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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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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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 Box Gen 30:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:28 - Name your wages, and I will give it.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 24:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:11 - and the Israelite woman’s son blasphemed the Name, and cursed. Then they brought him to Moses. His mother’s name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 24:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:16 - Whoever blasphemes the name of the LORD shall surely be put to death. All the congregation shall stone him. The sojourner as well as the native, when he blasphemes the Name, shall be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:17 - Moses and Aaron took these men who had been named,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:8 - How can I curse whom God has not cursed?
How can I denounce whom the LORD has not denounced?

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:25 - And Balak said to Balaam, “Do not curse them at all, and do not bless them at all.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 12:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:9 - Then Jehoiada the priest took a chest and bored a hole in the lid of it and set it beside the altar on the right side as one entered the house of the LORD. And the priests who guarded the threshold put in it all the money that was brought into the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 18:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:21 - Behold, you are trusting now in Egypt, that broken reed of a staff, which will pierce the hand of any man who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 12:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:31 - Of the half-tribe of Manasseh 18,000, who were expressly named to come and make David king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 16:41

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:41 - With them were Heman and Jeduthun and the rest of those chosen and expressly named to give thanks to the LORD, for his steadfast love endures forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 28:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:15 - And the men who have been mentioned by name rose and took the captives, and with the spoil they clothed all who were naked among them. They clothed them, gave them sandals, provided them with food and drink, and anointed them, and carrying all the feeble among them on donkeys, they brought them to their kinsfolk at Jericho, the city of palm trees. Then they returned to Samaria.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 31:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:19 - And for the sons of Aaron, the priests, who were in the fields of common land belonging to their cities, there were men in the several cities who were designated by name to distribute portions to every male among the priests and to everyone among the Levites who was enrolled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 8:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:20 - besides 220 of the temple servants, whom David and his officials had set apart to attend the Levites. These were all mentioned by name.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:8 - Let those curse it who curse the day,
who are ready to rouse up Leviathan.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 40:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:24 - Can one take him by his eyes,[fn]
or pierce his nose with a snare?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 41:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:2 - Can you put a rope in his nose
or pierce his jaw with a hook?

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 11:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:26 - The people curse him who holds back grain,
but a blessing is on the head of him who sells it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:24 - Whoever says to the wicked, “You are in the right,”
will be cursed by peoples, abhorred by nations,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 36:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:6 - Behold, you are trusting in Egypt, that broken reed of a staff, which will pierce the hand of any man who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 62:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:2 - The nations shall see your righteousness,
and all the kings your glory,
and you shall be called by a new name
that the mouth of the LORD will give.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:1 - “Woe to those who are at ease in Zion,
and to those who feel secure on the mountain of Samaria,
the notable men of the first of the nations,
to whom the house of Israel comes!

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:14 - You pierced with his own arrows the heads of his warriors,
who came like a whirlwind to scatter me,
rejoicing as if to devour the poor in secret.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hag 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 1:6 - You have sown much, and harvested little. You eat, but you never have enough; you drink, but you never have your fill. You clothe yourselves, but no one is warm. And he who earns wages does so to put them into a bag with holes.
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