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It is often used in the context of exploring or examining something deeply, whether it be the depths of the earth, the mysteries of God, or the intentions of the heart. The term conveys a sense of thoroughness and diligence in seeking understanding or knowledge.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Israel, the concept of searching or investigating was integral to both religious and daily life. The Israelites were encouraged to seek wisdom and understanding, particularly in their relationship with God. The act of searching was not merely intellectual but also spiritual, as it involved seeking God's will and understanding His creation. The Hebrew culture valued wisdom and knowledge, often associating them with righteousness and a life well-lived.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from <a href="/hebrew/2713.htm">chaqar</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>a searching, a thing (to be) searched out<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>depths (1), inquiry (1), inscrutable* (1), recesses (1), search (1), searchings (1), things (1), things searched (1), unfathomable* (1), unsearchable* (4).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> <font class="hebrew2">חֵ֫קֶר</font> <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>noun masculine</b></font><sup>Judges 5:16</sup> <font size="+1"><b>searching, thing (to be) searched out</b></font>; — absolute <font class="hebrew2">חֵ֫קֶר</font> <a href="/interlinear/job/5-9.htm">Job 5:9</a> 8t.; construct <em>id.</em> <a href="/interlinear/job/8-8.htm">Job 8:8</a> 2t.; plural construct <font class="hebrew2">חִקְרֵי</font> <a href="/interlinear/judges/5-16.htm">Judges 5:16</a>; — <font class="hebrew2">חִקְרֵי לֵב</font> <a href="/interlinear/judges/5-16.htm">Judges 5:16</a> <em>searchings, questionings of heart</em>; <a href="/interlinear/job/11-7.htm">Job 11:7</a> canst thou reach <font class="hebrew2">אֱלוֺהַּ</font> <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">ח</font> i.e. what is to be explored in him, the whole range of his nature, so <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">ח</font> <font class="hebrew2">תהום</font> <a href="/interlinear/job/38-16.htm">Job 38:16</a> the range of the deep; especially <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">אֵין ח</font> i.e. <em>it is unsearchable</em> <a href="/interlinear/job/5-9.htm">Job 5:9</a>; <a href="/interlinear/job/9-10.htm">Job 9:10</a>; <a href="/interlinear/psalms/145-3.htm">Psalm 145:3</a>; <a href="/interlinear/proverbs/25-3.htm">Proverbs 25:3</a>; <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/40-28.htm">Isaiah 40:28</a>, compare <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">לא ח</font> <a href="/interlinear/job/34-24.htm">Job 34:24</a>; <a href="/interlinear/job/36-26.htm">Job 36:26</a>; <font class="hebrew2">אבותם</font> <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">ח</font> <a href="/interlinear/job/8-8.htm">Job 8:8</a> i.e. thing searched out by their fathers. <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>finding out, number, unsearchable, <p>From <a href="/hebrew/2713.htm">chaqar</a>; examination, enumeration, deliberation -- finding out, number, (un-)search(-able, -ed, out, -ing). <p>see HEBREW <a href="/hebrew/2713.htm">chaqar</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>הַחֵ֣קֶר החקר וְחֵ֖קֶר וּבְחֵ֥קֶר ובחקר וחקר חִקְרֵי־ חֵ֑קֶר חֵ֖קֶר חֵֽקֶר׃ חקר חקר׃ חקרי־ לְחֵ֣קֶר לחקר Cheker chikrei ha·ḥê·qer haCheker haḥêqer ḥê·qer ḥêqer ḥiq·rê- ḥiqrê- lə·ḥê·qer leCheker ləḥêqer ū·ḇə·ḥê·qer ūḇəḥêqer uveCheker veCheker wə·ḥê·qer wəḥêqer<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/judges/5-16.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Judges 5:16</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/judges/5.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">רְאוּבֵ֔ן גְּדוֹלִ֖ים <b> חִקְרֵי־ </b> לֵֽב׃ </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/judges/5.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> [There were] great <span class="itali">searchings</span> of heart.<br><a href="/kjvs/judges/5.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> [there were] great <span class="itali">searchings</span> of heart.<br><a href="/interlinear/judges/5-16.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> of Reuben great <span class="itali">searchings</span> of heart<p><b><a href="/text/job/5-9.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Job 5:9</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/job/5.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">גְ֭דֹלוֹת וְאֵ֣ין <b> חֵ֑קֶר </b> נִ֝פְלָא֗וֹת עַד־</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/job/5.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and unsearchable <span class="itali"> things,</span> Wonders<br><a href="/interlinear/job/5-9.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> great else <span class="itali">things</span> Wonders against<p><b><a href="/text/job/8-8.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Job 8:8</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/job/8.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">רִישׁ֑וֹן וְ֝כוֹנֵ֗ן <b> לְחֵ֣קֶר </b> אֲבוֹתָֽם׃ </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/job/8.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> And consider <span class="itali">the things searched</span> out by their fathers.<br><a href="/kjvs/job/8.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and prepare <span class="itali">thyself to the search</span> of their fathers:<br><a href="/interlinear/job/8-8.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> of past and consider <span class="itali">the things</span> their fathers<p><b><a href="/text/job/9-10.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Job 9:10</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/job/9.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">עַד־ אֵ֣ין <b> חֵ֑קֶר </b> וְנִפְלָא֗וֹת עַד־</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/job/9.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> great things, <span class="itali">unfathomable,</span> And wondrous works<br><a href="/kjvs/job/9.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> past <span class="itali">finding out;</span> yea, and wonders<br><a href="/interlinear/job/9-10.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> against past <span class="itali">out</span> and wondrous against<p><b><a href="/text/job/11-7.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Job 11:7</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/job/11.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> <b> הַחֵ֣קֶר </b> אֱל֣וֹהַ תִּמְצָ֑א</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/job/11.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> Can you discover <span class="itali">the depths</span> of God?<br><a href="/kjvs/job/11.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> <span class="itali">Canst thou by searching</span> find out God?<br><a href="/interlinear/job/11-7.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> <span class="itali">the depths</span> God discover<p><b><a href="/text/job/34-24.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Job 34:24</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/job/34.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">כַּבִּירִ֣ים לֹא־ <b> חֵ֑קֶר </b> וַיַּעֲמֵ֖ד אֲחֵרִ֣ים</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/job/34.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> without <span class="itali">inquiry,</span> And sets<br><a href="/kjvs/job/34.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> mighty men <span class="itali">without number,</span> and set<br><a href="/interlinear/job/34-24.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> mighty without <span class="itali">inquiry</span> and sets others<p><b><a href="/text/job/36-26.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Job 36:26</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/job/36.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">שָׁנָ֣יו וְלֹא־ <b> חֵֽקֶר׃ </b> </span><br><a href="/kjvs/job/36.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> of his years <span class="itali">be searched out.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/job/36-26.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> of his years be searched <span class="itali">out</span><p><b><a href="/text/job/38-16.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Job 38:16</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/job/38.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">נִבְכֵי־ יָ֑ם <b> וּבְחֵ֥קֶר </b> תְּ֝ה֗וֹם הִתְהַלָּֽכְתָּ׃</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/job/38.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> Or walked <span class="itali">in the recesses</span> of the deep?<br><a href="/kjvs/job/38.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> or hast thou walked <span class="itali">in the search</span> of the depth?<br><a href="/interlinear/job/38-16.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the springs of the sea <span class="itali">the recesses</span> confusion walked<p><b><a href="/text/psalms/145-3.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Psalm 145:3</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/psalms/145.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וְ֝לִגְדֻלָּת֗וֹ אֵ֣ין <b> חֵֽקֶר׃ </b> </span><br><a href="/kjvs/psalms/145.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and his greatness <span class="itali">[is] unsearchable.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/psalms/145-3.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> and his greatness else <span class="itali">unsearchable</span><p><b><a href="/text/proverbs/25-3.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Proverbs 25:3</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/proverbs/25.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">מְ֝לָכִ֗ים אֵ֣ין <b> חֵֽקֶר׃ </b> </span><br><a href="/kjvs/proverbs/25.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> of kings <span class="itali">[is] unsearchable.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/proverbs/25-3.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> of kings else <span class="itali">unsearchable</span><p><b><a href="/text/proverbs/25-27.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Proverbs 25:27</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/proverbs/25.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">לֹא־ ט֑וֹב <b> וְחֵ֖קֶר </b> כְּבֹדָ֣ם כָּבֽוֹד׃</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/proverbs/25.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> is it glory <span class="itali">to search</span> out one's own glory.<br><a href="/kjvs/proverbs/25.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> honey: <span class="itali">so [for men] to search</span> their own glory<br><a href="/interlinear/proverbs/25-27.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> Nor good <span class="itali">to search</span> glory glory<p><b><a href="/text/isaiah/40-28.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Isaiah 40:28</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/40.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">יִיגָ֑ע אֵ֥ין <b> חֵ֖קֶר </b> לִתְבוּנָתֽוֹ׃ </span><br><a href="/kjvs/isaiah/40.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> not, neither is weary? <span class="itali">[there is] no searching</span> of his understanding.<br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/40-28.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> tired no <span class="itali">searching</span> his understanding<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2714.htm">12 Occurrences</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2714.htm">Strong's Hebrew 2714<br>12 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/cheker_2714.htm">ḥê·qer — 7 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/chikrei_2714.htm">ḥiq·rê- — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/hacheker_2714.htm">ha·ḥê·qer — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/lecheker_2714.htm">lə·ḥê·qer — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/uvecheker_2714.htm">ū·ḇə·ḥê·qer — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/vecheker_2714.htm">wə·ḥê·qer — 1 Occ.</a><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 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