law-kad'
a primitive root; to catch (in a net, trap or pit);
generally, to capture or occupy; also to choose (by lot);
figuratively, to cohere:--X at all, catch (self), be frozen,
be holden, stick together, take.
Now the children [01121] of Judah [03063] had fought [03898] against Jerusalem [03389], and had taken [03920] it, and smitten [05221] it with the edge [06310] of the sword [02719], and set [07971] the city [05892] on fire [0784].
And Caleb [03612] said [0559], He that smiteth [05221] Kirjath–sepher [07158], and taketh [03920] it, to him will I give [05414] Achsah [05915] my daughter [01323] to wife [0802].
And Othniel [06274] the son [01121] of Kenaz [07073], Caleb's [03612] younger [06996] brother [0251], took [03920] it: and he gave [05414] him Achsah [05915] his daughter [01323] to wife [0802].
Also Judah [03063] took [03920] Gaza [05804] with the coast [01366] thereof, and Askelon [0831] with the coast [01366] thereof, and Ekron [06138] with the coast [01366] thereof.
And he said [0559] unto them, Follow [07291] after [0310] me: for the Lord [03068] hath delivered [05414] your enemies [0341] the Moabites [04124] into your hand [03027]. And they went down [03381] after [0310] him, and took [03920] the fords [04569] of Jordan [03383] toward Moab [04124], and suffered [05414] not a man [0376] to pass over [05674].
And Gideon [01439] sent [07971] messengers [04397] throughout all mount [02022] Ephraim [0669], saying [0559], Come down [03381] against [07125] the Midianites [04080], and take [03920] before them the waters [04325] unto Beth–barah [01012] and Jordan [03383]. Then all the men [0376] of Ephraim [0669] gathered themselves together [06817], and took [03920] the waters [04325] unto Beth–barah [01012] and Jordan [03383].
And they took [03920] two [08147] princes [08269] of the Midianites [04080], Oreb [06159] and Zeeb [02062]; and they slew [02026] Oreb [06159] upon the rock [06697] Oreb [06159], and Zeeb [02062] they slew [02026] at the winepress [03342] of Zeeb [02062], and pursued [07291] Midian [04080], and brought [0935] the heads [07218] of Oreb [06159] and Zeeb [02062] to Gideon [01439] on the other side [05676] Jordan [03383].
And when Zebah [02078] and Zalmunna [06759] fled [05127], he pursued [07291] after [0310] them, and took [03920] the two [08147] kings [04428] of Midian [04080], Zebah [02078] and Zalmunna [06759], and discomfited [02729] all the host [04264].discomfited: Heb. terrified
And caught [03920] a young man [05288] of the men [0582] of Succoth [05523], and enquired [07592] of him: and he described [03789] unto him the princes [08269] of Succoth [05523], and the elders [02205] thereof, even threescore and seventeen [07651] [07657] men [0376].described: Heb. writ
And Abimelech [040] fought [03898] against the city [05892] all that day [03117]; and he took [03920] the city [05892], and slew [02026] the people [05971] that was therein, and beat down [05422] the city [05892], and sowed [02232] it with salt [04417].
Then went [03212] Abimelech [040] to Thebez [08405], and encamped [02583] against Thebez [08405], and took [03920] it.
And the Gileadites [01568] took [03920] the passages [04569] of Jordan [03383] before the Ephraimites [0669]: and it was so, that when those Ephraimites [0669] which were escaped [06412] said [0559], Let me go over [05674]; that the men [0582] of Gilead [01568] said [0559] unto him, Art thou an Ephraimite [0673]? If he said [0559], Nay;
And Samson [08123] went [03212] and caught [03920] three [07969] hundred [03967] foxes [07776], and took [03947] firebrands [03940], and turned [06437] tail [02180] to tail [02180], and put [07760] a [0259] firebrand [03940] in the midst [08432] between two [08147] tails [02180].firebrands: or, torches