Strong's Concordance H3947

Original Word: לָקַח
Transliteration: lâqach
Phonetic Spelling: law-kakh'
a primitive root; to take (in the widest variety of applications); accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, × many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.

Usages throughout the bible

1 Chronicles 4:18 - And his wife Jehudijah bare Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Socho, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. And these are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, which Mered took. H3947

1 Chronicles 7:15 - And Machir took H3947 to wife the sister of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister's name was Maachah;) and the name of the second was Zelophehad: and Zelophehad had daughters.

1 Chronicles 7:21 - And Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer, and Elead, whom the men of Gath that were born in that land slew, because they came down to take away H3947 their cattle.

1 Chronicles 10:4 - Then said Saul to his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. So Saul took H3947 a sword, and fell upon it.

1 Chronicles 14:3 - And David took H3947 more wives at Jerusalem: and David begat more sons and daughters.

1 Chronicles 17:7 - Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took H3947 thee from the sheepcote, even from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be ruler over my people Israel:

1 Chronicles 18:1 - Now after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them, and took H3947 Gath and her towns out of the hand of the Philistines.

1 Chronicles 18:7 - And David took H3947 the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadarezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.

1 Chronicles 18:8 - Likewise from Tibhath, and from Chun, cities of Hadarezer, brought H3947 David very much brass, wherewith Solomon made the brasen sea, and the pillars, and the vessels of brass.

1 Chronicles 19:4 - Wherefore Hanun took H3947 David's servants, and shaved them, and cut off their garments in the midst hard by their buttocks, and sent them away.

1 Chronicles 20:2 - And David took H3947 the crown of their king from off his head, and found it to weigh a talent of gold, and there were precious stones in it; and it was set upon David's head: and he brought also exceeding much spoil out of the city.

1 Chronicles 21:23 - And Ornan said unto David, Take H3947 it to thee, and let my lord the king do that which is good in his eyes: lo, I give thee the oxen also for burnt offerings, and the threshing instruments for wood, and the wheat for the meat offering; I give it all.

2 Chronicles 1:16 - And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king's merchants received H3947 the linen yarn at a price.

2 Chronicles 8:18 - And Huram sent him by the hands of his servants ships, and servants that had knowledge of the sea; and they went with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and took H3947 thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought them to king Solomon.

2 Chronicles 11:18 - And Rehoboam took H3947 him Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David to wife, and Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse;

2 Chronicles 11:20 - And after her he took H3947 Maachah the daughter of Absalom; which bare him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.

2 Chronicles 12:9 - So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away H3947 the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house; he took H3947 all: he carried away H3947 also the shields of gold which Solomon had made.

2 Chronicles 16:6 - Then Asa the king took H3947 all Judah; and they carried away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha was building; and he built therewith Geba and Mizpah.

2 Chronicles 18:25 - Then the king of Israel said, Take H3947 ye Micaiah, and carry him back to Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's son;

2 Chronicles 22:11 - But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took H3947 Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's sons that were slain, and put him and his nurse in a bedchamber. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of king Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest, (for she was the sister of Ahaziah,) hid him from Athaliah, so that she slew him not.

2 Chronicles 23:1 - And in the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened himself, and took H3947 the captains of hundreds, Azariah the son of Jeroham, and Ishmael the son of Jehohanan, and Azariah the son of Obed, and Maaseiah the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zichri, into covenant with him.

2 Chronicles 23:8 - So the Levites and all Judah did according to all things that Jehoiada the priest had commanded, and took H3947 every man his men that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that were to go out on the sabbath: for Jehoiada the priest dismissed not the courses.

2 Chronicles 23:20 - And he took H3947 the captains of hundreds, and the nobles, and the governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and brought down the king from the house of the LORD: and they came through the high gate into the king's house, and set the king upon the throne of the kingdom.

2 Chronicles 26:1 - Then all the people of Judah took H3947 Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah.

2 Chronicles 36:1 - Then the people of the land took H3947 Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father's stead in Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 36:4 - And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and turned his name to Jehoiakim. And Necho took H3947 Jehoahaz his brother, and carried him to Egypt.

Ezra 2:61 - And of the children of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz, the children of Barzillai; which took H3947 a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name:

Nehemiah 5:2 - For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, are many: therefore we take up H3947 corn for them, that we may eat, and live.

Nehemiah 5:3 - Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy H3947 corn, because of the dearth.

Nehemiah 5:15 - But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken H3947 of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God.

Nehemiah 6:18 - For there were many in Judah sworn unto him, because he was the son in law of Shechaniah the son of Arah; and his son Johanan had taken H3947 the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah.

Nehemiah 7:63 - And of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz, the children of Barzillai, which took H3947 one of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite to wife, and was called after their name.

Nehemiah 10:30 - And that we would not give our daughters unto the people of the land, nor take H3947 their daughters for our sons:

Nehemiah 10:31 - And if the people of the land bring ware or any victuals on the sabbath day to sell, that we would not buy H3947 it of them on the sabbath, or on the holy day: and that we would leave the seventh year, and the exaction of every debt.

Esther 2:7 - And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took H3947 for his own daughter.

Esther 2:8 - So it came to pass, when the king's commandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the palace, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was brought H3947 also unto the king's house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women.

Esther 2:15 - Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken H3947 her for his daughter, was come to go in unto the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king's chamberlain, the keeper of the women, appointed. And Esther obtained favour in the sight of all them that looked upon her.

Esther 2:16 - So Esther was taken H3947 unto king Ahasuerus into his house royal in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.

Esther 6:10 - Then the king said to Haman, Make haste, and take H3947 the apparel and the horse, as thou hast said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, that sitteth at the king's gate: let nothing fail of all that thou hast spoken.

Esther 6:11 - Then took H3947 Haman the apparel and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and brought him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaimed before him, Thus shall it be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour.

Job 1:15 - And the Sabeans fell upon them, and took them away; H3947 yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

Job 1:17 - While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The Chaldeans made out three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have carried them away, H3947 yea, and slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

Job 1:21 - And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; H3947 blessed be the name of the LORD.

Job 2:8 - And he took H3947 him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.

Job 3:6 - As for that night, let darkness seize H3947 upon it; let it not be joined unto the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months.

Job 4:12 - Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received H3947 a little thereof.

Job 5:5 - Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh H3947 it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.

Job 12:20 - He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away H3947 the understanding of the aged.

Job 15:12 - Why doth thine heart carry thee away? H3947 and what do thy eyes wink at,

Job 22:22 - Receive, H3947 I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.