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Lexicon :: Strong's H5344 - nāqaḇ

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נָקַב
Transliteration
nāqaḇ
Pronunciation
naw-kab'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1409

Strong’s Definitions

נָקַב nâqab, naw-kab'; a primitive root; to puncture, literally (to perforate, with more or less violence) or figuratively (to specify, designate, libel):—appoint, blaspheme, bore, curse, express, with holes, name, pierce, strike through.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 25x

The KJV translates Strong's H5344 in the following manner: curse (6x), expressed (6x), blaspheme (3x), bore (2x), name (2x), pierce (2x), Appoint (1x), holes (1x), pierce through (1x), strike through (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 25x
The KJV translates Strong's H5344 in the following manner: curse (6x), expressed (6x), blaspheme (3x), bore (2x), name (2x), pierce (2x), Appoint (1x), holes (1x), pierce through (1x), strike through (1x).

  1. to pierce, perforate, bore, appoint

    1. (Qal)

      1. to pierce, bore

      2. to prick off, designate

    2. (Niphal) to be pricked off, be designated, be specified

  2. (Qal) to curse, blaspheme

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
נָקַב nâqab, naw-kab'; a primitive root; to puncture, literally (to perforate, with more or less violence) or figuratively (to specify, designate, libel):—appoint, blaspheme, bore, curse, express, with holes, name, pierce, strike through.
STRONGS H5344: Abbreviations
† I. [נָקַב] verb pierce (Late Hebrew id.; SI1.1.4 הנקבה the piercing, boring through; Aramaic נְקַב, bdb066602 id; נֶקְכָּא hole, etc.; Sinaitic proper name, masculine נקבו Eut 441, 2, נקיבו Eut99, 2; 153, 2 (Lzb325. 326 Cook33); Assyrian naḳbu, depth, spring of water; Arabic bdb066603 perforate, pierce, scrutinize, etc.,bdb066604 sagacity, etc.; bdb066605 leader, chief (one who scrutinizes)); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person feminine singular suffix נְקָבָהּ 2 Kings 18:21; Isaiah 36:6; 2nd person masculine singular נָקַבְתָּ; Habakkuk 3:14; Imperfect יִנְקָבֿ Job 40:24, וַיִּקֹּב 2 Kings 12:10; suffix יִקָּבֶ֑נּוּ Isaiah 62:2; 2nd person masculine singular תִּקֹּב Job 40:26; Imperative masculine singular נָקְבָה Genesis 30:28; Passive participle נָקוּב Haggai 1:6; plural construct נְקֻבֵי; Amos 6:1; —
1. pierce, bore with accusative 2 Kings 18:21 = Isaiah 36:6; Habakkuk 3:14 (all in figure), Job 40:24; Job 40:26 [Job 41:2]; with accusative of congnate meaning with verb + ב, וַיִּקֹּב חֹר בְּרַלְתּוֺ 2 Kings 12:10 and he bored a hole in its lid; צְרוֺר נָקוּב Haggai 1:8 a bag pierced, i.e. with a hole in it.
2. prick off, designate, wages Genesis 30:28 (J), name Isaiah 62:2 (י׳ subject; compare Niph.); passive participle noted, distinguished Amos 6:1.
Niph. Perfect 3rd person plural in phrase (אֲשֶׁר) נִקְּבוּ בְשֵׁמוֺת who were pricked off, designated, by name Numbers 1:17; 1 Chronicles 12:32 (1 Chronicles 12:31 van d. H.), 1 Chronicles 16:41; 2 Chronicles 28:3; 31:19, compare Ezra 8:20.

† II. [נָקַב] verb curse (perhaps akin to I. נקב perhaps secondary formative from קָבַב, which see for forms יִקֹּב, קֹב, etc.); —
Qal Infinitive suffix נָקְבוֺ שֵׁם Leviticus 24:16; Participle נֹקֵב שֵׁם י׳ Leviticus 24:16 (on text see Di, GeiUrschrift 274 DalmanAdonai 44 f.).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

30:28; 30:28

Leviticus

24:16; 24:16

Numbers

1:17

2 Kings

12:10; 12:10; 18:21; 18:21

1 Chronicles

12:31; 12:32; 16:41

2 Chronicles

28:3; 31:19

Ezra

8:20

Job

40:24; 40:24; 41:2

Isaiah

36:6; 36:6; 62:2; 62:2

Amos

6:1; 6:1

Habakkuk

3:14; 3:14

Haggai

1:6; 1:8

H5344

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5344 matches the Hebrew נָקַב (nāqaḇ),
which occurs 24 times in 23 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:28 - He [fn]continued, H559 “Name H5344 me your wages, H7939 and I will give H5414 it.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:11 - The son H1121 of the Israelite H3482 woman H802 blasphemed H6895 the Name H8034 and cursed. H7043 So they brought H935 him to Moses. H4872 (Now his mother’s H517 name H8034 was Shelomith, H8019 the daughter H1323 of Dibri, H1704 of the tribe H4294 of Dan.) H1835

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:16 - ‘Moreover, the one who blasphemes H5344 the name H8034 of the LORD H3068 shall surely H4191 be put H4191 to death; H4191 all H3605 the congregation H5712 shall certainly H7275 stone H7275 him. The alien H1616 as well as the native, H249 when he blasphemes H5344 the Name, H8034 shall be put H4191 to death. H4191

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:17 - So Moses H4872 and Aaron H175 took H3947 these H428 men H376 who H834 had been designated H5344 by name, H8034

