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Lexicon :: Strong's H3920 - lāḵaḏ

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לָכַד
Transliteration
lāḵaḏ
Pronunciation
law-kad'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1115

Strong’s Definitions

לָכַד lâkad, law-kad'; a primitive root; to catch (in a net, trap or pit); generally, to capture or occupy; also to choose (by lot); figuratively, to cohere:—× at all, catch (self), be frozen, be holden, stick together, take.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 121x

The KJV translates Strong's H3920 in the following manner: take (112x), catch (5x), at all (1x), frozen (1x), holden (1x), stick together (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 121x
The KJV translates Strong's H3920 in the following manner: take (112x), catch (5x), at all (1x), frozen (1x), holden (1x), stick together (1x).
  1. to capture, take, seize

    1. (Qal)

      1. to capture, seize

      2. to capture (of men) (fig.)

      3. to take (by lot)

    2. (Niphal)

      1. to be captured

      2. to be caught (of men in trap, snare) (fig.)

    3. (Hithpael) to grasp each other

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
לָכַד lâkad, law-kad'; a primitive root; to catch (in a net, trap or pit); generally, to capture or occupy; also to choose (by lot); figuratively, to cohere:—× at all, catch (self), be frozen, be holden, stick together, take.
STRONGS H3920: Abbreviations
לָכַד 121 verb capture, seize, take (by lot) (Phoenician לכד take out, choose (?); Targum לְכַד as Biblical Hebrew; Arabic bdb053907 is strike, push, with the hand, etc., bdb053908 pestle, compare modern bdb053909 attack WetzstZMG xxii. 1868, 140; bdb054001 stick or cleave to); —
Qal Perfect ל׳ Joshua 8:1 +, לָכַדְתִּי 2 Samuel 12:27 etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִלְכּוֺד Amos 3:5; וַיִּלְכֹּד Judges 8:12 +, etc.; Imperative masculine singular suffix לָכְדָהּ 2 Samuel 12:28, masculine plural לִכְדוּ; Infinitive absolute לָכוֺד Amos 3:5; construct suffix לְלָכְדֵנִי Jeremiah 18:22, לְלָכְדָהּ Jeremiah 32:24; Participle לֹכֵד Job 5:13; Proverbs 16:32; —
1. capture, seize (not in P) with accusative, usually a city or town, in war Judges 1:8, 12; Joshua 8:21; Joshua 10:1 (JE), Deuteronomy 2:35 + 48 times (but Judges 1:18 strike out as gloss Bu Kit GFM and others); land Joshua 10:42 (D), Daniel 11:18; water-courses (fords), Judges 3:28; Judges 7:24 (twice in verse); Judges 12:8; object men (usually princes, kings) in battle Judges 7:25; Judges 8:12, 14; Joshua 11:12, 17 (D), 2 Chronicles 22:9; 33:11; captives and spoils 2 Samuel 8:4 = 1 Chronicles 18:4; of Saul's seizing the kingdom (הַמְּלוּכָה), i.e. acquiring it actually by force of arms 1 Samuel 14:47; also of Samson's catching the foxes Judges 15:4; of a lion catching his prey Amos 3:4; of a trap, snare, לָכוֺד יִלְכּוֺד Amos 3:5.
†2. figurative of entrapping men Jeremiah 5:26; Psalm 35:8, compare Proverbs 5:22; Job 5:13 and (of a pit) Jeremiah 18:22.
†3. of taking by lot Joshua 7:14 (3 times in verse); Joshua 7:17 (J E; see Niph. 3).
Niph. Perfect נִלְכַּד Lamentations 4:20; 3rd person feminine singular נִלְכְּדָה 1 Kings 16:18 +, etc.; Imperfect יִלָּכֵד Isaiah 24:18; Jeremiah 48:44; יִלָּ֫כֶד כָּהּ Ecclesiastes 7:26; וַיִּלָּכֵד Joshua 7:16 +, etc.; Participle נִלְכָּד Joshua 7:15; —
1. be captured in war, of city 1 Kings 16:18; 2 Kings 18:10; Jeremiah 38:28 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 48:1, 41; Jeremiah 50:2, 9, 24; Jeremiah 51:31, 41; Zechariah 14:2; of men Jeremiah 51:56; Lamentations 4:20 (compare Qal 1).
2. of men, be caught, namely, in a snare or trap, only figurative, usually by divine judgment Isaiah 8:15; Isaiah 24:18; Isaiah 28:13; Psalm 9:16; Psalm 59:13; Proverbs 6:2; Proverbs 11:6; Jeremiah 6:11; Jeremiah 8:9; so of Moab Jeremiah 48:7, 44; of being ensnared by a woman Ecclesiastes 7:26; of being caught by cords of distress, בְּחַבְלֵי עֹ֑נִי, Job 36:8.
3. be taken by lot Joshua 7:15, 16, 17, 18 (all J E), 1 Samuel 10:20, 21 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 14:41, 42 (compare Qal 3).
Hithp. Imperfect 3rd person masculine plural; יִתְפָּרָ֑דוּ וְלֹא יִתְלַכְּדוּ Job 41:9 they grasp each other, and cannot be separated, of crocodile's scales (|| אִישׁ בְּאָחִיהוּ יְדֻבָּ֑קוּ); יִתְלַכָּ֑דוּ תְהוֺם פְּנֵי Job 38:30 the face of the deep compacts (of freezing; || כָּאֶבֶן מַיִם יִתְחַבָּ֑אוּ; verbs transposed, plausibly, by Me Bi Siegf Bu).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Deuteronomy

