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Lexicon :: Strong's H3920 - lāḵaḏ

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לָכַד
Transliteration
lāḵaḏ
Pronunciation
law-kad'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1115

Strong’s Definitions

לָכַד lâkad, 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:—× at all, catch (self), be frozen, be holden, stick together, take.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 121x

The KJV translates Strong's H3920 in the following manner: take (112x), catch (5x), at all (1x), frozen (1x), holden (1x), stick together (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 121x
The KJV translates Strong's H3920 in the following manner: take (112x), catch (5x), at all (1x), frozen (1x), holden (1x), stick together (1x).
  1. to capture, take, seize

    1. (Qal)

      1. to capture, seize

      2. to capture (of men) (fig.)

      3. to take (by lot)

    2. (Niphal)

      1. to be captured

      2. to be caught (of men in trap, snare) (fig.)

    3. (Hithpael) to grasp each other

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
לָכַד lâkad, 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:—× at all, catch (self), be frozen, be holden, stick together, take.
STRONGS H3920: Abbreviations
לָכַד 121 verb capture, seize, take (by lot) (Phoenician לכד take out, choose (?); Targum לְכַד as Biblical Hebrew; Arabic bdb053907 is strike, push, with the hand, etc., bdb053908 pestle, compare modern bdb053909 attack WetzstZMG xxii. 1868, 140; bdb054001 stick or cleave to); —
Qal Perfect ל׳ Joshua 8:1 +, לָכַדְתִּי 2 Samuel 12:27 etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִלְכּוֺד Amos 3:5; וַיִּלְכֹּד Judges 8:12 +, etc.; Imperative masculine singular suffix לָכְדָהּ 2 Samuel 12:28, masculine plural לִכְדוּ; Infinitive absolute לָכוֺד Amos 3:5; construct suffix לְלָכְדֵנִי Jeremiah 18:22, לְלָכְדָהּ Jeremiah 32:24; Participle לֹכֵד Job 5:13; Proverbs 16:32; —
1. capture, seize (not in P) with accusative, usually a city or town, in war Judges 1:8, 12; Joshua 8:21; Joshua 10:1 (JE), Deuteronomy 2:35 + 48 times (but Judges 1:18 strike out as gloss Bu Kit GFM and others); land Joshua 10:42 (D), Daniel 11:18; water-courses (fords), Judges 3:28; Judges 7:24 (twice in verse); Judges 12:8; object men (usually princes, kings) in battle Judges 7:25; Judges 8:12, 14; Joshua 11:12, 17 (D), 2 Chronicles 22:9; 33:11; captives and spoils 2 Samuel 8:4 = 1 Chronicles 18:4; of Saul's seizing the kingdom (הַמְּלוּכָה), i.e. acquiring it actually by force of arms 1 Samuel 14:47; also of Samson's catching the foxes Judges 15:4; of a lion catching his prey Amos 3:4; of a trap, snare, לָכוֺד יִלְכּוֺד Amos 3:5.
†2. figurative of entrapping men Jeremiah 5:26; Psalm 35:8, compare Proverbs 5:22; Job 5:13 and (of a pit) Jeremiah 18:22.
†3. of taking by lot Joshua 7:14 (3 times in verse); Joshua 7:17 (J E; see Niph. 3).
Niph. Perfect נִלְכַּד Lamentations 4:20; 3rd person feminine singular נִלְכְּדָה 1 Kings 16:18 +, etc.; Imperfect יִלָּכֵד Isaiah 24:18; Jeremiah 48:44; יִלָּ֫כֶד כָּהּ Ecclesiastes 7:26; וַיִּלָּכֵד Joshua 7:16 +, etc.; Participle נִלְכָּד Joshua 7:15; —
1. be captured in war, of city 1 Kings 16:18; 2 Kings 18:10; Jeremiah 38:28 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 48:1, 41; Jeremiah 50:2, 9, 24; Jeremiah 51:31, 41; Zechariah 14:2; of men Jeremiah 51:56; Lamentations 4:20 (compare Qal 1).
2. of men, be caught, namely, in a snare or trap, only figurative, usually by divine judgment Isaiah 8:15; Isaiah 24:18; Isaiah 28:13; Psalm 9:16; Psalm 59:13; Proverbs 6:2; Proverbs 11:6; Jeremiah 6:11; Jeremiah 8:9; so of Moab Jeremiah 48:7, 44; of being ensnared by a woman Ecclesiastes 7:26; of being caught by cords of distress, בְּחַבְלֵי עֹ֑נִי, Job 36:8.
3. be taken by lot Joshua 7:15, 16, 17, 18 (all J E), 1 Samuel 10:20, 21 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 14:41, 42 (compare Qal 3).
Hithp. Imperfect 3rd person masculine plural; יִתְפָּרָ֑דוּ וְלֹא יִתְלַכְּדוּ Job 41:9 they grasp each other, and cannot be separated, of crocodile's scales (|| אִישׁ בְּאָחִיהוּ יְדֻבָּ֑קוּ); יִתְלַכָּ֑דוּ תְהוֺם פְּנֵי Job 38:30 the face of the deep compacts (of freezing; || כָּאֶבֶן מַיִם יִתְחַבָּ֑אוּ; verbs transposed, plausibly, by Me Bi Siegf Bu).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Deuteronomy

