עָקַר (ʿāqar) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning hamstring. It appears
7 times
in 6 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H6131).
Also rendered
to uproot
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1682)
Range of meaning (TWOT 1682)hamstring; pluck, exterminate; dig down, hough, pluck up, root up
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
עִקֵּרverb: hamstring
Piel denominative hamstring horses
Strong's H6131עָקַר: to pluck up (especially by the roots); specifically, to hamstring; figuratively, to exterminate KJV:dig down, hough, pluck up, root up.
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.