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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 - “Do not trim off the hair on your temples or trim your beards.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:3 - You and your fighting men should march around the town once a day for six days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 6:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:11 - So the Ark of the LORD was carried around the town once that day, and then everyone returned to spend the night in the camp.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:24 - It was encircled just below its rim by two rows of decorative gourds. There were about six gourds per foot[fn] all the way around, and they were cast as part of the basin.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 6:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:14 - So one night the king of Aram sent a great army with many chariots and horses to surround the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 11:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:8 - Form a bodyguard around the king and keep your weapons in hand. Kill anyone who tries to break through. Stay with the king wherever he goes.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 4:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:3 - It was encircled just below its rim by two rows of figures that resembled oxen. There were about six oxen per foot[fn] all the way around, and they were cast as part of the basin.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 23:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:7 - You Levites, form a bodyguard around the king and keep your weapons in hand. Kill anyone who tries to enter the Temple. Stay with the king wherever he goes.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:5 - When these celebrations ended—sometimes after several days—Job would purify his children. He would get up early in the morning and offer a burnt offering for each of them. For Job said to himself, “Perhaps my children have sinned and have cursed God in their hearts.” This was Job’s regular practice.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 19:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:6 - But it is God who has wronged me,
capturing me in his net.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 19:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:26 - And after my body has decayed,
yet in my body I will see God![fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 17:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:9 - Protect me from wicked people who attack me,
from murderous enemies who surround me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 22:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:16 - My enemies surround me like a pack of dogs;
an evil gang closes in on me.
They have pierced my hands and feet.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 48:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 48:12 - Go, inspect the city of Jerusalem.[fn]
Walk around and count the many towers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 88:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:17 - They swirl around me like floodwaters all day long.
They have engulfed me completely.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 10:34

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:34 - He will cut down the forest trees with an ax.
Lebanon will fall to the Mighty One.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 15:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 15:8 - A cry of distress echoes through the land of Moab
from one end to the other—
from Eglaim to Beer-elim.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 29:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:1 - “What sorrow awaits Ariel,[fn] the City of David.
Year after year you celebrate your feasts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:5 - He has besieged and surrounded me
with anguish and distress.
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