King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H1856
Transliteration: daqar
Phonetic Spelling: (daw-kar')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to pierce, pierce through
Meaning: to stab, to starve, to revile
Word Summary
daqar: to pierce, pierce through
Original Word: דֶּקֶרTransliteration: daqar
Phonetic Spelling: (daw-kar')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to pierce, pierce through
Meaning: to stab, to starve, to revile
Strong's Concordance
pierce, strike through, wound A primitive root; to stab; by analogy, to starve; figuratively, to revile -- pierce, strike (thrust) through, wound.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H1856. daqar
[דָּקַר] verb pierce, pierce through (Late Hebrew id., Aramaic דְּקַר, ) —
Qal Perfect3plural דָּקָ֑רוּ Zechariah 12:10; suffix וּדְקָרֻנִי consecutive 1 Samuel 31:4, וּדְקָרֻהוּ consecutive Zechariah 13:3; Imperfect וַיִּדְקֹר Numbers 25:8, וַיִּדְקְרֵהוּ Judges 9:54 — pierce, run through (always with accusative): as retributive act, Israelite and Midianite woman Numbers 25:8; false prophet Zechariah 13:3; but also as speedy death Judges 9:54 (Abimelech); 1 Samuel 31:4 a (Saul) = 1 Chronicles 10:4, also 1 Samuel 31:4b (but strike out Be We after 1 Chronicles 10:4 & so ᵐ5L 1 Samuel 31:4 b), see also Zechariah 12:10 (compare John 19:37).
Niph`al Imperfect יִדָּקֵר be pierced through, slain Isaiah 13:15 (in conquest of Babylonian by Medes).
Pu`al Participle plural מְדֻקָּרִים pierced, riddled, (i.e. desperately wounded) warriors, Jeremiah 37:10, slain 51:4 ("" חללים); by hunger Lamentations 4:9 ("" רָעָב חַלְלֵי).