Why abodest thou among the sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings of the flocks? For the divisions of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.
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חֵקֶר
H2714 · chêqer · khay'-ker · Hebrew
Strong’s definition
examination, enumeration, deliberation
KJV usage
finding out, number, (un-) search(-able, -ed, out, -ing).
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Mapped occurrences
For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers:
Which doeth great things past finding out; yea, and wonders without number.
Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?
He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their stead.
Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.
Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?
Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable.
The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings is unsearchable.
It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.
Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.