2:35

Joshua

7:14; 7:15; 7:15; 7:16; 7:16; 7:17; 7:17; 7:18; 8:1; 8:21; 10:1; 10:42; 11:12; 11:17

Judges

1:8; 1:12; 1:18; 3:28; 7:24; 7:25; 8:12; 8:12; 8:14; 12:8; 15:4

1 Samuel

10:20; 10:21; 14:41; 14:42; 14:47

2 Samuel

8:4; 12:27; 12:28

1 Kings

16:18; 16:18

2 Kings

18:10

1 Chronicles

18:4

2 Chronicles

22:9; 33:11

Job

5:13; 5:13; 36:8; 38:30; 41:9

Psalms

9:16; 35:8; 59:13

Proverbs

5:22; 6:2; 11:6; 16:32

Ecclesiastes

7:26; 7:26

Isaiah

8:15; 24:18; 24:18; 28:13

Jeremiah

5:26; 6:11; 8:9; 18:22; 18:22; 32:24; 38:28; 48:1; 48:7; 48:41; 48:44; 48:44; 50:2; 50:9; 50:24; 51:31; 51:41; 51:56

Lamentations

4:20; 4:20

Daniel

11:18

Amos

3:4; 3:5; 3:5; 3:5

Zechariah

14:2

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3920 matches the Hebrew לָכַד (lāḵaḏ),
which occurs 121 times in 112 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 3 (2Sa 12:28–Jer 50:2)

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:28 - “Now then, gather the rest of the people and camp opposite the city and capture H3920 it, or I will capture H3920 the city myself and it will be named after me.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:29 - So David gathered all the people and went to Rabbah, and he fought against it and captured H3920 it.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:16 - For Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up and overthrown H3920 Gezer and burned it with fire, and killed the Canaanites who lived in the city; and he had given it as a dowry to his daughter, Solomon’s wife.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:18 - When Zimri saw that the city was taken H3920, he went into the citadel of the king’s house and burned the king’s house over himself with fire, and died,
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:17 -

Then Hazael the king of Aram went up and fought against Gath and captured H3920 it, and Hazael [fn]was intent on going up against Jerusalem.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:6 - In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured H3920 Samaria and led the people of Israel into exile to Assyria, and settled them in Halah and Habor, on the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:10 - And at the end of three years they captured H3920 it; in the sixth year of Hezekiah, which was the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was captured H3920.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:5 - The inhabitants of Jebus said to David, “You shall not enter here.” Nevertheless David took H3920 the mountain stronghold of Zion (that is, the city of David).
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:4 - David took H3920 from him a thousand chariots and seven thousand horsemen and twenty thousand foot soldiers, and David hamstrung almost all the chariot horses, but left enough of them for a hundred chariots.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:4 - And he captured H3920 the fortified cities of Judah and came as far as Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:19 - Abijah pursued Jeroboam and captured H3920 from him several cities, Bethel with its villages, Jeshanah with its villages, and [fn]Ephron with its villages.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:8 -

Now when Asa heard these words and the [fn]prophecy which Azariah the son of Oded the prophet spoke, he took courage and removed the abominable idols from all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and from the cities which he had captured H3920 in the hill country of Ephraim. He then restored the altar of the LORD which was in front of the porch of the LORD.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:2 - He placed troops in all the fortified cities of Judah, and placed garrisons in the land of Judah and in the cities of Ephraim which his father Asa had captured H3920.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:9 - He also searched for Ahaziah, and they caught H3920 him while he was hiding in Samaria; they brought him to Jehu, put him to death, and buried him. For they said, “He is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought the LORD with all his heart.” So there was no one of the house of Ahaziah to retain the power of the kingdom.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:18 - The Philistines had also invaded the cities of the [fn]lowland and of the Negev of Judah, and had taken H3920 Beth-shemesh, Aijalon, Gederoth, and Soco with its villages, Timnah with its villages, and Gimzo with its villages; and they had settled there.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:18 - They called this out with a loud voice in the language of Judah to the people of Jerusalem who were on the wall, to frighten and terrify them, so that they might take H3920 the city.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:11 - Therefore the LORD brought the commanders of the army of the king of Assyria against them, and they captured H3920 Manasseh with hooks, bound him with bronze chains, and led him to Babylon.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:25 -

“They captured H3920 fortified cities and a [fn]fertile land.

They took possession of houses full of every good thing,

Carved out cisterns, vineyards, olive groves,

Fruit trees in abundance.

