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Lexicon :: Strong's H5362 - nāqap̄

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נָקַף
Transliteration
nāqap̄
Pronunciation
naw-kaf'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1415,1416

Strong’s Definitions

נָקַף nâqaph, naw-kaf'; a primitive root; to strike with more or less violence (beat, fell, corrode); by implication (of attack) to knock together, i.e. surround or circulate:—compass (about, -ing), cut down, destroy, go round (about), inclose, round.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 19x

The KJV translates Strong's H5362 in the following manner: compass (7x), go round about (3x), go about (2x), compass about (2x), destroy (1x), down (1x), inclosed (1x), kill (1x), round (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 19x
The KJV translates Strong's H5362 in the following manner: compass (7x), go round about (3x), go about (2x), compass about (2x), destroy (1x), down (1x), inclosed (1x), kill (1x), round (1x).

  1. to strike, strike off

    1. (Piel) to strike off skin

  2. to go around, compass, round

    1. (Qal) to go around

    2. (Hiphil)

      1. to go around, surround, encompass, enclose

      2. to make the round, complete the circuit

      3. to make round, round off

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
נָקַף nâqaph, naw-kaf'; a primitive root; to strike with more or less violence (beat, fell, corrode); by implication (of attack) to knock together, i.e. surround or circulate:—compass (about, -ing), cut down, destroy, go round (about), inclose, round.
STRONGS H5362: Abbreviations
† I. [נָקַף] verb strike off (Late Hebrew strike, wound, Aramaic נְקַף id.; Arabic bdb066804 fregit caput, ut cerebrum appareret; Vulgar Arabic snap with the finger (Dozyii. 716); Assyrian naḳpu probably= mutilated; Ethiopic bdb066805 peel, flay Di649); —
Niph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular וְנִקַּף סִבְכֵי הַיַּ֫עַר consecutive Isaiah 10:34 and the thickets of the forest shall be struck away (on singular verb compare Ges§ 145o DaSynt. § 113 b; or. read נִקְּפוּ; — form possibly Pi., but compare Di Du CheHpt).
Pi. Perfect 3rd person plural וְאַחַר עוֺרִי נִקְּפוּזֹֿאת Job 19:25 after my skin, which they (Ges§ 144 g) have struck off (alluding to ravages of his disease) — this! but text dubious; Bu כָּזאֹת נִקַּף Niph. which has been thus struck off.

II. [נָקַף] verb go around (intransitive), (Ecclus 45:9 Hiph. ויקיפהו surround something with (2 accusatives); Perfect 3rd person feminine singular הקיפה Ecclus 43:12 (accusative+ ב instrumental); Late Hebrew Hiph. הִקִּיף = Biblical Hebrew; also = cling to, be attached, joined to, and so Aramaic אַקֵּיף (Aph`el), bdb066806);
Qal Imperfect חַגִּים יִנְקֹ֑פוּ Isaiah 29:1 (figurative) let feasts go around, i.e. run the round (of the year).
Hiph. Perfect הִקִּיף Job 19:6; 3rd person feminine singular הִקִּ֫יפָהִ Isaiah 15:8; 3rd person plural הִקִּ֫יפוּ Job 1:5; Psalm 88:18, וְהִקִּיפוּ consecutive 2 Chronicles 23:7, suffix הִקִּיפוּנִי Psalm 22:17; 2nd person masculine plural וְהִקַּפְתֶּם consecutive 2 Kings 11:8; Imperfect וַיַּקַּף Lamentations 3:5; 3rd person masculine plural יַקִּ֫יפוּ Psalm 17:9, וַיַּקִּ֫פוּ 2 Kings 6:14; 2nd person masculine plural תַּקִּ֫פוּ Leviticus 19:27; Imperative masculine plural suffix הַקִּיפ֫וּהָ Psalm 48:13; Infinitive absolute הַקֵּיף Joshua 6:3, הַקֵּף Joshua 6:11; Participle plural מַקִּ(י)פִים 1 Kings 7:24; 2 Chronicles 4:3; —
1. go around, surround, encompass:
a. go around, with accusative of city, Joshua 6:3 compare Joshua 6:11 (accusative omitted), Psalm 48:13 (all || סָבָב); also (figurative) הִקִּ֫יפָה הַזְּעָקָה אֶתֿ Isaiah 15:8 the cry hath gone about the border of Moab.
b. surround, encompass, enclose, usually with ׃עַלֿ וַיַּקִּ֫פוּ עַלהָֿעִיר 2 Kings 6:14 and they closed in upon the city (beleaguered it); with עַל person 2 Kings 11:8 (+ סָבִיב), Psalm 17:9; Psalm 88:18 (|| סָבַב), + accusative of thing Job 19:6 he hath closed his net in upon me compare Lamentations 3:5; less often with accusative of person Psalm 22:17 (|| סָבַב), 2 Chronicles 23:7 (|| 2 Kings 11:8; + סָבִיב), also of inanimate things 1 Kings 7:24 2 Chronicles 4:3 (both + סָבִיב, || סָבַב).
2. make the round, i.e. complete the circuit יְמֵי הַמִּשְׁתֶּה הִקּ׳ Job 1:5 when the days of feasting had completed their circuit.
3. make round, round off (literally): ראֹשְׁכֶם פְּאַת תַקּ'לֹא Leviticus 19:27 (|| פְּאַת אֵת תַשְׁחִית לֹא זְקָנֶ֑ךָ), of heathen rite.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Leviticus

