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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
Dictionary Aids

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 - “So now, gather the rest of the people together and camp against the city and capture H3920 it, lest I capture H3920 the city myself and it be named after me.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:29 - So David gathered all the people and went to Rabbah, fought against it and captured H3920 it.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:16 - For Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up and captured H3920 Gezer and burned it with fire, and killed the Canaanites who lived in the city, and had given it as a dowry to his daughter, Solomon’s wife.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:18 - Now it happened that when Zimri saw that the city was captured H3920, he went into the citadel of the king’s house and burned the king’s house over him with fire, and died,
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:17 -

Then Hazael king of Aram went up and fought against Gath and captured 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 captured H3920 Samaria and took Israel away into exile to Assyria, and settled them in Halah and Habor, on the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:10 - And at the end of three years they captured H3920 it; in the sixth year of Hezekiah, which was the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was captured H3920.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:5 - Then the inhabitants of Jebus said to David, “You shall not come in here.” Nevertheless, David captured H3920 the fortress of Zion, that is, the city of David.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:4 - And David captured H3920 from him 1,000 chariots and 7,000 horsemen and 20,000 foot soldiers, and David hamstrung all the chariot horses, but left enough of them for 100 chariots.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:4 - And he captured H3920 the fortified cities of Judah and came as far as Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:19 - And Abijah pursued Jeroboam and captured H3920 from him several cities, Bethel with its towns, Jeshanah with its towns, and [fn]Ephron with its towns.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:8 -

Now when Asa heard these words and the [fn]prophecy which Azariah the son of Oded the prophet spoke, he strengthened himself and took away the detestable idols from all the land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities which he had captured H3920 in the hill country of Ephraim. He then renewed the altar of Yahweh which was in front of the porch of Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:2 - And he put military forces in all the fortified cities of Judah, and put garrisons in the land of Judah and in the cities of Ephraim which Asa his father had captured H3920.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:9 - And he sought Ahaziah, and they caught H3920 him while he was hiding himself in Samaria; they brought him to Jehu, put him to death, and buried him. For they said, “He is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought Yahweh with all his heart.” So there was no one of the house of Ahaziah to retain the power of the kingdom.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:18 - And the Philistines also had raided the cities of the [fn]Shephelah and of the [fn]Negev of Judah, and had captured H3920 Beth-shemesh, Aijalon, Gederoth, and Soco with its towns, Timnah with its towns, and Gimzo with its towns, and they settled there.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:18 - And they called this out with a loud voice in the language of Judah to the people of Jerusalem who were on the wall, to instill fear and terrify them, so that they might capture H3920 the city.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:11 - Therefore Yahweh brought the commanders of the army of the king of Assyria against them, and they captured H3920 Manasseh with [fn]hooks, bound him with bronze chains, and took him to Babylon.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:25 -

“They captured H3920 fortified cities and a [fn]rich [fn]land.

They took possession of houses full of every good thing,

Hewn cisterns, vineyards, olive groves,

Trees for food in abundance.

So they ate, were filled, and grew fat,

And reveled in Your great goodness.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:13 -

“He catches H3920 the wise by their own craftiness,

And the counsel of the twisted is quickly thwarted.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:8 -

“And if they are bound in fetters,

And are caught H3920 in the cords of affliction,

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:30 -

“Water [fn]becomes hard like stone,

And the surface of the deep [fn]is interlocked H3920.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:17 -

“They cling one to another;

They are interlocked H3920 and cannot be separated.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:15 -

Teth

The nations have sunk down in the pit which they have made;

In the net which they hid, their own foot has been caught H3920.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:8 -

Let destruction, which he does not know, come upon him,

And let the net, which he hid, catch H3920 him;

Let him fall into it in destruction.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:12 -

[fn]On account of the sin of their mouth and the word of their lips,

Let them even be caught H3920 in their pride,

And on account of curses and [fn]lies which they utter.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:22 -

