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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
Dictionary Aids

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

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.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:27 -

“You are not to cut off the hair at the sides of your head or mar the edge of your beard.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:3 -

“March around the city with all the men of war, circling the city one time. Do this for six days.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:11 -

So the ark of the LORD was carried around the city, circling it once. They returned to the camp and spent the night there.[fn]

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:24 -

Ornamental gourds encircled it below the brim, ten every half yard,[fn] completely encircling the basin. The gourds were cast in two rows when the basin was cast.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:14 -

he sent horses, chariots, and a massive army there. They went by night and surrounded the city.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:8 -

“Completely surround the king with weapons in hand. Anyone who approaches the ranks is to be put to death. Be with the king in all his daily tasks.”[fn]

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:3 -

The likeness of oxen[fn] was below it, completely encircling it, ten every half yard,[fn] completely surrounding the basin. The oxen were cast in two rows when the basin was cast.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:7 -

“The Levites are to completely surround the king with weapons in hand. Anyone who enters the temple is to be put to death. Accompany the king in all his daily tasks.”[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:5 -

Whenever a round of banqueting was over, Job would send for his children and purify them, rising early in the morning to offer burnt offerings for[fn] all of them. For Job thought, “Perhaps my children have sinned, having cursed God in their hearts.” This was Job’s regular practice.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:6 -

then understand that it is God who has wronged me

and caught me in his net.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:26 -

Even after my skin has been destroyed,[fn]

yet I will see God in[fn] my flesh.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:9 -

from[fn] the wicked who treat me violently,[fn]

my deadly enemies who surround me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:16 -

For dogs have surrounded me;

a gang of evildoers has closed in on me;

they pierced[fn] my hands and my feet.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 48:12 -

Go around Zion, encircle it;

count its towers,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:17 -

They surround me like water all day long;

they close in on me from every side.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:34 -

He is clearing the thickets of the forest with an ax,

and Lebanon with its majesty will fall.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 15:8 -

For their cry echoes

throughout the territory of Moab.

Their wailing reaches Eglaim;

their wailing reaches Beer-elim.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:1 -

Woe to Ariel,[fn] Ariel,

the city where David camped!

Continue year after year;

let the festivals recur.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:5 -

He has laid siege against me,

encircling me with bitterness and hardship.

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