- Original: חקר - Transliteration: Chaqar - Phonetic: khaw-kar' - Definition: 1. to search, search for, search out, examine, investigate a. (Qal) 1. to search (for) 2. to search through, explore 3. to examine thoroughly b. (Niphal) 1. to be searched out, be found out, be ascertained, be examined c. (Piel) to search out, seek out - Origin: a primitive root - TWOT entry: 729 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root; properly to penetrate; hence to examine intimately: - find out (make) search (out) seek (out) sound try. Total KJV Occurrences: 27 • out, 11 1 Kings 7:47; 2 Chronicles 4:18; Job 13:9; Job 28:3; Job 28:27; Job 29:16; Job 32:11; Proverbs 25:2; Proverbs 28:11; Ecclesiastes 12:9; Jeremiah 31:37 • search, 9 Deuteronomy 13:14; Judges 18:2(2); 2 Samuel 10:3; 1 Chronicles 19:3; Psalm 44:21; Psalm 139:23; Jeremiah 17:10; Ezekiel 39:14 • searched, 3 Job 5:27; Psalm 139:1; Jeremiah 46:23 • searcheth, 1 Proverbs 18:17 • seek, 1 Proverbs 23:30 • sounded, 1 1 Samuel 20:12 • try, 1 Lamentations 3:40