עָכַר
ʿākar
stir up
Strong's H5916VerbHebrewTWOT 1621

עָכַר (ʿākar) is a Hebrew verb meaning stir up. It appears 14 times in 8 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H5916).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1621)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1621)stir up, disturb, trouble; roil water, affict; stir
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

עָכַר verb: stir up, disturb, trouble

Strong's H5916 עָכַר: properly, to roil water; figuratively, to disturb or affict
KJV:trouble, stir.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

See it in Scripture

Genesis 34:30Joshua 6:18Judges 11:35

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