Strong's Definition
a primitive root; properly, to penetrate; hence, to examine intimately
KJV Usage: find out, (make) search (out), seek (out), sound, try
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
חָקַר (cha.qar) — to search. 1) to search, search for, search out, examine, investigate 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to search (for) 1a2) to search through, explore 1a3) to examine thoroughly 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be searched out, be found out, be ascertained, be examined 1c) (Piel) to search out, seek out
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · חֵקֶר · מֶחְקָר
Know | verb qal, verb nif | ≈ בחן · ידע
to look for, to try out, to test, to search out, to explore, to investigate, to examine, to cross-examine, to sound out, to determine = action by which someone tries to obtain information about a certain object, person, or event by examining it carefully
DEU 13:15 · JDG 18:2 · JDG 18:2 · 1SA 20:12 · 2SA 10:3 · 1KI 7:47 · 1CH 19:3 · 2CH 4:18 · JOB 5:27 · JOB 13:9 · JOB 28:3 · JOB 28:27 · JOB 29:16 · JOB 32:11 · PSA 44:22 · PSA 139:1 · PSA 139:23 · PRO 18:17 · PRO 23:30 · PRO 25:2 · PRO 28:11 · ECC 12:9 · JER 17:10 · JER 31:37 · JER 46:23 · LAM 3:40 · EZK 39:14
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[חָקַר] vb. search Qal search (for)
search through, explore
search a man, find out his sentiments
of י׳ searching man
of examining thoroughly
Niph. be searched out, found out, ascertained
Pi. he sought out many proverbs
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