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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

H3920

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

Page 1 / 3 (Num 21:32–2Sa 12:27)

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:32 - After Moses had sent spies to Jazer, the Israelites captured its surrounding settlements and drove out the Amorites who were there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:39 - The descendants of Makir son of Manasseh went to Gilead, captured it and drove out the Amorites who were there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:41 - Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, captured their settlements and called them Havvoth Jair.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:42 - And Nobah captured Kenath and its surrounding settlements and called it Nobah after himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:34

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:34 - At that time we took all his towns and completely destroyed[fn] them—men, women and children. We left no survivors.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:35 - But the livestock and the plunder from the towns we had captured we carried off for ourselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:4 - At that time we took all his cities. There was not one of the sixty cities that we did not take from them—the whole region of Argob, Og’s kingdom in Bashan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:20 - When the trumpets sounded, the army shouted, and at the sound of the trumpet, when the men gave a loud shout, the wall collapsed; so everyone charged straight in, and they took the city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:14 - “ ‘In the morning, present yourselves tribe by tribe. The tribe the LORD chooses shall come forward clan by clan; the clan the LORD chooses shall come forward family by family; and the family the LORD chooses shall come forward man by man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:15 - Whoever is caught with the devoted things shall be destroyed by fire, along with all that belongs to him. He has violated the covenant of the LORD and has done an outrageous thing in Israel!’ ”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:16 - Early the next morning Joshua had Israel come forward by tribes, and Judah was chosen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 7:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:17 - The clans of Judah came forward, and the Zerahites were chosen. He had the clan of the Zerahites come forward by families, and Zimri was chosen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:18 - Joshua had his family come forward man by man, and Achan son of Karmi, the son of Zimri, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was chosen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:19 - As soon as he did this, the men in the ambush rose quickly from their position and rushed forward. They entered the city and captured it and quickly set it on fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:21 - For when Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the city and that smoke was going up from it, they turned around and attacked the men of Ai.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:1 - Now Adoni-Zedek king of Jerusalem heard that Joshua had taken Ai and totally destroyed[fn] it, doing to Ai and its king as he had done to Jericho and its king, and that the people of Gibeon had made a treaty of peace with Israel and had become their allies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:28 - That day Joshua took Makkedah. He put the city and its king to the sword and totally destroyed everyone in it. He left no survivors. And he did to the king of Makkedah as he had done to the king of Jericho.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:32 - The LORD gave Lachish into Israel’s hands, and Joshua took it on the second day. The city and everyone in it he put to the sword, just as he had done to Libnah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:35 - They captured it that same day and put it to the sword and totally destroyed everyone in it, just as they had done to Lachish.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:37 - They took the city and put it to the sword, together with its king, its villages and everyone in it. They left no survivors. Just as at Eglon, they totally destroyed it and everyone in it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:39 - They took the city, its king and its villages, and put them to the sword. Everyone in it they totally destroyed. They left no survivors. They did to Debir and its king as they had done to Libnah and its king and to Hebron.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:42 - All these kings and their lands Joshua conquered in one campaign, because the LORD, the God of Israel, fought for Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 11:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:10 - At that time Joshua turned back and captured Hazor and put its king to the sword. (Hazor had been the head of all these kingdoms.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:12 - Joshua took all these royal cities and their kings and put them to the sword. He totally destroyed them, as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:17 - from Mount Halak, which rises toward Seir, to Baal Gad in the Valley of Lebanon below Mount Hermon. He captured all their kings and put them to death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:16 - And Caleb said, “I will give my daughter Aksah in marriage to the man who attacks and captures Kiriath Sepher.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:17 - Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb’s brother, took it; so Caleb gave his daughter Aksah to him in marriage.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:47 - (When the territory of the Danites was lost to them, they went up and attacked Leshem, took it, put it to the sword and occupied it. They settled in Leshem and named it Dan after their ancestor.)

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:8 - The men of Judah attacked Jerusalem also and took it. They put the city to the sword and set it on fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:12 - And Caleb said, “I will give my daughter Aksah in marriage to the man who attacks and captures Kiriath Sepher.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:13 - Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother, took it; so Caleb gave his daughter Aksah to him in marriage.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:18 - Judah also took[fn] Gaza, Ashkelon and Ekron—each city with its territory.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 3:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:28 - “Follow me,” he ordered, “for the LORD has given Moab, your enemy, into your hands.” So they followed him down and took possession of the fords of the Jordan that led to Moab; they allowed no one to cross over.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 7:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:24 - Gideon sent messengers throughout the hill country of Ephraim, saying, “Come down against the Midianites and seize the waters of the Jordan ahead of them as far as Beth Barah.” So all the men of Ephraim were called out and they seized the waters of the Jordan as far as Beth Barah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 7:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:25 - They also captured two of the Midianite leaders, Oreb and Zeeb. They killed Oreb at the rock of Oreb, and Zeeb at the winepress of Zeeb. They pursued the Midianites and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon, who was by the Jordan.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 8:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:12 - Zebah and Zalmunna, the two kings of Midian, fled, but he pursued them and captured them, routing their entire army.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:14 - He caught a young man of Sukkoth and questioned him, and the young man wrote down for him the names of the seventy-seven officials of Sukkoth, the elders of the town.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:45

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:45 - All that day Abimelek pressed his attack against the city until he had captured it and killed its people. Then he destroyed the city and scattered salt over it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:50

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:50 - Next Abimelek went to Thebez and besieged it and captured it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 12:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:5 - The Gileadites captured the fords of the Jordan leading to Ephraim, and whenever a survivor of Ephraim said, “Let me cross over,” the men of Gilead asked him, “Are you an Ephraimite?” If he replied, “No,”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 15:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:4 - So he went out and caught three hundred foxes and tied them tail to tail in pairs. He then fastened a torch to every pair of tails,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 10:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:20 - When Samuel had all Israel come forward by tribes, the tribe of Benjamin was taken by lot.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:21 - Then he brought forward the tribe of Benjamin, clan by clan, and Matri’s clan was taken. Finally Saul son of Kish was taken. But when they looked for him, he was not to be found.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:41

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:41 - Then Saul prayed to the LORD, the God of Israel, “Why have you not answered your servant today? If the fault is in me or my son Jonathan, respond with Urim, but if the men of Israel are at fault,[fn] respond with Thummim.” Jonathan and Saul were taken by lot, and the men were cleared.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:42

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:42 - Saul said, “Cast the lot between me and Jonathan my son.” And Jonathan was taken.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:47

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:47 - After Saul had assumed rule over Israel, he fought against their enemies on every side: Moab, the Ammonites, Edom, the kings[fn] of Zobah, and the Philistines. Wherever he turned, he inflicted punishment on them.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:7 - Nevertheless, David captured the fortress of Zion—which is the City of David.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:4 - David captured a thousand of his chariots, seven thousand charioteers[fn] and twenty thousand foot soldiers. He hamstrung all but a hundred of the chariot horses.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 12:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:26 - Meanwhile Joab fought against Rabbah of the Ammonites and captured the royal citadel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:27 - Joab then sent messengers to David, saying, “I have fought against Rabbah and taken its water supply.

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