H1856 H1856
To pierce or thrust through fatally with a weapon; in passive forms, to be pierced, slain, or fatally wounded.
A verb of violent piercing -- the fatal thrust of spear or sword that ends a life. Phinehas drives his spear through the Israelite man and Midianite woman (Num 25:8), Abimelech begs his armor-bearer to 'thrust me through' to avoid the shame of death by a woman's hand (Judg 9:54), and Saul makes the same desperate request on Mount Gilboa (1 Sam 31:4). The passive forms describe the result: battlefield dead who lie 'pierced through' (Isa 13:15; Jer 51:4). Most strikingly, Zechariah 12:10 prophesies 'they shall look on me whom they have pierced' -- a text the Gospel of John applies directly to the crucifixion (John 19:37), giving this verb a profound messianic resonance across traditions.
Senses
1. pierce, thrust through — To pierce or thrust through with a weapon (Qal active), always describing a fatal or near-fatal stabbing. Phinehas pierces the transgressing couple (Num 25:8), Abimelech's armor-bearer thrusts him through at his request (Judg 9:54), and Saul asks the same of his own armor-bearer (1 Sam 31:4; 1 Chr 10:4). Zechariah 12:10 uses the Qal perfect in the messianic prophecy 'they shall look on me whom they have pierced' -- a text cited in John 19:37. Spanish 'traspasar/atravesar' and French 'percer' capture the sense of driving a weapon completely through the body. 7×
AR["طَعَنُوهُ", "فَـ-طَعَنَهُ", "وَ-اطعَنّي", "وَ-طَعَنَ", "وَ-يَطعَنوني", "وَ-يَطْعَنُونَهُ", "وَاطْعَنِّي"]·ben["এবং-তাকে-বিদ্ধ-করবে", "এবং-বিদ্ধ-কর-আমাকে", "এবং-বিদ্ধ-করবে-আমাকে", "এবং-বিদ্ধ-করল", "এবং-বিদ্ধ-করল-তাঁকে", "ও-বিদ্ধ-করো-আমাকে", "তারা-বিদ্ধ-করেছে"]·DE["[דקרו]", "[ודקרהו]", "[ודקרני]", "und-pierced-ihn", "und-thrust-durch", "und-thrust-mich-durch"]·EN["and-pierced-him", "and-thrust-me-through", "and-thrust-through", "and-will-pierce-him", "they-pierced"]·FR["[ודקרני]", "et-pierced-lui", "et-thrust-moi-à-travers", "et-thrust-à-travers", "et-transpercer", "transpercer"]·heb["דקרו", "ו-דקר-ני", "ו-דקרהו", "ו-דקרו-ני", "ו-דקרוהו", "ו-דקרני-י", "ו-ידקר"]·HI["उन्होंने-भेदा", "और-छेद-दे-मुझे", "और-छेद-देन-मुझे", "और-छेद-मुझे", "और-छेदा-उसे", "और-भोंका", "और-वे-उसे-भेदेंगे"]·ID["dan-menikam", "dan-menikamnya", "dan-mereka-akan-menikam-dia", "dan-mereka-menikamku", "dan-tikam-aku", "dan-tusuklah-aku", "mereka-tikam"]·IT["[דקרו]", "[ודקרהו]", "[ודקרני]", "e-pierced-lui", "e-thrust-attraverso", "e-trapassò-me-attraverso"]·jav["lan-nusuk", "lan-nyuduk-piyambakipun", "lan-suduk-kula", "lan-tusu-kawula", "nyuduk"]·KO["그리고-찔러라-나를", "그리고-찔렀다", "그리고-찔렀다-그를", "그리고-찔르고-나를", "그리고-찔으리라-그를", "찔른"]·PT["E-traspassou-o", "e-atravessa-me", "e-atravessarem-me", "e-transpassarão-no", "e-traspassou", "transpassaram"]·RU["И-пронзил-его", "и-проколи-меня", "и-прокололи-меня", "и-пронзи-меня", "и-пронзил", "и-пронзят-его", "пронзили"]·ES["traspasaron", "y-atravesó", "y-atraviésame", "y-lo-atravesó", "y-lo-traspasarán", "y-me-atraviesen", "y-traspásame"]·SW["na-akamchoma", "na-akawachoma", "na-unichome", "na-wanichome", "na-watamchoma", "walimchoma"]·TR["deldikleri", "ve-del-beni", "ve-deldi", "ve-deldi-onu", "ve-delecekler-beni", "ve-deşecekler-onu", "ve-öldür-beni"]·urd["اور-چھید-مجھے", "اور-چھیدا", "اور-چھیدا-اُسے", "اور-چھیدیں-مجھے", "اور-چھیدیں-گے-اُسے", "چھیدا"]
2. be pierced, be wounded — To be pierced or fatally wounded (Pual participle and Niphal), describing those who have been stabbed through and lie slain. Isaiah 13:15 prophesies that in Babylon's fall 'everyone found will be thrust through,' and Jeremiah 51:4 uses the same language for casualties in Chaldean streets. Lamentations 4:9 contrasts those 'pierced by the sword' with those who die of famine -- the pierced are considered more fortunate. The passive forms emphasize the resulting state of the victim rather than the attacker's action. 4×
AR["مَطْعُونُونَ", "مَطْعُونِينَ", "وَمَطْعُونِينَ", "يُطْعَنُ"]·ben["এবং-বিদ্ধরা", "ক্ষতবিক্ষত", "বিদ্ধ-হবে", "বিদ্ধ-হয়ে"]·DE["[ומדקרים]", "[ידקר]", "[מדקרים]"]·EN["and-the-pierced", "pierced-through", "will-be-pierced", "wounded"]·FR["[ומדקרים]", "[ידקר]", "[מדקרים]"]·heb["ו-מדוקרים", "יידקר", "מדוקרים"]·HI["और-बेधे-हुए", "घायल", "छेदे-हुए", "बेधा-जाएगा"]·ID["dan-yang-tertikam", "ditikam", "tertusuk", "yang-tertikam"]·IT["[ומדקרים]", "[ידקר]", "[מדקרים]"]·jav["badhé-katusuk", "ingkang-tatu", "katubles", "lan-ingkang-tinusuk"]·KO["그리고-찔린-자들이", "산물들-에서", "찔리고", "찔린"]·PT["e-apunhalados", "se-esvaem", "será-traspassado", "traspassados"]·RU["будет-пронзён", "и-пронзённые", "пронзённые", "раненые"]·ES["heridos", "será-traspasado", "traspasados", "y-alanceados"]·SW["atachomwa", "na-waliochomwa", "wakichomwa", "waliojeruhiwa"]·TR["delinecek", "delinmiş", "ve-deşilmişler", "yaralı"]·urd["اور-چھیدے-ہوئے", "زخمی", "چھیدا-جائے-گا", "چھیدے-ہوئے"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H0935 1. come, arrive (Qal) (2413×)G1473 1. first person singular pronoun (2084×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)H3318 1. Qal: go out, depart, come forth (891×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H7725 1. to return, come/go back (Qal) (874×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)H5927 1. go up, ascend (Qal) (779×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† דָּקַר vb. pierce, pierce through (NH id., Aramaic דְּקַר, ܕܩܰܪ )— Qal Pf. 3 pl. דָּקָ֑רוּ Zc 12:10; sf. וּדְקָרֻנִי consec. 1 S 31:4, וּדְקָרֻהוּ consec. Zc 13:3; Impf. וַיִּדְקֹר Nu 25:8, וַיִּדְקְרֵהוּ Ju 9:54—pierce, run through (always c. acc.): as retributive act, Israelite and Midianit. woman Nu 25:8; false prophet Zc 13:3; but also as speedy death Ju 9:54 (Abimelech); 1 S 31:4a (Saul) =…