His own iniquities will capture H3920 him who is the wicked one,

And with the cords of his sin he will be held fast.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:2 -

If you have been snared with the words of your mouth,

Have been caught H3920 with the words of your mouth,

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:6 -

The righteousness of the upright will deliver them,

But the treacherous will be captured H3920 by their own desire.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:32 -

He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty,

And he who rules his own spirit, than he who captures H3920 a city.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:26 - And I found more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, whose hands are chains. One who is good before God will escape from her, but the sinner will be captured H3920 by her.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:15 -

“And many will stumble over them;

Then they will fall and be broken;

They will even be snared and caught H3920.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:1 -

In the year that the [fn]commander came to Ashdod, when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him and he fought against Ashdod and captured H3920 it,

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:18 -

Then it will be that he who flees the sound of panic will fall into the pit,

And he who [fn]climbs out of the pit will be caught H3920 in the pitfall;

For the windows [fn]above are opened, and the foundations of the earth quake.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:13 -

So the word of Yahweh to them will be,

[fn]Order on order, order on order,

Line on line, line on line,

A little here, a little there,”

That they may go and stumble backward, be broken, snared, and taken H3920 captive H3920.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:26 -

‘For wicked men are found among My people;

They watch like fowlers [fn]lying in wait;

They set a [fn]trap;

They catch H3920 men.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:11 -

But I am full of the wrath of Yahweh;

I am weary of holding it in.

“Pour it out on the infants in the street

And on the [fn]gathering of choice men together;

For both husband and wife shall be captured H3920,

The aged with the one full of days.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:9 -

“The wise men are put to shame;

They are dismayed and captured H3920;

Behold, they have rejected the word of Yahweh,

And what kind of wisdom do they have?

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:22 -

May an outcry be heard from their houses,

When You suddenly bring raiders upon them;

For they have dug a pit to capture H3920 me

And hidden snares for my feet.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:3 - because Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, “Why do you prophesy, saying, ‘Thus says Yahweh, “Behold, I am about to give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will capture H3920 it;
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:24 - ‘Behold, the siege ramps have come to the city to capture H3920 it; and the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans, who fight against it, because of the sword, the famine, and the pestilence; and what You have spoken has happened; and behold, You see it.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:28 - Therefore thus says Yahweh, “Behold, I am about to give this city into the hand of the Chaldeans and into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he will capture H3920 it.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:22 - ‘Behold, I am going to command,’ declares Yahweh, ‘and I will cause them to return to this city; and they will fight against it and capture H3920 it and burn it with fire; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation without inhabitant.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:8 - “The Chaldeans will also return and fight against this city, and they will capture H3920 it and burn it with fire.”’
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:3 - “Thus says Yahweh, ‘This city will certainly be given into the hand of the military force of the king of Babylon, and he will capture H3920 it.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:28 - So Jeremiah stayed in the court of the guard until the day that Jerusalem was captured H3920.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:1 -

Concerning Moab. Thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel,

“Woe to Nebo, for it has been destroyed;

Kiriathaim has been put to shame, it has been captured H3920;

The lofty stronghold has been put to shame and [fn]shattered.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:7 -

“For because of your trust in your own works and treasures,

Even you yourself will be captured H3920;

And Chemosh will go off into exile

Together with his priests and his princes.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:41 -

“Kerioth has been captured H3920,

And the strongholds have been seized,

So the hearts of the mighty men of Moab in that day

Will be like the heart of a woman in labor.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:44 -

“The one who flees from the panic

Will fall into the pit,

And the one who climbs up out of the pit

Will be caught H3920 in the pitfall;

For I shall bring upon her, even upon Moab,

The year of their punishment,” declares Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:2 -

“Declare and make it heard among the nations.

Make it heard and lift up a standard.

Do not conceal it but say,

‘Babylon has been captured H3920;

Bel has been put to shame; [fn]Marduk has been [fn]shattered;

Her images have been put to shame; her idols have been shattered.’


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