So they ate, were filled and put on fat,

And lived luxuriously in Your great goodness.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:13 -

“He captures H3920 the wise by their own cleverness,

And the advice of the cunning is quickly thwarted.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:8 -

“And if they are bound in shackles,

And are caught H3920 in the snares of misery,

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:30 -

“Water [fn]becomes hard like stone,

And the surface of the deep is imprisoned H3920.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:17 -

“They are joined one to another;

They clasp H3920 each other and cannot be separated.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:15 -

The nations have sunk down into the pit which they have made;

In the net which they hid, their own foot has been caught H3920.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:8 -

Let destruction come upon him when he is unaware,

And let the net which he hid catch H3920 him;

Let him fall into that very destruction.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:12 -

[fn]On account of the sin of their mouths and the words of their lips,

May they even be caught H3920 in their pride,

And on account of curses and lies which they tell.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:22 -

His own wrongdoings will trap H3920 the wicked,

And he will be held by the ropes of his sin.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:2 -

If you have been ensnared by the words of your mouth,

Or caught H3920 by the words of your mouth,

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:6 -

The righteousness of the upright will rescue them,

But the treacherous will be caught H3920 by their own greed.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:32 -

One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty,

And one who rules his spirit, than one who captures H3920 a city.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:26 - And I discovered as more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, whose hands are chains. One who is pleasing to God will escape from her, but the sinner will be captured H3920 by her.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:15 -

“Many will stumble over them,

Then they will fall and be broken;

They will be snared and caught H3920.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:1 -

In the year that the [fn]commander came to Ashdod, when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him and he fought against Ashdod and captured H3920 it,

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:18 -

Then it will be that the one who flees the sound of terror will fall into the pit,

And the one who [fn]climbs out of the pit will be caught H3920 in the snare;

For the windows [fn]above are opened, and the foundations of the earth shake.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:13 -

So the word of the LORD to them will be,

[fn]Order on order, order on order,

Line on line, line on line,

A little here, a little there,”

That they may go and stumble backward, be broken, snared, and taken H3920 captive H3920.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:26 -

‘For wicked people are found among My people,

They watch like fowlers [fn]lying in wait;

They set a trap,

They catch H3920 people.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:11 -

But I am full of the wrath of the LORD;

I am weary of holding it in.

“Pour it out on the children in the street

And on the [fn]gathering of young men together;

For both husband and wife shall be taken H3920,

The old [fn]and the very old.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:9 -

“The wise men are put to shame,

They are dismayed and caught H3920;

Behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD,

So what kind of wisdom do they have?

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:22 -

May a cry be heard from their houses

When You suddenly bring raiders upon them;

For they have dug a pit to capture H3920 me

And hidden snares for my feet.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:3 - because Zedekiah king of Judah had imprisoned him, saying, “Why do you prophesy, saying, ‘This is what the LORD says: “Behold, I am going to hand this city over to the king of Babylon, and he will take H3920 it;
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:24 - ‘Behold, the assault ramps have reached the city to take H3920 it; and the city has been handed over to the Chaldeans who fight against it, because of the sword, the famine, and the plague; and what You have spoken has come to pass; and behold, You see it.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:28 - Therefore this is what the LORD says: “Behold, I am going to hand this city over to the Chaldeans and to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he will take H3920 it.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:22 - ‘Behold, I am going to give a command,’ declares the LORD, ‘and I will bring them back to this city, and they will fight against it and take H3920 it and burn it with fire; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation without inhabitant.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:8 - “Then the Chaldeans will return and fight against this city, and they will capture H3920 it and burn it with fire.”’
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:3 - “This is what the LORD says: ‘This city will certainly be handed over to the army of the king of Babylon and he will capture H3920 it.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:28 - So Jeremiah stayed in the courtyard of the guard until the day that Jerusalem was captured H3920.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:1 -

Concerning Moab. This is what the LORD of armies, the God of Israel says:

“Woe to Nebo, for it has been destroyed;

Kiriathaim has been put to shame, it has been captured H3920;

The high stronghold has been put to shame and [fn]shattered.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:7 -

“For because of your trust in your own achievements and treasures,

You yourself will also be captured H3920;

And Chemosh will go off into exile

Together with his priests and his leaders.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:41 -

“Kerioth has been captured H3920

And the strongholds have been seized,

So the hearts of the warriors of Moab on that day

Will be like the heart of a woman in labor.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:44 -

“The one who flees from the terror

Will fall into the pit,

And the one who climbs up out of the pit

Will be caught H3920 in the snare;

For I will bring upon her, upon Moab,

The year of their punishment,” declares the LORD.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:2 -

“Declare and proclaim among the nations.

Proclaim it and lift up a flag,

Do not conceal it. Say,

‘Babylon has been captured H3920,

Bel has been put to shame, [fn]Marduk has been [fn]shattered;

Her idols have been put to shame, her images have been shattered.’


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