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Lexicon :: Strong's H5344 - nāqaḇ

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נָקַב
Transliteration
nāqaḇ
Pronunciation
naw-kab'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1409

Strong’s Definitions

נָקַב nâqab, naw-kab'; a primitive root; to puncture, literally (to perforate, with more or less violence) or figuratively (to specify, designate, libel):—appoint, blaspheme, bore, curse, express, with holes, name, pierce, strike through.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 25x

The KJV translates Strong's H5344 in the following manner: curse (6x), expressed (6x), blaspheme (3x), bore (2x), name (2x), pierce (2x), Appoint (1x), holes (1x), pierce through (1x), strike through (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 25x
The KJV translates Strong's H5344 in the following manner: curse (6x), expressed (6x), blaspheme (3x), bore (2x), name (2x), pierce (2x), Appoint (1x), holes (1x), pierce through (1x), strike through (1x).

  1. to pierce, perforate, bore, appoint

    1. (Qal)

      1. to pierce, bore

      2. to prick off, designate

    2. (Niphal) to be pricked off, be designated, be specified

  2. (Qal) to curse, blaspheme

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
נָקַב nâqab, naw-kab'; a primitive root; to puncture, literally (to perforate, with more or less violence) or figuratively (to specify, designate, libel):—appoint, blaspheme, bore, curse, express, with holes, name, pierce, strike through.
STRONGS H5344: Abbreviations
† I. [נָקַב] verb pierce (Late Hebrew id.; SI1.1.4 הנקבה the piercing, boring through; Aramaic נְקַב, bdb066602 id; נֶקְכָּא hole, etc.; Sinaitic proper name, masculine נקבו Eut 441, 2, נקיבו Eut99, 2; 153, 2 (Lzb325. 326 Cook33); Assyrian naḳbu, depth, spring of water; Arabic bdb066603 perforate, pierce, scrutinize, etc.,bdb066604 sagacity, etc.; bdb066605 leader, chief (one who scrutinizes)); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person feminine singular suffix נְקָבָהּ 2 Kings 18:21; Isaiah 36:6; 2nd person masculine singular נָקַבְתָּ; Habakkuk 3:14; Imperfect יִנְקָבֿ Job 40:24, וַיִּקֹּב 2 Kings 12:10; suffix יִקָּבֶ֑נּוּ Isaiah 62:2; 2nd person masculine singular תִּקֹּב Job 40:26; Imperative masculine singular נָקְבָה Genesis 30:28; Passive participle נָקוּב Haggai 1:6; plural construct נְקֻבֵי; Amos 6:1; —
1. pierce, bore with accusative 2 Kings 18:21 = Isaiah 36:6; Habakkuk 3:14 (all in figure), Job 40:24; Job 40:26 [Job 41:2]; with accusative of congnate meaning with verb + ב, וַיִּקֹּב חֹר בְּרַלְתּוֺ 2 Kings 12:10 and he bored a hole in its lid; צְרוֺר נָקוּב Haggai 1:8 a bag pierced, i.e. with a hole in it.
2. prick off, designate, wages Genesis 30:28 (J), name Isaiah 62:2 (י׳ subject; compare Niph.); passive participle noted, distinguished Amos 6:1.
Niph. Perfect 3rd person plural in phrase (אֲשֶׁר) נִקְּבוּ בְשֵׁמוֺת who were pricked off, designated, by name Numbers 1:17; 1 Chronicles 12:32 (1 Chronicles 12:31 van d. H.), 1 Chronicles 16:41; 2 Chronicles 28:3; 31:19, compare Ezra 8:20.

