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Lexicon :: Strong's H5362 - nāqap̄

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נָקַף
Transliteration
nāqap̄
Pronunciation
naw-kaf'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1415,1416

Strong’s Definitions

נָקַף nâqaph, naw-kaf'; a primitive root; to strike with more or less violence (beat, fell, corrode); by implication (of attack) to knock together, i.e. surround or circulate:—compass (about, -ing), cut down, destroy, go round (about), inclose, round.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 19x

The KJV translates Strong's H5362 in the following manner: compass (7x), go round about (3x), go about (2x), compass about (2x), destroy (1x), down (1x), inclosed (1x), kill (1x), round (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 19x
The KJV translates Strong's H5362 in the following manner: compass (7x), go round about (3x), go about (2x), compass about (2x), destroy (1x), down (1x), inclosed (1x), kill (1x), round (1x).

  1. to strike, strike off

    1. (Piel) to strike off skin

  2. to go around, compass, round

    1. (Qal) to go around

    2. (Hiphil)

      1. to go around, surround, encompass, enclose

      2. to make the round, complete the circuit

      3. to make round, round off

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
נָקַף nâqaph, naw-kaf'; a primitive root; to strike with more or less violence (beat, fell, corrode); by implication (of attack) to knock together, i.e. surround or circulate:—compass (about, -ing), cut down, destroy, go round (about), inclose, round.
STRONGS H5362: Abbreviations
† I. [נָקַף] verb strike off (Late Hebrew strike, wound, Aramaic נְקַף id.; Arabic bdb066804 fregit caput, ut cerebrum appareret; Vulgar Arabic snap with the finger (Dozyii. 716); Assyrian naḳpu probably= mutilated; Ethiopic bdb066805 peel, flay Di649); —
Niph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular וְנִקַּף סִבְכֵי הַיַּ֫עַר consecutive Isaiah 10:34 and the thickets of the forest shall be struck away (on singular verb compare Ges§ 145o DaSynt. § 113 b; or. read נִקְּפוּ; — form possibly Pi., but compare Di Du CheHpt).
Pi. Perfect 3rd person plural וְאַחַר עוֺרִי נִקְּפוּזֹֿאת Job 19:25 after my skin, which they (Ges§ 144 g) have struck off (alluding to ravages of his disease) — this! but text dubious; Bu כָּזאֹת נִקַּף Niph. which has been thus struck off.

II. [נָקַף] verb go around (intransitive), (Ecclus 45:9 Hiph. ויקיפהו surround something with (2 accusatives); Perfect 3rd person feminine singular הקיפה Ecclus 43:12 (accusative+ ב instrumental); Late Hebrew Hiph. הִקִּיף = Biblical Hebrew; also = cling to, be attached, joined to, and so Aramaic אַקֵּיף (Aph`el), bdb066806);
Qal Imperfect חַגִּים יִנְקֹ֑פוּ Isaiah 29:1 (figurative) let feasts go around, i.e. run the round (of the year).
Hiph. Perfect הִקִּיף Job 19:6; 3rd person feminine singular הִקִּ֫יפָהִ Isaiah 15:8; 3rd person plural הִקִּ֫יפוּ Job 1:5; Psalm 88:18, וְהִקִּיפוּ consecutive 2 Chronicles 23:7, suffix הִקִּיפוּנִי Psalm 22:17; 2nd person masculine plural וְהִקַּפְתֶּם consecutive 2 Kings 11:8; Imperfect וַיַּקַּף Lamentations 3:5; 3rd person masculine plural יַקִּ֫יפוּ Psalm 17:9, וַיַּקִּ֫פוּ 2 Kings 6:14; 2nd person masculine plural תַּקִּ֫פוּ Leviticus 19:27; Imperative masculine plural suffix הַקִּיפ֫וּהָ Psalm 48:13; Infinitive absolute הַקֵּיף Joshua 6:3, הַקֵּף Joshua 6:11; Participle plural מַקִּ(י)פִים 1 Kings 7:24; 2 Chronicles 4:3; —
1. go around, surround, encompass:
a. go around, with accusative of city, Joshua 6:3 compare Joshua 6:11 (accusative omitted), Psalm 48:13 (all || סָבָב); also (figurative) הִקִּ֫יפָה הַזְּעָקָה אֶתֿ Isaiah 15:8 the cry hath gone about the border of Moab.
b. surround, encompass, enclose, usually with ׃עַלֿ וַיַּקִּ֫פוּ עַלהָֿעִיר 2 Kings 6:14 and they closed in upon the city (beleaguered it); with עַל person 2 Kings 11:8 (+ סָבִיב), Psalm 17:9; Psalm 88:18 (|| סָבַב), + accusative of thing Job 19:6 he hath closed his net in upon me compare Lamentations 3:5; less often with accusative of person Psalm 22:17 (|| סָבַב), 2 Chronicles 23:7 (|| 2 Kings 11:8; + סָבִיב), also of inanimate things 1 Kings 7:24 2 Chronicles 4:3 (both + סָבִיב, || סָבַב).
2. make the round, i.e. complete the circuit יְמֵי הַמִּשְׁתֶּה הִקּ׳ Job 1:5 when the days of feasting had completed their circuit.
3. make round, round off (literally): ראֹשְׁכֶם פְּאַת תַקּ'לֹא Leviticus 19:27 (|| פְּאַת אֵת תַשְׁחִית לֹא זְקָנֶ֑ךָ), of heathen rite.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Leviticus

