עָכַר
a.khar
“to trouble”
Definition
properly, to roil water; figuratively, to disturb or affict
a primitive root;
- 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)
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Occurrences
עָכַר appears 12 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
The son of Carmi:Achar, who brought trouble upon Israel by violating the ban on devoted things.
“I have not troubled Israel,” Elijah replied, “but you and your father’s house have, for you have forsaken the commandments of the LORD and have followed the Baals.
Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble upon me by making me a stench to the Canaanites and Perizzites, the people of this land. We are few in number; if they unite against me and attack me, I and my household will be destroyed.”
But keep away from the things devoted to destruction, lest you yourself be set apart for destruction. If you take any of these, you will set apart the camp of Israel for destruction and bring disaster upon it.
A kind man benefits himself,but a cruel man brings trouble on himself.
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