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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).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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 22 times in 21 verses in 'Jer' in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:26 -

‘For wicked people are found among My people,

They watch like fowlers [fn]lying in wait;

They set a trap,

They catch H3920 people.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:11 -

But I am full of the wrath of the LORD;

I am weary of holding it in.

“Pour it out on the children in the street

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

For both husband and wife shall be taken H3920,

The old [fn]and the very old.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:9 -

“The wise men are put to shame,

They are dismayed and caught H3920;

Behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD,

So what kind of wisdom do they have?

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:22 -

May a cry 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 imprisoned him, saying, “Why do you prophesy, saying, ‘This is what the LORD says: “Behold, I am going to hand this city over to the king of Babylon, and he will take H3920 it;
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:24 - ‘Behold, the assault ramps have reached the city to take H3920 it; and the city has been handed over to the Chaldeans who fight against it, because of the sword, the famine, and the plague; and what You have spoken has come to pass; and behold, You see it.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:28 - Therefore this is what the LORD says: “Behold, I am going to hand this city over to the Chaldeans and to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he will take H3920 it.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:22 - ‘Behold, I am going to give a command,’ declares the LORD, ‘and I will bring them back to this city, and they will fight against it and take H3920 it and burn it with fire; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation without inhabitant.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:8 - “Then the Chaldeans will return and fight against this city, and they will capture H3920 it and burn it with fire.”’
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:3 - “This is what the LORD says: ‘This city will certainly be handed over to the army of the king of Babylon and he will capture H3920 it.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:28 - So Jeremiah stayed in the courtyard of the guard until the day that Jerusalem was captured H3920.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:1 -

Concerning Moab. This is what the LORD of armies, the God of Israel says:

“Woe to Nebo, for it has been destroyed;

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

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

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:7 -

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

You yourself will also be captured H3920;

And Chemosh will go off into exile

Together with his priests and his leaders.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:41 -

“Kerioth has been captured H3920

And the strongholds have been seized,

So the hearts of the warriors of Moab on that day

Will be like the heart of a woman in labor.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:44 -

“The one who flees from the terror

Will fall into the pit,

And the one who climbs up out of the pit

Will be caught H3920 in the snare;

For I will bring upon her, upon Moab,

The year of their punishment,” declares the LORD.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:2 -

“Declare and proclaim among the nations.

Proclaim it and lift up a flag,

Do not conceal it. Say,

‘Babylon has been captured H3920,

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

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

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:9 -

“For behold, I am going to rouse and bring up against Babylon

A contingent of great nations from the land of the north,

And they will draw up their battle lines against her;

From there she will be taken H3920 captive H3920.

Their arrows will be like [fn]an expert warrior

Who does not return empty-handed.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:24 -

“I set a trap for you and you were also caught H3920, Babylon,

While you yourself were not aware;

You have been found and also seized

Because you have engaged in conflict with the LORD.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:31 -

One [fn]courier runs to meet [fn]another,

And one [fn]messenger to meet [fn]another,

To tell the king of Babylon

That his city has been captured H3920 from end to end;

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:41 -

“How [fn]Sheshak has been captured H3920,

And the praise of the whole earth has been seized!

How Babylon has become an object of horror among the nations!

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:56 -

For the destroyer is coming against her, against Babylon,

And her warriors will be captured H3920,

Their bows shattered;

For the LORD is a God of retribution,

He will fully repay.

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