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

Jeremiah 39:5 - But the Chaldeans' army pursued after them, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho: and when they had taken H3947 him, they brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he gave judgment upon him.

Jeremiah 39:12 - Take H3947 him, and look well to him, and do him no harm; but do unto him even as he shall say unto thee.

Jeremiah 39:14 - Even they sent, and took H3947 Jeremiah out of the court of the prison, and committed him unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, that he should carry him home: so he dwelt among the people.

Jeremiah 40:1 - The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, after that Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had let him go from Ramah, when he had taken H3947 him being bound in chains among all that were carried away captive of Jerusalem and Judah, which were carried away captive unto Babylon.

Jeremiah 40:2 - And the captain of the guard took H3947 Jeremiah, and said unto him, The LORD thy God hath pronounced this evil upon this place.

Jeremiah 41:12 - Then they took H3947 all the men, and went to fight with Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and found him by the great waters that are in Gibeon.

Jeremiah 41:16 - Then took H3947 Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, all the remnant of the people whom he had recovered from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, from Mizpah, after that he had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, even mighty men of war, and the women, and the children, and the eunuchs, whom he had brought again from Gibeon:

Jeremiah 43:5 - But Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, took H3947 all the remnant of Judah, that were returned from all nations, whither they had been driven, to dwell in the land of Judah;

Jeremiah 43:9 - Take H3947 great stones in thine hand, and hide them in the clay in the brickkiln, which is at the entry of Pharaoh's house in Tahpanhes, in the sight of the men of Judah;

Jeremiah 43:10 - And say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will send and take H3947 Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will set his throne upon these stones that I have hid; and he shall spread his royal pavilion over them.

Jeremiah 44:12 - And I will take H3947 the remnant of Judah, that have set their faces to go into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, and they shall all be consumed, and fall in the land of Egypt; they shall even be consumed by the sword and by the famine: they shall die, from the least even unto the greatest, by the sword and by the famine: and they shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach.

Jeremiah 46:11 - Go up into Gilead, and take H3947 balm, O virgin, the daughter of Egypt: in vain shalt thou use many medicines; for thou shalt not be cured.

Jeremiah 48:46 - Woe be unto thee, O Moab! the people of Chemosh perisheth: for thy sons are taken H3947 captives, and thy daughters captives.

Jeremiah 49:29 - Their tents and their flocks shall they take away: H3947 they shall take to themselves their curtains, and all their vessels, and their camels; and they shall cry unto them, Fear is on every side.

Jeremiah 51:8 - Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take H3947 balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.

Jeremiah 51:26 - And they shall not take H3947 of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; but thou shalt be desolate for ever, saith the LORD.

Jeremiah 52:18 - The caldrons also, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the bowls, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away. H3947

Jeremiah 52:19 - And the basons, and the firepans, and the bowls, and the caldrons, and the candlesticks, and the spoons, and the cups; that which was of gold in gold, and that which was of silver in silver, took H3947 the captain of the guard away. H3947

Jeremiah 52:24 - And the captain of the guard took H3947 Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:

Jeremiah 52:25 - He took H3947 also out of the city an eunuch, which had the charge of the men of war; and seven men of them that were near the king's person, which were found in the city; and the principal scribe of the host, who mustered the people of the land; and threescore men of the people of the land, that were found in the midst of the city.

Jeremiah 52:26 - So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took H3947 them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah.

Ezekiel 1:4 - And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding H3947 itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire.

Ezekiel 3:10 - Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, all my words that I shall speak unto thee receive H3947 in thine heart, and hear with thine ears.

Ezekiel 3:14 - So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, H3947 and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the LORD was strong upon me.

Ezekiel 4:1 - Thou also, son of man, take H3947 thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and pourtray upon it the city, even Jerusalem:

Ezekiel 4:3 - Moreover take H3947 thou unto thee an iron pan, and set it for a wall of iron between thee and the city: and set thy face against it, and it shall be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it. This shall be a sign to the house of Israel.