† II. [נָקַב] verb curse (perhaps akin to I. נקב perhaps secondary formative from קָבַב, which see for forms יִקֹּב, קֹב, etc.); —
Qal Infinitive suffix נָקְבוֺ שֵׁם Leviticus 24:16; Participle נֹקֵב שֵׁם י׳ Leviticus 24:16 (on text see Di, GeiUrschrift 274 DalmanAdonai 44 f.).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

30:28; 30:28

Leviticus

24:16; 24:16

Numbers

1:17

2 Kings

12:10; 12:10; 18:21; 18:21

1 Chronicles

12:31; 12:32; 16:41

2 Chronicles

28:3; 31:19

Ezra

8:20

Job

40:24; 40:24; 41:2

Isaiah

36:6; 36:6; 62:2; 62:2

Amos

6:1; 6:1

Habakkuk

3:14; 3:14

Haggai

1:6; 1:8

H5344

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Strong's Number H5344 matches the Hebrew נָקַב (nāqaḇ),
which occurs 24 times in 23 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:28 - Appoint [fn]me thy wages, and I will give them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:11 - And the son of the Israelitish woman named THE NAME and cursed; and they brought him to Moses: and his mother's name was Salomith, daughter of Dabri of the tribe of Dan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:16 - And he that names the name of the Lord, let him die the death: let all the congregation of Israel stone him with stones; whether he be a stranger or a native, let him die for naming the name of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:17 - And Moses and Aaron took these men who were called by name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:8 - How can I curse whom the Lord curses not? or how can I devote whom God devotes not?

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:25 - And Balac said to Balaam, Neither curse [fn]the people at all for me, nor bless them at all.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:9 - (LXX 12:10) And Jodae the priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid of it, and set it by the [fn]altar in the house of a man belonging to the house of the Lord, and the priests that kept the door put therein all the money that was found in the house of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:21 - See now, art thou trusting for thyself on this broken staff of reed, even upon Egypt? whosoever shall stay himself upon it, it shall even go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharao king of Egypt to all that trust on him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:31 - (LXX 12:32) And of the half-tribe of Manasse, eighteen thousand, even those who were named by name, to make David king.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:41

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:41 - And with him were Æman and Idithun, and the rest chosen out by name to praise the Lord, for his mercy endures for ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:15 - And the men who were called by name rose up, and took hold of the prisoners, and clothed all the naked from the spoils, and gave them garments and shoes, and gave them food to eat, and oil to anoint themselves with, and they helped also every one that was weak with asses, and placed them in Jericho, the city of palm-trees, with their brethren; and they returned to Samaria.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:19 - As for the sons of Aaron that executed the priests' office,—even those from their cities, the men in each several city who were named expressly,—were appointed to give a portion to every male among the priests, and to every one reckoned among the Levites.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:20 - And of the Nathinim, whom David and the princes had appointed for the service of the Levites there were two hundred and twenty Nathinim; all were gathered by their names.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:8 - But let him that curses that day curse it, even he that is ready to attack the great whale.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:24 - Yet one shall take him in his sight; one shall catch him with a cord, and pierce his nose.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:2 - (LXX 40:26) Or wilt thou fasten a ring in his nostril, and bore his lip with a clasp?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:26 - May he that hoards corn leave it to the nation: but blessing be on the head of him that gives it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:24 - He that says of the ungodly, He is righteous, shall be cursed by peoples, and hateful among the nations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:6 - Behold, thou trustest on this bruised staff of reed, on Egypt: as soon as a man leans upon it, it shall go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharao king of Egypt and all that trust in him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:2 - And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and kings thy glory: and one shall call thee by a new name, which the Lord shall name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:1 - Woe to them that set at nought Sion, and that trust in the mountain of Samaria: they have gathered the harvest of the heads of the nations, and they have gone in themselves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:14 - Thou didst cut asunder the heads of princes with amazement, they shall tremble in it; they shall burst their bridles, they shall be as a poor man devouring in secret.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHag 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 1:6 - Ye have sown much, but brought in little; ye have eaten, and are not satisfied; ye have drunk, and are not satisfied with drink, ye have clothed yourselves, and have not become warm [fn]thereby: and he that earns wages has gathered them into a bag full of holes.
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