Definition
a primitive root; to take (in the widest variety of applications)
Traditional renderings: accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, × many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
Traditional renderings: accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, × many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders לָקַח:
- λαμβάνωlambanō“to take”90%
- δέχομαιdechomai“to receive”3%
- ἀναλαμβάνωanalambanō“to take up”1%
Usage patterns
Occurrences
966 total
- Exodus 29:13וְלָֽקַחְתָּ֗ · TakeTake all the fat that covers the entrails and the lobe of the liver, and both kidneys with the fat on them, and burn them on the altar.
- Exodus 29:15תִּקָּ֑ח · TakeTake one of the rams, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on its head.
- Exodus 29:16וְלָֽקַחְתָּ֙ · takeYou are to slaughter the ram, take its blood, and splatter it on all sides of the altar.
- Exodus 29:19וְלָ֣קַחְתָּ֔ · TakeTake the second ram, and Aaron and his sons are to lay their hands on its head.
- Exodus 29:20וְלָקַחְתָּ֤ · takeSlaughter the ram, take some of its blood, and put it on the right earlobes of Aaron and his sons, on the thumbs of their right hands, and on the big toes of their right feet. Splatter the remaining blood on all sides of the altar.
- Exodus 29:21וְלָקַחְתָּ֞ · And takeAnd take some of the blood on the altar and some of the anointing oil and sprinkle it on Aaron and his garments, as well as on his sons and their garments. Then he and his garments will be consecrated, as well as his sons and their garments.
- Exodus 29:22וְלָקַחְתָּ֣ · TakeTake the fat from the ram, the fat tail, the fat covering the entrails, the lobe of the liver, both kidneys with the fat on them, and the right thigh (since this is a ram for ordination),
- Exodus 29:25וְלָקַחְתָּ֤ · Then takeThen take them from their hands and burn them on the altar atop the burnt offering as a pleasing aroma before the LORD; it is a food offering to the LORD.
- Exodus 29:26וְלָקַחְתָּ֣ · TakeTake the breast of the ram of Aaron’s ordination and wave it before the LORD as a wave offering, and it will be your portion.
- Exodus 29:31תִּקָּ֑ח · You are to takeYou are to take the ram of ordination and boil its flesh in a holy place.
- Exodus 30:16וְלָקַחְתָּ֞ · TakeTake the atonement money from the Israelites and use it for the service of the Tent of Meeting. It will serve as a memorial for the Israelites before the LORD to make atonement for your lives.”
- Exodus 30:23קַח־ · Take“Take the finest spices: 500 shekels of liquid myrrh, half that amount (250 shekels) of fragrant cinnamon, 250 shekels of fragrant cane,
- Exodus 30:34קַח־ · TakeThe LORD also said to Moses, “Take fragrant spices—gum resin, onycha, galbanum, and pure frankincense—in equal measures,
- Exodus 32:4וַיִּקַּ֣ח · He took [the gold]He took the gold from their hands, and with an engraving tool he fashioned it into a molten calf. And they said, “These, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!”
- Exodus 32:20וַיִּקַּ֞ח · Then he tookThen he took the calf they had made, burned it in the fire, ground it to powder, and scattered the powder over the face of the water. Then he forced the Israelites to drink it.
- Exodus 33:7יִקַּ֨ח · used to takeNow Moses used to take the tent and pitch it at a distance outside the camp. He called it the Tent of Meeting, and anyone inquiring of the LORD would go to the Tent of Meeting outside the camp.
- Exodus 34:4וַיִּקַּ֣ח · and takingSo Moses chiseled out two stone tablets like the originals. He rose early in the morning, and taking the two stone tablets in his hands, he went up Mount Sinai as the LORD had commanded him.
- Exodus 34:16וְלָקַחְתָּ֥ · And when you takeAnd when you take some of their daughters as brides for your sons, their daughters will prostitute themselves to their gods and cause your sons to do the same.
- Exodus 35:5קְח֨וּ · TakeTake from among you an offering to the LORD. Let everyone whose heart is willing bring an offering to the LORD: gold, silver, and bronze;
- Exodus 36:3וַיִּקְח֞וּ · They receivedThey received from Moses all the contributions that the Israelites had brought to carry out the service of constructing the sanctuary. Meanwhile, the people continued to bring freewill offerings morning after morning,
- Exodus 40:9וְלָקַחְתָּ֙ · TakeTake the anointing oil and anoint the tabernacle and everything in it; consecrate it along with all its furnishings, and it shall be holy.
- Exodus 40:20וַיִּקַּ֞ח · Moses tookMoses took the Testimony and placed it in the ark, attaching the poles to the ark; and he set the mercy seat atop the ark.
- Leviticus 4:5וְלָקַ֛ח · shall takeThen the anointed priest shall take some of the bull’s blood and bring it into the Tent of Meeting.
- Leviticus 4:25וְלָקַ֨ח · is to takeThen the priest is to take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar.
- Leviticus 4:30וְלָקַ֨ח · is to takeThen the priest is to take some of its blood with his finger, put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar.
