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

Genesis 34:17 - But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised; then will we take H3947 our daughter, and we will be gone.

Genesis 34:21 - These men are peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade therein; for the land, behold, it is large enough for them; let us take H3947 their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our daughters.

Genesis 34:25 - And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, took H3947 each man his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males.

Genesis 34:26 - And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took H3947 Dinah out H3947 of Shechem's house, and went out.

Genesis 34:28 - They took H3947 their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses, and that which was in the city, and that which was in the field,

Genesis 36:2 - Esau took H3947 his wives of the daughters of Canaan; Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite;

Genesis 36:6 - And Esau took H3947 his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the persons of his house, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and all his substance, which he had got in the land of Canaan; and went into the country from the face of his brother Jacob.

Genesis 37:24 - And they took H3947 him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.

Genesis 37:31 - And they took H3947 Joseph's coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood;

Genesis 38:2 - And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose name was Shuah; and he took her, H3947 and went in unto her.

Genesis 38:6 - And Judah took H3947 a wife for Er his firstborn, whose name was Tamar.

Genesis 38:20 - And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive H3947 his pledge from the woman's hand: but he found her not.

Genesis 38:23 - And Judah said, Let her take H3947 it to her, lest we be shamed: behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her.

Genesis 38:28 - And it came to pass, when she travailed, that the one put out his hand: and the midwife took H3947 and bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying, This came out first.

Genesis 39:20 - And Joseph's master took H3947 him, and put him into the prison, a place where the king's prisoners were bound: and he was there in the prison.

Genesis 40:11 - And Pharaoh's cup was in my hand: and I took H3947 the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh's cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand.

Genesis 42:16 - Send one of you, and let him fetch H3947 your brother, and ye shall be kept in prison, that your words may be proved, whether there be any truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies.

Genesis 42:24 - And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and returned to them again, and communed with them, and took H3947 from them Simeon, and bound him before their eyes.

Genesis 42:33 - And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye are true men; leave one of your brethren here with me, and take H3947 food for the famine of your households, and be gone:

Genesis 42:36 - And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take H3947 Benjamin away: all these things are against me.

Genesis 43:11 - And their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now, do this; take H3947 of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts, and almonds:

Genesis 43:12 - And take H3947 double money in your hand; and the money that was brought again in the mouth of your sacks, carry it again in your hand; peradventure it was an oversight:

Genesis 43:13 - Take H3947 also your brother, and arise, go again unto the man:

Genesis 43:15 - And the men took H3947 that present, and they took H3947 double money in their hand, and Benjamin; and rose up, and went down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph.

Genesis 43:18 - And the men were afraid, because they were brought into Joseph's house; and they said, Because of the money that was returned in our sacks at the first time are we brought in; that he may seek occasion against us, and fall upon us, and take H3947 us for bondmen, and our asses.

Genesis 44:29 - And if ye take H3947 this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.

Genesis 45:18 - And take H3947 your father and your households, and come unto me: and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the land.

Genesis 45:19 - Now thou art commanded, this do ye; take H3947 you wagons out of the land of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your father, and come.

Genesis 46:6 - And they took H3947 their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with him:

Genesis 47:2 - And he took H3947 some of his brethren, even five men, and presented them unto Pharaoh.

Genesis 48:1 - And it came to pass after these things, that one told Joseph, Behold, thy father is sick: and he took H3947 with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.

Genesis 48:9 - And Joseph said unto his father, They are my sons, whom God hath given me in this place. And he said, Bring them, H3947 I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless them.

Genesis 48:13 - And Joseph took H3947 them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel's left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel's right hand, and brought them near unto him.

Genesis 48:22 - Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took H3947 out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.

Exodus 2:1 - And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took H3947 to wife a daughter of Levi.

Exodus 2:3 - And when she could not longer hide him, she took H3947 for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river's brink.

Exodus 2:5 - And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river's side; and when she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch H3947 it.

Exodus 2:9 - And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages. And the woman took H3947 the child, and nursed it.

Exodus 4:9 - And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe also these two signs, neither hearken unto thy voice, that thou shalt take H3947 of the water of the river, and pour it upon the dry land: and the water which thou takest H3947 out of the river shall become blood upon the dry land.

Exodus 4:17 - And thou shalt take H3947 this rod in thine hand, wherewith thou shalt do signs.

Exodus 4:20 - And Moses took H3947 his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt: and Moses took H3947 the rod of God in his hand.

Exodus 4:25 - Then Zipporah took H3947 a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband art thou to me.

Exodus 5:11 - Go ye, get H3947 you straw where ye can find it: yet not ought of your work shall be diminished.

Exodus 6:7 - And I will take H3947 you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God: and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.

Exodus 6:20 - And Amram took H3947 him Jochebed his father's sister to wife; and she bare him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram were an hundred and thirty and seven years.

Exodus 6:23 - And Aaron took H3947 him Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of Naashon, to wife; and she bare him Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

Exodus 6:25 - And Eleazar Aaron's son took H3947 him one of the daughters of Putiel to wife; and she bare him Phinehas: these are the heads of the fathers of the Levites according to their families.

Exodus 7:9 - When Pharaoh shall speak unto you, saying, Shew a miracle for you: then thou shalt say unto Aaron, Take H3947 thy rod, and cast it before Pharaoh, and it shall become a serpent.

Exodus 7:15 - Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morning; lo, he goeth out unto the water; and thou shalt stand by the river's brink against he come; and the rod which was turned to a serpent shalt thou take H3947 in thine hand.

Exodus 7:19 - And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take H3947 thy rod, and stretch out thine hand upon the waters of Egypt, upon their streams, upon their rivers, and upon their ponds, and upon all their pools of water, that they may become blood; and that there may be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood, and in vessels of stone.