19:27; 19:27

Joshua

6:3; 6:3; 6:11; 6:11

1 Kings

7:24; 7:24

2 Kings

6:14; 6:14; 11:8; 11:8; 11:8

2 Chronicles

4:3; 4:3; 23:7; 23:7

Job

1:5; 1:5; 19:6; 19:6; 19:25

Psalms

17:9; 17:9; 22:17; 22:17; 48:13; 48:13; 88:18; 88:18

Isaiah

10:34; 15:8; 15:8; 29:1

Lamentations

3:5; 3:5

H5362

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5362 matches the Hebrew נָקַף (nāqap̄),
which occurs 19 times in 19 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 19:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:27 - “ ‘Do not cut the hair at the sides of your head or clip off the edges of your beard.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:3 - March around the city once with all the armed men. Do this for six days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 6:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:11 - So he had the ark of the LORD carried around the city, circling it once. Then the army returned to camp and spent the night there.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:24 - Below the rim, gourds encircled it—ten to a cubit. The gourds were cast in two rows in one piece with the Sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 6:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:14 - Then he sent horses and chariots and a strong force there. They went by night and surrounded the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 11:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:8 - Station yourselves around the king, each of you with weapon in hand. Anyone who approaches your ranks[fn] is to be put to death. Stay close to the king wherever he goes.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 4:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:3 - Below the rim, figures of bulls encircled it—ten to a cubit.[fn] The bulls were cast in two rows in one piece with the Sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 23:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:7 - The Levites are to station themselves around the king, each with weapon in hand. Anyone who enters the temple is to be put to death. Stay close to the king wherever he goes.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:5 - When a period of feasting had run its course, Job would make arrangements for them to be purified. Early in the morning he would sacrifice a burnt offering for each of them, thinking, “Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” This was Job’s regular custom.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 19:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:6 - then know that God has wronged me and drawn his net around me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 19:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:26 - And after my skin has been destroyed, yet[fn] in[fn] my flesh I will see God;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 17:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:9 - from the wicked who are out to destroy me, from my mortal enemies who surround me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 22:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:16 - Dogs surround me, a pack of villains encircles me; they pierce[fn] my hands and my feet.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 48:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 48:12 - Walk about Zion, go around her, count her towers,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 88:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:17 - All day long they surround me like a flood; they have completely engulfed me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 10:34

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:34 - He will cut down the forest thickets with an ax; Lebanon will fall before the Mighty One.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 15:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 15:8 - Their outcry echoes along the border of Moab; their wailing reaches as far as Eglaim, their lamentation as far as Beer Elim.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 29:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:1 - Woe to you, Ariel, Ariel, the city where David settled! Add year to year and let your cycle of festivals go on.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:5 - He has besieged me and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship.
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