- Leviticus 4:34וְלָקַ֨ח · is to takeThen the priest is to take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and pour out the rest of its blood at the base of the altar.
- Leviticus 7:34לָקַ֙חְתִּי֙ · I have takenI have taken from the sons of Israel the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the contribution of their peace offerings, and I have given them to Aaron the priest and his sons as a permanent portion from the sons of Israel.’”
- Leviticus 8:2קַ֤ח · Take“Take Aaron and his sons, their garments, the anointing oil, the bull of the sin offering, the two rams, and the basket of unleavened bread,
- Leviticus 8:10וַיִּקַּ֤ח · tookNext, Moses took the anointing oil and anointed the tabernacle and everything in it; and so he consecrated them.
- Leviticus 8:15וַיִּקַּ֨ח · tookMoses slaughtered the bull, took some of the blood, and applied it with his finger to all four horns of the altar, purifying the altar. He poured out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar and consecrated it so that atonement could be made on it.
- Leviticus 8:16וַיִּקַּ֗ח · tookMoses also took all the fat that was on the entrails, the lobe of the liver, and both kidneys and their fat, and burned it all on the altar.
- Leviticus 8:23וַיִּקַּ֤ח · and tookMoses slaughtered the ram and took some of its blood and put it on Aaron’s right earlobe, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot.
- Leviticus 8:25וַיִּקַּ֞ח · And [Moses] tookAnd Moses took the fat—the fat tail, all the fat that was on the entrails, the lobe of the liver, and both kidneys with their fat—as well as the right thigh.
- Leviticus 8:26לָ֠קַח · he tookAnd from the basket of unleavened bread that was before the LORD, he took one cake of unleavened bread, one cake of bread made with oil, and one wafer, and he placed them on the fat portions and on the right thigh.
- Leviticus 8:28וַיִּקַּ֨ח · took theseThen Moses took these from their hands and burned them on the altar with the burnt offering. This was an ordination offering, a pleasing aroma, a food offering to the LORD.
- Leviticus 8:29וַיִּקַּ֤ח · tookHe also took the breast—Moses’ portion of the ram of ordination—and waved it before the LORD as a wave offering, as the LORD had commanded him.
- Leviticus 8:30וַיִּקַּ֨ח · tookNext, Moses took some of the anointing oil and some of the blood that was on the altar and sprinkled them on Aaron and his garments, and on his sons and their garments. So he consecrated Aaron and his garments, as well as Aaron’s sons and their garments.
- Leviticus 9:2קַח־ · TakeHe said to Aaron, “Take for yourself a young bull for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering, both without blemish, and present them before the LORD.
- Leviticus 9:3קְח֤וּ · TakeThen speak to the Israelites and say, ‘Take a male goat for a sin offering, a calf and a lamb—both a year old and without blemish—for a burnt offering,
- Leviticus 9:5וַיִּקְח֗וּ · So they tookSo they took what Moses had commanded to the front of the Tent of Meeting, and the whole congregation drew near and stood before the LORD.
- Leviticus 9:15וַיִּקַּ֞ח · He tookAaron then presented the people’s offering. He took the male goat for the people’s sin offering, slaughtered it, and offered it for sin like the first one.
- Leviticus 10:1וַיִּקְח֣וּ · tookNow Aaron’s sons Nadab and Abihu took their censers, put fire in them and added incense, and offered unauthorized fire before the LORD, contrary to His command.
- Leviticus 10:12קְח֣וּ · TakeAnd Moses said to Aaron and his remaining sons, Eleazar and Ithamar, “Take the grain offering that remains from the food offerings to the LORD and eat it without leaven beside the altar, because it is most holy.
- Leviticus 12:8וְלָקְחָ֣ה · she shall bringBut if she cannot afford a lamb, she shall bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons, one for a burnt offering and the other for a sin offering. Then the priest will make atonement for her, and she will be clean.’”
- Leviticus 14:4וְלָקַ֧ח · be brought…the priest shall order that two live clean birds, cedar wood, scarlet yarn, and hyssop be brought for the one to be cleansed.
- Leviticus 14:6יִקַּ֣ח · And he is to takeAnd he is to take the live bird together with the cedar wood, scarlet yarn, and hyssop, and dip them into the blood of the bird that was slaughtered over the fresh water.
- Leviticus 14:10יִקַּ֤ח · he is to bringOn the eighth day he is to bring two unblemished male lambs, an unblemished ewe lamb a year old, a grain offering of three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with olive oil, and one log of olive oil.
- Leviticus 14:12וְלָקַ֨ח · is to takeThen the priest is to take one of the male lambs and present it as a guilt offering, along with the log of olive oil; and he must wave them as a wave offering before the LORD.
- Leviticus 14:14וְלָקַ֣ח · is to takeThe priest is to take some of the blood from the guilt offering and put it on the right earlobe of the one to be cleansed, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot.
- Leviticus 14:15וְלָקַ֥ח · shall takeThen the priest shall take some of the log of olive oil, pour it into his left palm,