19:27; 19:27

Joshua

6:3; 6:3; 6:11; 6:11

1 Kings

7:24; 7:24

2 Kings

6:14; 6:14; 11:8; 11:8; 11:8

2 Chronicles

4:3; 4:3; 23:7; 23:7

Job

1:5; 1:5; 19:6; 19:6; 19:25

Psalms

17:9; 17:9; 22:17; 22:17; 48:13; 48:13; 88:18; 88:18

Isaiah

10:34; 15:8; 15:8; 29:1

Lamentations

3:5; 3:5

H5362

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5362 matches the Hebrew נָקַף (nāqap̄),
which occurs 19 times in 19 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 19:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:27 - ‘You shall not trim and round off the side-growth of [the hair on] your heads, nor mar the edges of your beard.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:3 - “Now you shall march around the city, all the men of war circling the city once. You shall do this [once each day] for six days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 6:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:11 - So Joshua had the ark of the LORD taken around the city [on the first day], circling it once; then they came back into the camp and spent the night in the camp.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:24 - Under its brim were gourds encircling it ten to a cubit, completely surrounding the Sea; the gourds were in two rows, cast in one piece with it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 6:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:14 - So he sent horses and chariots and a powerful army there. They came by night and surrounded the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 11:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:8 - “You shall surround the [young] king, each man with weapons in his hand; and whoever comes through the ranks shall be put to death. You are to be with the king when he goes out and when he comes in.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:3 - Under it and entirely encircling it were figures of oxen, ten to a cubit. The oxen were in two rows, cast in one piece.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 23:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:7 - “The Levites shall surround the [young] king, every man with his weapons in his hand; and whoever comes into the temple [breaking through the ranks of the guard to get near Joash] is to be killed. You are to be with the king when he comes in [from the temple chamber where he is hiding] and when he goes out.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:5 - When the days of their feasting were over, Job would send [for them] and consecrate them, rising early in the morning and offering burnt offerings according to the number of them all; for Job said, “It may be that my sons have sinned and [fn]cursed God in their hearts.” Job did this at all [such] times.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 19:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:6 -

Know then that God has wronged me and overthrown me

And has closed His net around me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 19:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:26 -

“Even after my [mortal] skin is destroyed [by death],

Yet from my [immortal] flesh I will see God,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:9 -

From the wicked who despoil and deal violently with me,

My deadly enemies who surround me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:16 -

For [a pack of] dogs have surrounded me;

A gang of evildoers has encircled me,

They pierced my hands and my feet.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 48:12 -

Walk about Zion, go all around her;

Count her towers,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:17 -

They have surrounded me like flood waters all day long;

They have completely encompassed me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:34 -

He will cut down the thickets of the forest with an iron axe,

And Lebanon (the Assyrian) will fall by the Mighty One.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 15:8 -

For the cry of distress has echoed around the territory of Moab;

The wailing goes as far as Eglaim and the mournful cry to Beer-elim.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:1 -

Woe (judgment is coming) to [fn]Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David [once] camped!

Add [fn]yet another year; let the feasts run their course [but only one year more].

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:5 -

He has besieged and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship.

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