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 Samuel 6:10 - And the men did so; and took H3947 two milch kine, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home:

1 Samuel 7:9 - And Samuel took H3947 a sucking lamb, and offered it for a burnt offering wholly unto the LORD: and Samuel cried unto the LORD for Israel; and the LORD heard him.

1 Samuel 7:12 - Then Samuel took H3947 a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto hath the LORD helped us.

1 Samuel 7:14 - And the cities which the Philistines had taken H3947 from Israel were restored to Israel, from Ekron even unto Gath; and the coasts thereof did Israel deliver out of the hands of the Philistines. And there was peace between Israel and the Amorites.

1 Samuel 8:3 - And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took H3947 bribes, and perverted judgment.

1 Samuel 8:11 - And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: He will take H3947 your sons, and appoint them for himself, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and some shall run before his chariots.

1 Samuel 8:13 - And he will take H3947 your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks, and to be bakers.

1 Samuel 8:14 - And he will take H3947 your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.

1 Samuel 8:16 - And he will take H3947 your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.

1 Samuel 9:3 - And the asses of Kish Saul's father were lost. And Kish said to Saul his son, Take H3947 now one of the servants with thee, and arise, go seek the asses.

1 Samuel 9:22 - And Samuel took H3947 Saul and his servant, and brought them into the parlour, and made them sit in the chiefest place among them that were bidden, which were about thirty persons.

1 Samuel 10:1 - Then Samuel took H3947 a vial of oil, and poured it upon his head, and kissed him, and said, Is it not because the LORD hath anointed thee to be captain over his inheritance?

1 Samuel 10:4 - And they will salute thee, and give thee two loaves of bread; which thou shalt receive H3947 of their hands.

1 Samuel 10:23 - And they ran and fetched H3947 him thence: and when he stood among the people, he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and upward.

1 Samuel 11:7 - And he took H3947 a yoke of oxen, and hewed them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the coasts of Israel by the hands of messengers, saying, Whosoever cometh not forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done unto his oxen. And the fear of the LORD fell on the people, and they came out with one consent.

1 Samuel 12:3 - Behold, here I am: witness against me before the LORD, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? H3947 or whose ass have I taken? H3947 or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.

1 Samuel 12:4 - And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken H3947 ought of any man's hand.

1 Samuel 14:32 - And the people flew upon the spoil, and took H3947 sheep, and oxen, and calves, and slew them on the ground: and the people did eat them with the blood.

1 Samuel 15:21 - But the people took H3947 of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God in Gilgal.

1 Samuel 16:2 - And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear it, he will kill me. And the LORD said, Take H3947 an heifer with thee, and say, I am come to sacrifice to the LORD.

1 Samuel 16:11 - And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy children? And he said, There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth the sheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch H3947 him: for we will not sit down till he come hither.

1 Samuel 16:13 - Then Samuel took H3947 the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.

1 Samuel 16:20 - And Jesse took H3947 an ass laden with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid, and sent them by David his son unto Saul.

1 Samuel 16:23 - And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took H3947 an harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.

1 Samuel 17:17 - And Jesse said unto David his son, Take H3947 now for thy brethren an ephah of this parched corn, and these ten loaves, and run to the camp to thy brethren;

1 Samuel 17:18 - And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take H3947 their pledge.

1 Samuel 17:31 - And when the words were heard which David spake, they rehearsed them before Saul: and he sent H3947 for him.

1 Samuel 17:40 - And he took H3947 his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd's bag which he had, even in a scrip; and his sling was in his hand: and he drew near to the Philistine.

1 Samuel 17:49 - And David put his hand in his bag, and took H3947 thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth.

1 Samuel 17:51 - Therefore David ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and took H3947 his sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut off his head therewith. And when the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they fled.

1 Samuel 17:54 - And David took H3947 the head of the Philistine, and brought it to Jerusalem; but he put his armour in his tent.

1 Samuel 17:57 - And as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took H3947 him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand.

1 Samuel 18:2 - And Saul took H3947 him that day, and would let him go no more home to his father's house.

1 Samuel 19:13 - And Michal took H3947 an image, and laid it in the bed, and put a pillow of goats' hair for his bolster, and covered it with a cloth.

1 Samuel 19:14 - And when Saul sent messengers to take H3947 David, she said, He is sick.

1 Samuel 19:20 - And Saul sent messengers to take H3947 David: and when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as appointed over them, the Spirit of God was upon the messengers of Saul, and they also prophesied.

1 Samuel 20:21 - And, behold, I will send a lad, saying, Go, find out the arrows. If I expressly say unto the lad, Behold, the arrows are on this side of thee, take H3947 them; then come thou: for there is peace to thee, and no hurt; as the LORD liveth.

1 Samuel 20:31 - For as long as the son of Jesse liveth upon the ground, thou shalt not be established, nor thy kingdom. Wherefore now send and fetch H3947 him unto me, for he shall surely die.

1 Samuel 21:6 - So the priest gave him hallowed bread: for there was no bread there but the shewbread, that was taken from before the LORD, to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away. H3947

1 Samuel 21:8 - And David said unto Ahimelech, And is there not here under thine hand spear or sword? for I have neither brought H3947 my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king's business required haste.

1 Samuel 21:9 - And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou slewest in the valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod: if thou wilt take H3947 that, take H3947 it: for there is no other save that here. And David said, There is none like that; give it me.

1 Samuel 24:2 - Then Saul took H3947 three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and went to seek David and his men upon the rocks of the wild goats.

1 Samuel 24:11 - Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my hand: for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed thee not, know thou and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in mine hand, and I have not sinned against thee; yet thou huntest my soul to take H3947 it.

1 Samuel 25:11 - Shall I then take H3947 my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men, whom I know not whence they be?

1 Samuel 25:18 - Then Abigail made haste, and took H3947 two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched corn, and an hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on asses.

1 Samuel 25:35 - So David received H3947 of her hand that which she had brought him, and said unto her, Go up in peace to thine house; see, I have hearkened to thy voice, and have accepted thy person.

1 Samuel 25:39 - And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be the LORD, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and hath kept his servant from evil: for the LORD hath returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent and communed with Abigail, to take H3947 her to him to wife.

1 Samuel 25:40 - And when the servants of David were come to Abigail to Carmel, they spake unto her, saying, David sent us unto thee, to take H3947 thee to him to wife.

1 Samuel 25:43 - David also took H3947 Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they were also both of them his wives.

1 Samuel 26:11 - The LORD forbid that I should stretch forth mine hand against the LORD'S anointed: but, I pray thee, take H3947 thou now the spear that is at his bolster, and the cruse of water, and let us go.