Ezekiel 4:9 - Take H3947 thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentiles, and millet, and fitches, and put them in one vessel, and make thee bread thereof, according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon thy side, three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eat thereof.

Ezekiel 5:1 - And thou, son of man, take H3947 thee a sharp knife, take H3947 thee a barber's razor, and cause it to pass upon thine head and upon thy beard: then take H3947 thee balances to weigh, and divide the hair.

Ezekiel 5:2 - Thou shalt burn with fire a third part in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled: and thou shalt take H3947 a third part, and smite about it with a knife: and a third part thou shalt scatter in the wind; and I will draw out a sword after them.

Ezekiel 5:3 - Thou shalt also take H3947 thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts.

Ezekiel 5:4 - Then take of them again, H3947 and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in the fire; for thereof shall a fire come forth into all the house of Israel.

Ezekiel 8:3 - And he put forth the form of an hand, and took H3947 me by a lock of mine head; and the spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heaven, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the inner gate that looketh toward the north; where was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provoketh to jealousy.

Ezekiel 10:6 - And it came to pass, that when he had commanded the man clothed with linen, saying, Take H3947 fire from between the wheels, from between the cherubims; then he went in, and stood beside the wheels.

Ezekiel 10:7 - And one cherub stretched forth his hand from between the cherubims unto the fire that was between the cherubims, and took thereof, and put it into the hands of him that was clothed with linen: who took H3947 it, and went out.

Ezekiel 15:3 - Shall wood be taken H3947 thereof to do any work? or will men take H3947 a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon?

Ezekiel 16:16 - And of thy garments thou didst take, H3947 and deckedst thy high places with divers colours, and playedst the harlot thereupon: the like things shall not come, neither shall it be so.

Ezekiel 16:17 - Thou hast also taken H3947 thy fair jewels of my gold and of my silver, which I had given thee, and madest to thyself images of men, and didst commit whoredom with them,

Ezekiel 16:18 - And tookest H3947 thy broidered garments, and coveredst them: and thou hast set mine oil and mine incense before them.

Ezekiel 16:20 - Moreover thou hast taken H3947 thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou hast borne unto me, and these hast thou sacrificed unto them to be devoured. Is this of thy whoredoms a small matter,

Ezekiel 16:32 - But as a wife that committeth adultery, which taketh H3947 strangers instead of her husband!

Ezekiel 16:39 - And I will also give thee into their hand, and they shall throw down thine eminent place, and shall break down thy high places: they shall strip thee also of thy clothes, and shall take H3947 thy fair jewels, and leave thee naked and bare.

Ezekiel 16:61 - Then thou shalt remember thy ways, and be ashamed, when thou shalt receive H3947 thy sisters, thine elder and thy younger: and I will give them unto thee for daughters, but not by thy covenant.

Ezekiel 17:3 - And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; A great eagle with great wings, longwinged, full of feathers, which had divers colours, came unto Lebanon, and took H3947 the highest branch of the cedar:

Ezekiel 17:5 - He took H3947 also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful field; he placed H3947 it by great waters, and set it as a willow tree.

Ezekiel 17:12 - Say now to the rebellious house, Know ye not what these things mean? tell them, Behold, the king of Babylon is come to Jerusalem, and hath taken H3947 the king thereof, and the princes thereof, and led them with him to Babylon;

Ezekiel 17:13 - And hath taken H3947 of the king's seed, and made a covenant with him, and hath taken an oath of him: he hath also taken H3947 the mighty of the land:

Ezekiel 17:22 - Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also take H3947 of the highest branch of the high cedar, and will set it; I will crop off from the top of his young twigs a tender one, and will plant it upon an high mountain and eminent:

Ezekiel 18:8 - He that hath not given forth upon usury, neither hath taken H3947 any increase, that hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true judgment between man and man,

Ezekiel 18:13 - Hath given forth upon usury, and hath taken H3947 increase: shall he then live? he shall not live: he hath done all these abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be upon him.

Ezekiel 18:17 - That hath taken off his hand from the poor, that hath not received H3947 usury nor increase, hath executed my judgments, hath walked in my statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall surely live.