אִכָּר
ik.kar
farmer
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Hebrew word "ikkar" (H0406) is primarily defined as a farmer. This occupation is directly tied to the semantic domain of agriculture and land, indicating its core meaning revolves around cultivating and working with the earth. This word appears 7 times in the Bible, suggesting it holds some degree of importance or relevance within its respective contexts. The relatively limited occurrences imply "ikkar" is a specialized term, and its usage may be situation-specific. As a farmer, "ikkar" represents a distinct profession within the agricultural sector, possibly signifying someone engaged in specific aspects of farming, such as planting, harvesting, or tending to crops.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
7 total occurrences across the text
He built towers in the wilderness, and dug out many cisterns, for he had much livestock; in the lowland also, and in the plain. He had farmers and vineyard keepers in the mountains and in the fruitful fields, for he loved farming.
Isaiah 61:5Strangers will stand and feed your flocks. Foreigners will work your fields and your vineyards.
Jeremiah 14:4Because of the ground which is cracked, because no rain has been in the land, the plowmen are disappointed. They cover their heads.
Jeremiah 31:24Judah and all its cities will dwell therein together, the farmers, and those who go about with flocks.
Jeremiah 51:23With you I will break in pieces the shepherd and his flock. With you I will break in pieces the farmer and his yoke. With you I will break in pieces governors and deputies.
Joel 1:11Be confounded, you farmers! Wail, you vineyard keepers; for the wheat and for the barley; for the harvest of the field has perished.
Amos 5:16Therefore Yahweh, the God of Armies, the Lord, says: “Wailing will be in all the wide ways; and they will say in all the streets, ‘Alas! Alas!’ and they will call the farmer to mourning, and those who are skillful in lamentation to wailing.