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

Ezekiel 19:5 - Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took H3947 another of her whelps, and made him a young lion.

Ezekiel 22:12 - In thee have they taken H3947 gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken H3947 usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord GOD.

Ezekiel 22:25 - There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken H3947 the treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in the midst thereof.

Ezekiel 23:10 - These discovered her nakedness: they took H3947 her sons and her daughters, and slew her with the sword: and she became famous among women; for they had executed judgment upon her.

Ezekiel 23:25 - And I will set my jealousy against thee, and they shall deal furiously with thee: they shall take away thy nose and thine ears; and thy remnant shall fall by the sword: they shall take H3947 thy sons and thy daughters; and thy residue shall be devoured by the fire.

Ezekiel 23:26 - They shall also strip thee out of thy clothes, and take away H3947 thy fair jewels.

Ezekiel 23:29 - And they shall deal with thee hatefully, and shall take away H3947 all thy labour, and shall leave thee naked and bare: and the nakedness of thy whoredoms shall be discovered, both thy lewdness and thy whoredoms.

Ezekiel 24:5 - Take H3947 the choice of the flock, and burn also the bones under it, and make it boil well, and let them seethe the bones of it therein.

Ezekiel 24:16 - Son of man, behold, I take away H3947 from thee the desire of thine eyes with a stroke: yet neither shalt thou mourn nor weep, neither shall thy tears run down.

Ezekiel 24:25 - Also, thou son of man, shall it not be in the day when I take H3947 from them their strength, the joy of their glory, the desire of their eyes, and that whereupon they set their minds, their sons and their daughters,

Ezekiel 27:5 - They have made all thy ship boards of fir trees of Senir: they have taken H3947 cedars from Lebanon to make masts for thee.

Ezekiel 30:4 - And the sword shall come upon Egypt, and great pain shall be in Ethiopia, when the slain shall fall in Egypt, and they shall take away H3947 her multitude, and her foundations shall be broken down.

Ezekiel 33:2 - Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them, When I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take H3947 a man of their coasts, and set him for their watchman:

Ezekiel 33:4 - Then whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet, and taketh not warning; if the sword come, and take him away, H3947 his blood shall be upon his own head.

Ezekiel 33:6 - But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take H3947 any person from among them, he is taken away H3947 in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand.

Ezekiel 36:24 - For I will take H3947 you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land.

Ezekiel 36:30 - And I will multiply the fruit of the tree, and the increase of the field, that ye shall receive H3947 no more reproach of famine among the heathen.

Ezekiel 37:16 - Moreover, thou son of man, take H3947 thee one stick, and write upon it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions: then take H3947 another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel his companions:

Ezekiel 37:19 - Say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take H3947 the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his fellows, and will put them with him, even with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in mine hand.

Ezekiel 37:21 - And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take H3947 the children of Israel from among the heathen, whither they be gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land:

Ezekiel 38:13 - Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away H3947 cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?

Ezekiel 43:20 - And thou shalt take H3947 of the blood thereof, and put it on the four horns of it, and on the four corners of the settle, and upon the border round about: thus shalt thou cleanse and purge it.

Ezekiel 43:21 - Thou shalt take H3947 the bullock also of the sin offering, and he shall burn it in the appointed place of the house, without the sanctuary.

Ezekiel 44:22 - Neither shall they take H3947 for their wives a widow, nor her that is put away: but they shall take H3947 maidens of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow that had a priest before.

Ezekiel 45:18 - Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the first month, in the first day of the month, thou shalt take H3947 a young bullock without blemish, and cleanse the sanctuary:

Ezekiel 45:19 - And the priest shall take H3947 of the blood of the sin offering, and put it upon the posts of the house, and upon the four corners of the settle of the altar, and upon the posts of the gate of the inner court.

Ezekiel 46:18 - Moreover the prince shall not take H3947 of the people's inheritance by oppression, to thrust them out of their possession; but he shall give his sons inheritance out of his own possession: that my people be not scattered every man from his possession.

Hosea 1:2 - The beginning of the word of the LORD by Hosea. And the LORD said to Hosea, Go, take H3947 unto thee a wife of whoredoms and children of whoredoms: for the land hath committed great whoredom, departing from the LORD.

Hosea 1:3 - So he went and took H3947 Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; which conceived, and bare him a son.

Hosea 2:9 - Therefore will I return, and take away H3947 my corn in the time thereof, and my wine in the season thereof, and will recover my wool and my flax given to cover her nakedness.

Hosea 4:11 - Whoredom and wine and new wine take away H3947 the heart.

Hosea 10:6 - It shall be also carried unto Assyria for a present to king Jareb: Ephraim shall receive H3947 shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel.

Hosea 11:3 - I taught Ephraim also to go, taking H3947 them by their arms; but they knew not that I healed them.

Hosea 13:11 - I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took H3947 him away in my wrath.

Hosea 14:2 - Take H3947 with you words, and turn to the LORD: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive H3947 us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips.

Joel 3:5 - Because ye have taken H3947 my silver and my gold, and have carried into your temples my goodly pleasant things:

Amos 5:11 - Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take H3947 from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.

Amos 5:12 - For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take H3947 a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.

Amos 6:13 - Ye which rejoice in a thing of nought, which say, Have we not taken H3947 to us horns by our own strength?

Amos 7:15 - And the LORD took H3947 me as I followed the flock, and the LORD said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel.

Amos 9:2 - Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take H3947 them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down:

Amos 9:3 - And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out H3947 thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them:

Jonah 4:3 - Therefore now, O LORD, take, H3947 I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.

Micah 1:11 - Pass ye away, thou inhabitant of Saphir, having thy shame naked: the inhabitant of Zaanan came not forth in the mourning of Bethezel; he shall receive H3947 of you his standing.

Micah 2:9 - The women of my people have ye cast out from their pleasant houses; from their children have ye taken away H3947 my glory for ever.

Zephaniah 3:2 - She obeyed not the voice; she received H3947 not correction; she trusted not in the LORD; she drew not near to her God.

Zephaniah 3:7 - I said, Surely thou wilt fear me, thou wilt receive H3947 instruction; so their dwelling should not be cut off, howsoever I punished them: but they rose early, and corrupted all their doings.

Haggai 2:23 - In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, will I take H3947 thee, O Zerubbabel, my servant, the son of Shealtiel, saith the LORD, and will make thee as a signet: for I have chosen thee, saith the LORD of hosts.

Zechariah 6:10 - Take H3947 of them of the captivity, even of Heldai, of Tobijah, and of Jedaiah, which are come from Babylon, and come thou the same day, and go into the house of Josiah the son of Zephaniah;

Zechariah 6:11 - Then take H3947 silver and gold, and make crowns, and set them upon the head of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest;