Hebrew word · Strong's H3947

לָקַח

lâqach · law-kakh' · verb · “to take, receive”

In a sentence

Laqach means to take or receive — and runs from the daily (taking a tool) to the climactic (God “taking” Enoch, the Messiah being given for us).

Laqach is to take — pick up, marry, fetch, receive. The Old Testament uses it everywhere ordinary life happens.

It also marks great moments: God “took” Enoch; God “took” the prophets to himself. The verb is quiet but capable of carrying weighty divine action.

Strong's reference

Definition: to take (in the widest variety of applications)

KJV usage: accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, [idiom] many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.

Reference gloss from Strong's Concordance (1890, public domain).

Key verses BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

Genesis 5:24 “Enoch walked with God, and then he was no more, because God had taken him away.” 2 Kings 2:1 “Shortly before the LORD took Elijah up to heaven in a whirlwind, Elijah and Elisha were on their way from Gilgal,” Genesis 2:22 “And from the rib that the LORD God had taken from the man, He made a woman and brought her to him.”

Original BibleDawn word study. Original-language data and the public-domain Strong's (1890) gloss are referenced; see sources.