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Lexicon :: Strong's H5310 - nāp̄aṣ

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נָפַץ
Transliteration
nāp̄aṣ
Pronunciation
naw-fats'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1394

Strong’s Definitions

נָפַץ nâphats, naw-fats'; a primitive root; to dash to pieces, or scatter:—be beaten in sunder, break (in pieces), broken, dash (in pieces), cause to be discharged, dispersed, be overspread, scatter.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x

The KJV translates Strong's H5310 in the following manner: break in pieces (9x), scatter (3x), break (3x), dash (2x), discharged (1x), dispersed (1x), overspread (1x), dash in pieces (1x), sunder (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x
The KJV translates Strong's H5310 in the following manner: break in pieces (9x), scatter (3x), break (3x), dash (2x), discharged (1x), dispersed (1x), overspread (1x), dash in pieces (1x), sunder (1x).

  1. to shatter, break, dash, beat in pieces

    1. (Qal)

      1. to shatter

      2. shattering (infinitive)

    2. (Piel) to dash to pieces

    3. (Pual) to pulverise

  2. to scatter, disperse, overspread, be scattered

    1. (Qal)

      1. to be scattered

      2. dispersed (participle)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
נָפַץ nâphats, naw-fats'; a primitive root; to dash to pieces, or scatter:—be beaten in sunder, break (in pieces), broken, dash (in pieces), cause to be discharged, dispersed, be overspread, scatter.
STRONGS H5310: Abbreviations
† I. [נָפַץ] verb shatter (Late Hebrew id., dash, beat; Assyrian napâṣu, shatter, destroy DlHWB 475; Targum נְפַע Pa. shatter, but also נְפַץ Pa. id., Syriac bdb065801 shake, break, so Mandean, NöM. 240, and ZMG xxxii (1878), 406); —
Qal Infinitive absolute וְנָפוֺץ with accusative Judges 7:19 and a shattering (= and shattered) the jars; Passive participle עֶצֶב נִבְזֶה נָפוּץ Jeremiah 22:28 (figurative) a vessel to be despised (and) shattered (compare Ew Gie RothstKau); also Participle active נֹפֵץ shatterer of the holy people Daniel 12:7 (Bev MartiKau, reading כִּכְלוֺת יַד נֹפֵץ).
Pi. dash to pieces: Perfect 3rd person masculine singular וְנִפֵּץ consecutive Psalm 137:9 with accusative infants ag. (אֶל) rock; 1st person singular וְנִפַּצְתִּ֫י of י׳ dashing all in pieces with (ב) Babylon as war-club Jeremiah 51:20, 21 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 51:22 (3 times in verse); Jeremiah 51:23 (3 times in verse); suffix אִישׁ וְנִפַּצְתִּים אֶלאָֿחִיו Jeremiah 13:14; Imperfect 2nd person masculine singular suffix תִּנַפְּצֵם יוֺצֵר כִּכְלִי Psalm 2:9 (i.e. nations); 3rd person masculine plural יְנַפֵּ֑צוּ נִבְלֵיהֶם Jeremiah 48:12 (symbolic of destroying Moab); Infinitive יַד־עַם־קֹדֶשׁ נַפֵּץ Daniel 12:7 when (they) finish shattering the hand (figurative for power) of the holy people, but read possibly נֹפֵץ, see Qal; ** = break up rafts 1 Kings 5:23 [1 Kings 5:9].
Pu. Participle feminine plural מְנֻפָּצוֹת מְנֻמָּצוֺת Isaiah 27:9 like chalk-stones pulverized.

† II. נָפַץ verb disperse, be scattered (often taken as secondary √ from Niph. of פוץ, yet compare Late Hebrew נפץ, Qal (Participle), Pi., scatter; Syriac bdb065901 pour out, throw down, Targum נְפַץ; Arabic bdb065902 shake (irregular correspondence of sibilants compare Nöl.c.), Ethiopic bdb065903 dissipari, aufugere Di 713); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular הָעָם מֵעָלַי נ׳ 1 Samuel 13:11 the people were scattered from me; 3rd person feminine singular כָל־הָאָרֶץ נָֽפְצָה Genesis 9:19 (J) thence dispersed all (the population of) the earth; 3rd person plural גּוֹיִם נָֽפְצוּ Isaiah 33:3 nations were scattered; Passive participle feminine plural construct נְפֻצוֺת יְהוּדָה Isaiah 11:12 the dispersed of Judah he shall collect (|| נִדְחֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

9:19

Judges

7:19

1 Samuel

13:11

1 Kings

5:9

Psalms

2:9; 137:9

Isaiah

11:12; 27:9; 33:3

Jeremiah

13:14; 22:28; 48:12; 51:20; 51:21; 51:22; 51:23

Daniel

12:7; 12:7

H5310

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Strong's Number H5310 matches the Hebrew נָפַץ (nāp̄aṣ),
which occurs 22 times in 17 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 9:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:19 - These three were the sons of Noah, and from these the people of the whole earth were dispersed.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 7:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:19 - So Gideon and the hundred men who were with him came to the outskirts of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch, when they had just set the watch. And they blew the trumpets and smashed the jars that were in their hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 13:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:11 - Samuel said, “What have you done?” And Saul said, “When I saw that the people were scattering from me, and that you did not come within the days appointed, and that the Philistines had mustered at Michmash,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 5:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:9 - My servants shall bring it down to the sea from Lebanon, and I will make it into rafts to go by sea to the place you direct. And I will have them broken up there, and you shall receive it. And you shall meet my wishes by providing food for my household.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:9 - You shall break[fn] them with a rod of iron
and dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 137:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 137:9 - Blessed shall he be who takes your little ones
and dashes them against the rock!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 11:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:12 - He will raise a signal for the nations
and will assemble the banished of Israel,
and gather the dispersed of Judah
from the four corners of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 27:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:9 - Therefore by this the guilt of Jacob will be atoned for,
and this will be the full fruit of the removal of his sin:[fn]
when he makes all the stones of the altars
like chalkstones crushed to pieces,
no Asherim or incense altars will remain standing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 33:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:3 - At the tumultuous noise peoples flee;
when you lift yourself up, nations are scattered,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 13:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:14 - And I will dash them one against another, fathers and sons together, declares the LORD. I will not pity or spare or have compassion, that I should not destroy them.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 22:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:28 - Is this man Coniah a despised, broken pot,
a vessel no one cares for?
Why are he and his children hurled and cast
into a land that they do not know?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:12 - “Therefore, behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I shall send to him pourers who will pour him, and empty his vessels and break his[fn] jars in pieces.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:20 - “You are my hammer and weapon of war:
with you I break nations in pieces;
with you I destroy kingdoms;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:21 - with you I break in pieces the horse and his rider;
with you I break in pieces the chariot and the charioteer;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:22 - with you I break in pieces man and woman;
with you I break in pieces the old man and the youth;
with you I break in pieces the young man and the young woman;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:23 - with you I break in pieces the shepherd and his flock;
with you I break in pieces the farmer and his team;
with you I break in pieces governors and commanders.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 12:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:7 - And I heard the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the stream; he raised his right hand and his left hand toward heaven and swore by him who lives forever that it would be for a time, times, and half a time, and that when the shattering of the power of the holy people comes to an end all these things would be finished.
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