חָקַר châqar

Meaning

properly, to penetrate; hence, to examine intimately

In the King James Version: find out, (make) search (out), seek (out), sound, try.

Derivation: a primitive root;

Where it is used

• Deuteronomy 13:14 then you must inquire, investigate, and interrogate thoroughly. And if it is established with certainty that this abomination has been committed among you,
• Judges 18:2 So the Danites sent out five men from their clans, men of valor from Zorah and Eshtaol, to spy out the land and explore it. “Go and explore the land,” they told them. The men entered the hill country of Ephraim and came to the house of Micah, where they spent the night.
• 1 Samuel 20:12 and Jonathan said, “By the LORD, the God of Israel, I will sound out my father by this time tomorrow or the next day. If he is favorable toward you, will I not send for you and tell you?
• 2 Samuel 10:3 the princes of the Ammonites said to Hanun their lord, “Just because David has sent you comforters, do you really believe he is showing respect for your father? Has not David instead sent his servants to explore the city, spy it out, and overthrow it?”
• 1 Kings 7:47 Solomon left all these articles unweighed, because there were so many. The weight of the bronze could not be determined.
• 1 Chronicles 19:3 the princes of the Ammonites said to Hanun, “Just because David has sent you comforters, do you really believe he is showing respect for your father? Have not his servants come to you to explore the land, spy it out, and overthrow it?”
• 2 Chronicles 4:18 Solomon made all these articles in such great abundance that the weight of the bronze could not be determined.
• Job 5:27 Indeed, we have investigated, and it is true! So hear it and know for yourself.”
• Job 13:9 Would it be well when He examined you? Could you deceive Him as you would deceive a man?
• Job 28:3 Man puts an end to the darkness; he probes the farthest recesses for ore in deepest darkness.
• Job 28:27 then He looked at wisdom and appraised it; He established it and searched it out.
• Job 29:16 I was a father to the needy, and I took up the case of the stranger.
• Job 32:11 Indeed, I waited while you spoke; I listened to your reasoning; as you searched for words,
• Psalms 44:21 would not God have discovered, since He knows the secrets of the heart?
• Psalms 139:1 For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O LORD, You have searched me and known me.
• Psalms 139:23 Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns.
• Proverbs 18:17 The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
• Proverbs 23:30 Those who linger over wine, who go to taste mixed drinks.
• Proverbs 25:2 It is the glory of God to conceal a matter and the glory of kings to search it out.
• Proverbs 28:11 A rich man is wise in his own eyes, but a poor man with discernment sees through him.
• Ecclesiastes 12:9 Not only was the Teacher wise, but he also taught the people knowledge; he pondered, searched out, and arranged many proverbs.
• Jeremiah 17:10 I, the LORD, search the heart; I examine the mind to reward a man according to his way, by what his deeds deserve.
• Jeremiah 31:37 This is what the LORD says: “Only if the heavens above could be measured and the foundations of the earth below searched out would I reject all of Israel’s descendants because of all they have done,” declares the LORD.
• Jeremiah 46:23 They will chop down her forest, declares the LORD, dense though it may be, for they are more numerous than locusts; they cannot be counted.
• Lamentations 3:40 Let us examine and test our ways, and turn back to the LORD.
• Ezekiel 39:14 And men will be employed to continually pass through the land to cleanse it by burying the invaders who remain on the ground. At the end of the seven months they will begin their search.