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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

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sur'-chingz (chiqre (lebh), from chaqar, to "search," "explore," "examine thoroughly"): In the song of Deborah the Reubenites are taunted because their great resolves of heart, chiqeqe lebh, led to nothing but great "searchings" of heart, chiqre lebh, and no activity other than to remain among their flocks (Judges 5:15 f). The first of the two Hebrew expressions so emphatically contrasted (though questioned by commentators on the authority of 5 manuscripts as a corruption of the second) can with reasonable certainty be interpreted "acts prescribed by one's understanding" (compare the expressions chakham lebh, nebhon lebh, in which the heart is looked upon as the seat of the understanding). The second expression may mean either irresolution or hesitation based on selfish motives, as the heart was also considered the seat of the feelings, or answerability to God (compare Jeremiah 17:10 Proverbs 25:3); this rendering would explain the form liphelaghoth in Judges 5:16, literally, `for the water courses of Reuben, great the searchings of heart!'

Nathan Isaacs

Strong's Hebrew

2714. cheqer -- a searching, a thing (to be) searched out
... a searching, a thing (to be) searched out NASB Word Usage depths (1), inquiry (1),
inscrutable* (1), recesses (1), search (1), searchings (1), things (1 ...
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Library

For Nothing is Effected by Fiction and Invention, by any Contrived ...
... [Way-2-93] For nothing is effected by fiction and invention, by any contrived
arts or searchings of� For nothing is effected by ...
/.../law/the way to divine knowledge/way-2-93 for nothing is effected.htm

Psalm LXIV.
... Hear the words following. 9. "They have searched out iniquity, they have failed,
searching searchings" (ver.6): that is, deadly and acute designs. ...
/.../augustine/exposition on the book of psalms/psalm lxiv.htm

Recreant Reuben
... At the watercourses of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.'"Judges 5:16
(RV). I. The fight. The warfare is ever repeated, though in new forms. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture f/recreant reuben.htm

"This Then is the Message which we have Heard of Him, and Declare ...
... communion with him. Let us take this rule, then, to measure all our searchings
after God, and inquirings into him. Certainly there ...
/.../binning/the works of the rev hugh binning/sermon xi this then is.htm

The Future State a Self-Conscious State.
... his Maker; and the most exhaustive self-knowledge and self-consciousness is to be
found, not in the schools of secular philosophy but, in the searchings of the ...
/.../shedd/sermons to the natural man/the future state a self-conscious 2.htm

The Well-Beloved's vineyard.
... demands. Considering our privileges, advantages, and opportunities, I fear
that many of us have need to feel great searchings of heart. ...
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Reconstruction.
... people exhausted, impoverished, disorganized, conscious of having come into possession
of a national existence, and stirred with anxious searchings of heart ...
/.../bacon/a history of american christianity/chapter xiii reconstruction.htm

Prov. 22:06 the Duties of Parents
... Reader, these things may well give rise to great searchings of heart. Suffer then
a word of exhortation from a minister, about the right training of children. ...
/.../the upper room being a few truths for the times/chapter xvi prov 22 6 the.htm

Tit. 2:06 Thoughts for Young Men
... Which part of his congregation fills him with most anxiety? Who are the
Reubens for whom he has the deepest "searchings of heart"! ...
/.../chapter xix tit 2 6 thoughts.htm

Twenty-Second Day. Holy Zeal.
... Others may call such jealous searchings of spirit "sanctimoniousness" and "enthusiasm."
But remember, to be almost saved, is to be altogether lost!"to be ...
/.../macduff/the mind of jesus/twenty-second day holy zeal.htm

Thesaurus

Searchings (2 Occurrences)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia SEARCHINGS. sur'-chingz (chiqre ... Isaacs.
Multi-Version Concordance Searchings (2 Occurrences). Judges 5 ...
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Searching (111 Occurrences)
... In Reuben there were divisions, and great searchings of heart. (Root in BBE DBY
RSV NIV). ... At the watercourses of Reuben There were great searchings of heart. ...
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Heart-searchings (1 Occurrence)
Heart-searchings. Heart's, Heart-searchings. Hearty . Multi-Version
Concordance Heart-searchings (1 Occurrence). Psalms ...
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Lowings (1 Occurrence)
... Judges 5:16 Why hast thou abode between the boundaries, To hear lowings of herds?
For the divisions of Reuben, Great 'are' the searchings of heart! (YLT). ...
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Watercourses (14 Occurrences)
... Judges 5:16 Why did you sit among the sheepfolds, To hear the whistling for the
flocks? At the watercourses of Reuben There were great searchings of heart. ...
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Whistling (4 Occurrences)
... Judges 5:16 Why did you sit among the sheepfolds, To hear the whistling for the
flocks? At the watercourses of Reuben There were great searchings of heart. ...
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Is'sachar (40 Occurrences)
... they rushed forth at his heels. Among the clans of Reuben there were great
searchings of heart. (DBY RSV). Judges 10:1 After Abim ...
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Rushing (61 Occurrences)
... went rushing out at his feet. In Reuben there were divisions, and great
searchings of heart. (BBE NIV). Judges 14:5 Then Samson went ...
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Districts (22 Occurrences)
... Judges 5:16 Why did you sit among the sheepfolds, To hear the whistling for the
flocks? At the watercourses of Reuben There were great searchings of heart. ...
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Deb'orah (10 Occurrences)
... his heels. Among the clans of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.
(DBY RSV). Deborah, Deb'orah. Debris . Reference Bible.
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Bible Concordance

Searchings (2 Occurrences)

Judges 5:15 Your chiefs, Issachar, were with Deborah; and Naphtali was true to Barak; into the valley they went rushing out at his feet. In Reuben there were divisions, and great searchings of heart.
(BBE DBY RSV)

Judges 5:16 Why did you sit among the sheepfolds, To hear the whistling for the flocks? At the watercourses of Reuben There were great searchings of heart.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Subtopics

Searchings

Related Terms

Searching (111 Occurrences)

Heart-searchings (1 Occurrence)

Lowings (1 Occurrence)

Watercourses (14 Occurrences)

Whistling (4 Occurrences)

Is'sachar (40 Occurrences)

Rushing (61 Occurrences)

Districts (22 Occurrences)

Deb'orah (10 Occurrences)