# עָקַר (aqar)

Israeli respelling: a-qar. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H6131. 7 Old Testament occurrences.

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

King James renderings: dig down, hough, pluck up, root up.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/aqar-h6131

## Occurrences

- [Genesis 49:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/49/6) — O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and i…
- [Joshua 11:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/11/6) — And the LORD said unto Joshua, Be not afraid because of them: for to morrow about this time will I deliver them up all slain before Israel:…
- [Joshua 11:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/11/9) — And Joshua did unto them as the LORD bade him: he houghed their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire.
- [2 Samuel 8:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/8/4) — And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and David houghed all the chariot hor…
- [1 Chronicles 18:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/18/4) — And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: David also houghed all the chariot h…
- [Ecclesiastes 3:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/3/2) — A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
- [Zephaniah 2:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/zephaniah/2/4) — For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be rooted up.