2:35

Joshua

7:14; 7:15; 7:15; 7:16; 7:16; 7:17; 7:17; 7:18; 8:1; 8:21; 10:1; 10:42; 11:12; 11:17

Judges

1:8; 1:12; 1:18; 3:28; 7:24; 7:25; 8:12; 8:12; 8:14; 12:8; 15:4

1 Samuel

10:20; 10:21; 14:41; 14:42; 14:47

2 Samuel

8:4; 12:27; 12:28

1 Kings

16:18; 16:18

2 Kings

18:10

1 Chronicles

18:4

2 Chronicles

22:9; 33:11

Job

5:13; 5:13; 36:8; 38:30; 41:9

Psalms

9:16; 35:8; 59:13

Proverbs

5:22; 6:2; 11:6; 16:32

Ecclesiastes

7:26; 7:26

Isaiah

8:15; 24:18; 24:18; 28:13

Jeremiah

5:26; 6:11; 8:9; 18:22; 18:22; 32:24; 38:28; 48:1; 48:7; 48:41; 48:44; 48:44; 50:2; 50:9; 50:24; 51:31; 51:41; 51:56

Lamentations

4:20; 4:20

Daniel

11:18

Amos

3:4; 3:5; 3:5; 3:5

Zechariah

14:2

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3920 matches the Hebrew לָכַד (lāḵaḏ),
which occurs 121 times in 112 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 3 (2Sa 12:28–Jer 50:2)

