Strong's Hebrew · H6131
עָקַר
ʻâqar · aw-kar'
dig down, hough, pluck up, root up.
Definition
to pluck up (especially by the roots); specifically, to hamstring; figuratively, to exterminate
Derivation
a primitive root;
Appears 7 times in Scripture
“Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of them, for by this time tomorrow I will deliver all of them slain before Israel. You are to hamstring their horses and burn up their chariots.””
“David captured from him a thousand chariots, seven thousand charioteers, and twenty thousand foot soldiers, and he hamstrung all the horses except a hundred he kept for the chariots.”
“Joshua treated them as the LORD had told him; he hamstrung their horses and burned up their chariots.”
“For Gaza will be abandoned, and Ashkelon left in ruins. Ashdod will be driven out at noon, and Ekron will be uprooted.”
“David captured from him a thousand chariots, seven thousand charioteers, and twenty thousand foot soldiers, and he hamstrung all the horses except a hundred he kept for the chariots.”
“a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot,”
“May I never enter their council; may I never join their assembly. For they kill men in their anger, and hamstring oxen on a whim.”
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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).