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H3947 · לָקַח

lâqach

Primary-Source Attested

Strong’s definition

to take (in the widest variety of applications)

KJV gloss list in the source

accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, [idiom] many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.

Source pronunciation notation: law-kakh'

Derivation recorded by Strong

a primitive root;

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