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:28 - Now therefore gather the rest of the people together, and encamp against the city, and take H3920 it: lest I take H3920 the city, and it be called after my name.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:29 - And David gathered all the people together, and went to Rabbah, and fought against it, and took H3920 it.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:16 - For Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, and taken H3920 Gezer, and burnt it with fire, and slain the Canaanites that dwelt in the city, and given it for a present unto his daughter, Solomon's wife.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:18 - And it came to pass, when Zimri saw that the city was taken, H3920 that he went into the palace of the king's house, and burnt the king's house over him with fire, and died,
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:17 - Then Hazael king of Syria went up, and fought against Gath, and took H3920 it: and Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:6 - In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took H3920 Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:10 - And at the end of three years they took H3920 it: even in the sixth year of Hezekiah, that is the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken. H3920
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:5 - And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David, Thou shalt not come hither. Nevertheless David took H3920 the castle of Zion, which is the city of David.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:4 - And David took H3920 from him a thousand chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: David also houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them an hundred chariots.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:4 - And he took H3920 the fenced cities which pertained to Judah, and came to Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:19 - And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took H3920 cities from him, Bethel with the towns thereof, and Jeshanah with the towns thereof, and Ephrain with the towns thereof.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:8 - And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominable idols out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken H3920 from mount Ephraim, and renewed the altar of the LORD, that was before the porch of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:2 - And he placed forces in all the fenced cities of Judah, and set garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim, which Asa his father had taken. H3920
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:9 - And he sought Ahaziah: and they caught H3920 him, (for he was hid in Samaria,) and brought him to Jehu: and when they had slain him, they buried him: Because, said they, he is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought the LORD with all his heart. So the house of Ahaziah had no power to keep still the kingdom.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:18 - The Philistines also had invaded the cities of the low country, and of the south of Judah, and had taken H3920 Bethshemesh, and Ajalon, and Gederoth, and Shocho with the villages thereof, and Timnah with the villages thereof, Gimzo also and the villages thereof: and they dwelt there.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:18 - Then they cried with a loud voice in the Jews' speech unto the people of Jerusalem that were on the wall, to affright them, and to trouble them; that they might take H3920 the city.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:11 - Wherefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, which took H3920 Manasseh among the thorns, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:25 - And they took H3920 strong cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all goods, wells digged, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit trees in abundance: so they did eat, and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in thy great goodness.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:13 - He taketh H3920 the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:8 - And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden H3920 in cords of affliction;
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:30 - The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen. H3920
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:17 - They are joined one to another, they stick together, H3920 that they cannot be sundered.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:15 - The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken. H3920
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:8 - Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch H3920 himself: into that very destruction let him fall.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:12 - For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be taken H3920 in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:22 - His own iniquities shall take H3920 the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:2 - Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken H3920 with the words of thy mouth.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:6 - The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken H3920 in their own naughtiness.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:32 - He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh H3920 a city.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:26 - And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken H3920 by her.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:15 - And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken. H3920
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:1 - In the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod, (when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him,) and fought against Ashdod, and took H3920 it;
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:18 - And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken H3920 in the snare: for the windows from on high are open, and the foundations of the earth do shake.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:13 - But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken. H3920
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:26 - For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch H3920 men.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:11 - Therefore I am full of the fury of the LORD; I am weary with holding in: I will pour it out upon the children abroad, and upon the assembly of young men together: for even the husband with the wife shall be taken, H3920 the aged with him that is full of days.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:9 - The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: H3920 lo, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom is in them?
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:22 - Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take H3920 me, and hid snares for my feet.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:3 - For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, Wherefore dost thou prophesy, and say, Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall take H3920 it;
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:24 - Behold the mounts, they are come unto the city to take H3920 it; and the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans, that fight against it, because of the sword, and of the famine, and of the pestilence: and what thou hast spoken is come to pass; and, behold, thou seest it.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:28 - Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the Chaldeans, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and he shall take H3920 it:
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:22 - Behold, I will command, saith the LORD, and cause them to return to this city; and they shall fight against it, and take H3920 it, and burn it with fire: and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation without an inhabitant.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:8 - And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city, and take H3920 it, and burn it with fire.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:3 - Thus saith the LORD, This city shall surely be given into the hand of the king of Babylon's army, which shall take H3920 it.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:28 - So Jeremiah abode in the court of the prison until the day that Jerusalem was taken: H3920 and he was there when Jerusalem was taken. H3920
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:1 - Against Moab thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Woe unto Nebo! for it is spoiled: Kiriathaim is confounded and taken: H3920 Misgab is confounded and dismayed.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:7 - For because thou hast trusted in thy works and in thy treasures, thou shalt also be taken: H3920 and Chemosh shall go forth into captivity with his priests and his princes together.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:41 - Kerioth is taken, H3920 and the strong holds are surprised, and the mighty men's hearts in Moab at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:44 - He that fleeth from the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that getteth up out of the pit shall be taken H3920 in the snare: for I will bring upon it, even upon Moab, the year of their visitation, saith the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:2 - Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, H3920 Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces; her idols are confounded, her images are broken in pieces.

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