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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 Box Gen 30:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:28 - constitue mercedem tuam quam dem tibi

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 24:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:11 - cumque blasphemasset nomen et maledixisset ei adductus est ad Mosen vocabatur autem mater eius Salumith filia Dabri de tribu Dan

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 24:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:16 - et qui blasphemaverit nomen Domini morte moriatur lapidibus opprimet eum omnis multitudo sive ille civis seu peregrinus fuerit qui blasphemaverit nomen Domini morte moriatur

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:17 - quos tulerunt Moses et Aaron cum omni vulgi multitudine

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:8 - quomodo maledicam cui non maledixit Deus qua ratione detester quem Dominus non detestatur

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:25 - dixitque Balac ad Balaam nec maledicas ei nec benedicas

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:9 - et tulit Ioiada pontifex gazofilacium unum aperuitque foramen desuper et posuit illud iuxta altare ad dexteram ingredientium domum Domini mittebantque in eo sacerdotes qui custodiebant ostia omnem pecuniam quae deferebatur ad templum Domini

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 18:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:21 - an speras in baculo harundineo atque confracto Aegypto super quem si incubuerit homo comminutus ingreditur manum eius et perforabit eam sic est Pharao rex Aegypti omnibus qui confidunt in se

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:31 - et ex dimidia parte tribus Manasse decem et octo milia singuli per nomina sua venerunt ut constituerent regem David

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 16:41

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:41 - et post eum Heman et Idithun et reliquos electos unumquemque vocabulo suo ad confitendum Domino quoniam in aeternum misericordia eius

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 28:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:15 - steteruntque viri quos supra memoravimus et adprehendentes captivos omnesque qui nudi erant vestierunt de spoliis cumque vestissent eos et calciassent et refecissent cibo ac potu unxissent quoque propter laborem et adhibuissent eis curam quicumque ambulare non poterant et erant inbecillo corpore inposuerunt eos iumentis et adduxerunt Hierichum civitatem Palmarum ad fratres eorum ipsique reversi sunt Samariam

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:19 - sed et filiorum Aaron per agros et suburbana urbium singularum dispositi erant viri qui partes distribuerent universo sexui masculino de sacerdotibus et Levitis

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:20 - et de Nathinneis quos dederat David et principes ad ministeria Levitarum Nathinneos ducentos viginti omnes hii suis nominibus vocabantur

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:8 - maledicant ei qui maledicunt diei qui parati sunt suscitare Leviathan

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:24 - [Vulgate 40:19] in oculis eius quasi hamo capiet eum et in sudibus perforabit nares eius

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 41:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:2 - [Vulgate 40:21] numquid pones circulum in naribus eius et armilla perforabis maxillam eius

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 11:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:26 - qui abscondit frumenta maledicetur in populis benedictio autem super caput vendentium

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:24 - qui dicit impio iustus es maledicent ei populi et detestabuntur eum tribus

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 36:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:6 - ecce confidis super baculum harundineum confractum istum super Aegyptum cui si innisus fuerit homo intrabit in manu eius et perforabit eam sic Pharao rex Aegypti omnibus qui confidunt in eo

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:2 - et videbunt gentes iustum tuum et cuncti reges inclitum tuum et vocabitur tibi nomen novum quod os Domini nominabit

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:1 - vae qui opulenti estis in Sion et confiditis in monte Samariae optimates capita populorum ingredientes pompatice domum Israhel

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:14 - maledixisti sceptris eius capiti bellatorum eius venientibus ut turbo ad dispergendum me exultatio eorum sicut eius qui devorat pauperem in abscondito

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Unchecked Copy BoxHag 1:6 - seminastis multum et intulistis parum comedistis et non estis satiati bibistis et non estis inebriati operuistis vos et non estis calefacti et qui mercedes congregavit misit eas in sacculum pertusum
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