my life, to look upon the sweetness of YHWH and to inquire in his temple.

  • Proverbs 20:25

    It is a snare for a man to say rashly, “Consecrated!” and after the vows to reflect.

  • Ezekiel 34:11

    For thus says Adonai YHWH: Look, I myself will seek my sheep and look after them.

  • Ezekiel 34:12

    As a shepherd looks after his herd on the day he is among his scattered sheep, so I will look after my sheep, and I will deliver them from all the places where they were scattered on a day of cloud and thick cloud.