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:8 - “How H4100 shall I curse H6895 whom God H410 has not cursed? H6895
And how H4100 can I denounce H2194 whom the LORD H3068 has not denounced? H2194

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:25 - Then Balak H1111 said H559 to Balaam, H1109 “Do not curse H6895 them at all H6895 nor H3808 bless H1288 them at all!” H1288

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:9 - But Jehoiada H3077 the priest H3548 took H3947 a chest H727 and bored H5344 a hole H2356 in its lid H1817 and put H5414 it beside H681 the altar, H4196 on the right H3225 side H3225 as one H376 comes H935 into the house H1004 of the LORD; H3068 and the priests H3548 who guarded H8104 the threshold H5592 put H5414 in it all H3605 the money H3701 which was brought H935 into the house H1004 of the LORD. H3068

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:21 - “Now H6258 behold, H2009 you [fn]rely H982 on the staff H4938 of this H2088 crushed H7533 reed, H7070 even on Egypt; H4714 on which H834 if a man H376 leans, H5564 it will go H935 into his [fn]hand H3709 and pierce H5344 it. So H3651 is Pharaoh H6547 king H4428 of Egypt H4714 to all H3605 who rely H982 on him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:31 - Of the half-tribe H2677 H4294 of Manasseh H4519 18,000, H8083 H6240 H505 who H834 were designated H5344 by name H8034 to come H935 and make H4427 David H1732 king. H4427

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:41 - With them were Heman H1968 and Jeduthun, H3038 and the rest H7605 who were chosen, H1305 who H834 were designated H5344 by name, H8034 to give H3034 thanks H3034 to the LORD, H3068 because H3588 His lovingkindness H2617 is everlasting. H5769

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:15 - Then the men H376 who H834 were designated H5344 by name H8034 arose, H6965 took H2388 the captives, H7633 and they clothed H3847 all H3605 their naked H4636 ones H4636 from the spoil; H7998 and they gave H3847 them clothes H3847 and sandals, H5274 fed H398 them and gave H8248 them drink, H8248 anointed H5480 them with oil, led H5095 all H3605 their feeble H3782 ones on donkeys, H2543 and brought H935 them to Jericho, H3405 the city H5892 of palm H8558 trees, H8558 to their brothers; H251 then they returned H7725 to Samaria. H8111

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:19 - Also for the sons H1121 of Aaron H175 the priests H3548 who were in the pasture H4054 lands H7704 of their cities, H5892 or in each H5892 and every H3605 city, H5892 there were men H376 who H834 were designated H5344 by name H8034 to distribute H5414 portions H4490 to every H3605 male H2145 among the priests H3548 and to everyone H3605 genealogically H3187 enrolled H3187 among the Levites. H3881

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:20 - and 220 H3967 H6242 of the temple H5411 servants, H5411 whom H7945 David H1732 and the princes H8269 had given H5414 for the service H5656 of the Levites, H3881 all H3605 of them designated H5344 by name. H8034

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:8 - “Let those curse H6895 it who curse H779 the day, H3117
Who are [fn]prepared H6264 to rouse H5782 Leviathan. H3882

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:24 - “Can anyone capture H3947 him [fn]when he is on watch, H5869
With [fn]barbs H4170 can anyone pierce H5344 his nose? H639

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:2 - “Can you put H7760 a [fn]rope H100 in his nose H639
Or pierce H5344 his jaw H3895 with a [fn]hook? H2336

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:26 - He who withholds H4513 grain, H1250 the people H3816 will curse H6895 him,
But blessing H1293 will be on the head H7218 of him who sells H7666 it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:24 - He who says H559 to the wicked, H7563 “You are righteous,” H6662
Peoples H5971 will curse H6895 him, nations H3816 will abhor H2194 him;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:6 - “Behold, H2009 you rely H982 on the staff H4938 of this H2088 crushed H7533 reed, H7070 even on Egypt, H4714 on which H834 if a man H376 leans, H5564 it will go H935 into his [fn]hand H3709 and pierce H5344 it. So H3651 is Pharaoh H6547 king H4428 of Egypt H4714 to all H3605 who rely H982 on him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:2 - The nations H1471 will see H7200 your righteousness, H6664
And all H3605 kings H4428 your glory; H3519
And you will be called H7121 by a new H2319 name H8034
Which H834 the mouth H6310 of the LORD H3068 will designate. H5344

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:1 - Woe H1945 to those H7600 who are at ease H7600 in Zion H6726
And to those who feel secure H982 in the mountain H2022 of Samaria, H8111
The distinguished H5344 men of the foremost H7225 of nations, H1471
To whom H1992 the house H1004 of Israel H3478 comes. H935

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:14 - You pierced H5344 with his own [fn]spears H4294
The head H7218 of his [fn]throngs. H6518
They stormed H5590 in to scatter H6327 [fn]us;
Their exultation H5951 was like H3644 those
Who devour H398 the oppressed H6041 in secret. H4565

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Unchecked Copy BoxHag 1:6 - “You have sown H2232 much, H7235 but [fn]harvest H935 little; H4592 you eat, H398 but there is not enough to be satisfied; H7654 you drink, H8354 but there is [fn]not enough to become H7937 drunk; H7937 you put H3847 on clothing, H3847 but no H369 one H369 is warm H2552 enough; and he who earns, H7936 earns H7936 wages H7939 to put into a purse H6872 with holes.” H5344
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