Lexical Definition

‎עָכַר‎ ʻâkar (aw-kar') to trouble ^H:V
a primitive root

trouble, stir.

• properly, to roil water
• figuratively, to disturb or affict

1) to trouble, stir up, disturb, make (someone) taboo
1a) (Qal) to disturb, trouble
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be disturbed, be stirred up
1b2) disturbance, calamity (participle)

See Greek: ἀνακαινίζω · ἀπαλλάσσω · ἀπόλλυμι · διαστρέφω · ἐξολοθρεύω · ὀλοθρεύω · τάραχος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎עָכַר‎ verb stir up, disturb, trouble (Late Hebrew id., make turbid; Arabic be turbid); —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎׳‎‎ע‎ 1Sam 14:29 2 masculine singular suffix ‎עֲכַרְתָּ֔נִי‎ Josh 7:25, etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular suffix ‎יַעְכָּרְךָ‎ vJosh 7:25 Participle ‎עֹכֵר‎ 1Kgs 18:17 + 3 t., ‎עוֺכֵר‎ 1Chr 2:7 plural suffix ‎עֹכְרָ֑י‎ Judg 11:35 — disturb, trouble, with accusative of person Gen 34:30 (J), Josh 6:18; Josh 7:25 (twice in verse) (all J E; vJosh 7:25 b subject ‎׳‎‎י‎), Judg 11:35 compare Prov 11:17 (opposed to ‎גֹּמֵל‎), vProv 11:29; Prov 15:27 (opposed to ‎חָיָה‎; ‎יִשְׂרָאֵל‎ ‎׳‎‎ע‎ 1Kgs 18:17; 1Kgs 18:18; 1Chr 2:7 (compare Josh 7:18 etc., above); ‎אֶתהָֿאָרֶץ‎ ‎׳‎‎ע‎ 1Sam 14:29. Niph`al Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎וּכְאֵבִי נֶעְכָּ֑ר‎ Ps 39:3* my pain was stirred up; Participle feminine ‎נֶעְכָּ֑רֶת‎ Prov 15:6 usually as abstract noun disturbance, calamity, but < read ‎וּתְבוּאַת רָשָׁע‎ [‎ה‎]‎נִכְרָ֑ת‎ the income of the wicked is cut off (Toy).

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