Strong's Hebrew · H3947

לָקַח

lâqach · law-kakh'

Definitionto take (in the widest variety of applications)
Derivationa primitive root;
KJV usageaccept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, [idiom] many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
Occurrences966 in the KJV · 909 verses

לָקַח in Scripture

Genesis 2:15 And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. Genesis 2:21 And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; Genesis 2:22 And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. Genesis 2:23 And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. Genesis 3:6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. Genesis 3:19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art , and unto dust shalt thou return. Genesis 3:22 And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever: Genesis 3:23 Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken. Genesis 4:11 And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother' s blood from thy hand; Genesis 4:19 And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah. Genesis 5:24 And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him. Genesis 6:2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
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