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Lexicon :: Strong's H5310 - nāp̄aṣ

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נָפַץ
Transliteration
nāp̄aṣ
Pronunciation
naw-fats'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1394

Strong’s Definitions

נָפַץ nâphats, naw-fats'; a primitive root; to dash to pieces, or scatter:—be beaten in sunder, break (in pieces), broken, dash (in pieces), cause to be discharged, dispersed, be overspread, scatter.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x

The KJV translates Strong's H5310 in the following manner: break in pieces (9x), scatter (3x), break (3x), dash (2x), discharged (1x), dispersed (1x), overspread (1x), dash in pieces (1x), sunder (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x
The KJV translates Strong's H5310 in the following manner: break in pieces (9x), scatter (3x), break (3x), dash (2x), discharged (1x), dispersed (1x), overspread (1x), dash in pieces (1x), sunder (1x).

  1. to shatter, break, dash, beat in pieces

    1. (Qal)

      1. to shatter

      2. shattering (infinitive)

    2. (Piel) to dash to pieces

    3. (Pual) to pulverise

  2. to scatter, disperse, overspread, be scattered

    1. (Qal)

      1. to be scattered

      2. dispersed (participle)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
נָפַץ nâphats, naw-fats'; a primitive root; to dash to pieces, or scatter:—be beaten in sunder, break (in pieces), broken, dash (in pieces), cause to be discharged, dispersed, be overspread, scatter.
STRONGS H5310: Abbreviations
† I. [נָפַץ] verb shatter (Late Hebrew id., dash, beat; Assyrian napâṣu, shatter, destroy DlHWB 475; Targum נְפַע Pa. shatter, but also נְפַץ Pa. id., Syriac bdb065801 shake, break, so Mandean, NöM. 240, and ZMG xxxii (1878), 406); —
Qal Infinitive absolute וְנָפוֺץ with accusative Judges 7:19 and a shattering (= and shattered) the jars; Passive participle עֶצֶב נִבְזֶה נָפוּץ Jeremiah 22:28 (figurative) a vessel to be despised (and) shattered (compare Ew Gie RothstKau); also Participle active נֹפֵץ shatterer of the holy people Daniel 12:7 (Bev MartiKau, reading כִּכְלוֺת יַד נֹפֵץ).
Pi. dash to pieces: Perfect 3rd person masculine singular וְנִפֵּץ consecutive Psalm 137:9 with accusative infants ag. (אֶל) rock; 1st person singular וְנִפַּצְתִּ֫י of י׳ dashing all in pieces with (ב) Babylon as war-club Jeremiah 51:20, 21 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 51:22 (3 times in verse); Jeremiah 51:23 (3 times in verse); suffix אִישׁ וְנִפַּצְתִּים אֶלאָֿחִיו Jeremiah 13:14; Imperfect 2nd person masculine singular suffix תִּנַפְּצֵם יוֺצֵר כִּכְלִי Psalm 2:9 (i.e. nations); 3rd person masculine plural יְנַפֵּ֑צוּ נִבְלֵיהֶם Jeremiah 48:12 (symbolic of destroying Moab); Infinitive יַד־עַם־קֹדֶשׁ נַפֵּץ Daniel 12:7 when (they) finish shattering the hand (figurative for power) of the holy people, but read possibly נֹפֵץ, see Qal; ** = break up rafts 1 Kings 5:23 [1 Kings 5:9].
Pu. Participle feminine plural מְנֻפָּצוֹת מְנֻמָּצוֺת Isaiah 27:9 like chalk-stones pulverized.

† II. נָפַץ verb disperse, be scattered (often taken as secondary √ from Niph. of פוץ, yet compare Late Hebrew נפץ, Qal (Participle), Pi., scatter; Syriac bdb065901 pour out, throw down, Targum נְפַץ; Arabic bdb065902 shake (irregular correspondence of sibilants compare Nöl.c.), Ethiopic bdb065903 dissipari, aufugere Di 713); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular הָעָם מֵעָלַי נ׳ 1 Samuel 13:11 the people were scattered from me; 3rd person feminine singular כָל־הָאָרֶץ נָֽפְצָה Genesis 9:19 (J) thence dispersed all (the population of) the earth; 3rd person plural גּוֹיִם נָֽפְצוּ Isaiah 33:3 nations were scattered; Passive participle feminine plural construct נְפֻצוֺת יְהוּדָה Isaiah 11:12 the dispersed of Judah he shall collect (|| נִדְחֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

9:19

Judges

7:19

1 Samuel

13:11

1 Kings

5:9

Psalms

2:9; 137:9

Isaiah

11:12; 27:9; 33:3

Jeremiah

13:14; 22:28; 48:12; 51:20; 51:21; 51:22; 51:23

Daniel

12:7; 12:7

H5310

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5310 matches the Hebrew נָפַץ (nāp̄aṣ),
which occurs 22 times in 17 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 9:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:19 - From these three sons of Noah came all the people who now populate the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 7:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:19 - It was just after midnight,[fn] after the changing of the guard, when Gideon and the 100 men with him reached the edge of the Midianite camp. Suddenly, they blew the rams’ horns and broke their clay jars.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 13:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:11 - but Samuel said, “What is this you have done?”
Saul replied, “I saw my men scattering from me, and you didn’t arrive when you said you would, and the Philistines are at Micmash ready for battle.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 5:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:9 - My servants will bring the logs from the Lebanon mountains to the Mediterranean Sea[fn] and make them into rafts and float them along the coast to whatever place you choose. Then we will break the rafts apart so you can carry the logs away. You can pay me by supplying me with food for my household.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:9 - You will break[fn] them with an iron rod
and smash them like clay pots.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 137:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 137:9 - Happy is the one who takes your babies
and smashes them against the rocks!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 11:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:12 - He will raise a flag among the nations
and assemble the exiles of Israel.
He will gather the scattered people of Judah
from the ends of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 27:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:9 - The LORD did this to purge Israel’s[fn] wickedness,
to take away all her sin.
As a result, all the pagan altars will be crushed to dust.
No Asherah pole or pagan shrine will be left standing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 33:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:3 - The enemy runs at the sound of your voice.
When you stand up, the nations flee!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 13:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:14 - I will smash them against each other, even parents against children, says the LORD. I will not let my pity or mercy or compassion keep me from destroying them.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 22:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:28 - “Why is this man Jehoiachin like a discarded, broken jar?
Why are he and his children to be exiled to a foreign land?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:12 - But the time is coming soon,” says the LORD,
“when I will send men to pour him from his jar.
They will pour him out,
then shatter the jar!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:20 - “You[fn] are my battle-ax and sword,”
says the LORD.
“With you I will shatter nations
and destroy many kingdoms.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:21 - With you I will shatter armies—
destroying the horse and rider,
the chariot and charioteer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:22 - With you I will shatter men and women,
old people and children,
young men and maidens.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:23 - With you I will shatter shepherds and flocks,
farmers and oxen,
captains and officers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 12:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:7 - The man dressed in linen, who was standing above the river, raised both his hands toward heaven and took a solemn oath by the One who lives forever, saying, “It will go on for a time, times, and half a time. When the shattering of the holy people has finally come to an end, all these things will have happened.”
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