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Lexicon :: Strong's H5344 - nāqaḇ

Aa
נָקַב
Transliteration
nāqaḇ
Pronunciation
naw-kab'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

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 - Say then what your payment is to be and I will give it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:11 - And the son of the Israelite woman said evil against the holy Name, with curses; and they took him to Moses. His mother's name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:16 - And he who says evil against the name of the Lord will certainly be put to death; he will be stoned by all the people; the man who is not of your nation and one who is an Israelite by birth, whoever says evil against the holy Name is to be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:17 - And Moses and Aaron took these men, marked out by name;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:8 - How may I put curses on him who is not cursed by God? how may I be angry with him with whom the Lord is not angry?

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:25 - Then Balak said to Balaam, If you will not put a curse on them, at all events do not give them a blessing.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:9 - But Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and making a hole in the cover of it, put it by the altar, on the right side when one comes into the house of the Lord; and the priests who kept the door put in it regularly all the money which was taken into the house of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:21 - See, now, you are basing your hope on that broken rod of Egypt, which will go through a man's hand if he makes use of it for a support; for so is Pharaoh, king of Egypt, to all who put their faith in him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:31 - And from the half-tribe of Manasseh, eighteen thousand, listed by name, came to make David king.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:41

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:41 - And with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest who were marked out by name to give praise to the Lord, for his mercy is unchanging for ever;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:15 - And those men who have been named went up and took the prisoners, clothing those among them who were uncovered, with things from the goods which had been taken in the war, and putting robes on them and shoes on their feet; and they gave them food and drink and oil for their bodies, and seating all the feeble among them on asses, they took them to Jericho, the town of palm-trees, to their people, and then went back to Samaria.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:19 - And as for the sons of Aaron, the priests, living in the country on the outskirts of their towns, every different town there were men, marked out by name, to give their part of the goods to all the males among the priests, and to all who were listed among the Levites.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:20 - And of the Nethinim, to whom David and the captains had given the work of helping the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinim, all of them specially named.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:8 - Let it be cursed by those who put a curse on the day; who are ready to make Leviathan awake.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:24 - Will anyone take him when he is on the watch, or put metal teeth through his nose?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:2 - Will you put a cord into his nose, or take him away with a cord round his tongue?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:26 - He who keeps back grain will be cursed by the people; but a blessing will be on the head of him who lets them have it for a price.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:24 - He who says to the evil-doer, You are upright, will be cursed by peoples and hated by nations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:6 - See, you are basing your hope on that broken rod of Egypt, which will go into a man's hand if he makes use of it for a support; for so is Pharaoh, king of Egypt, to all who put their faith in him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:2 - And the nations will see your righteousness, and all kings your glory: and you will have a new name, given by the mouth of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:1 - Sorrow to those who are resting in comfort in Zion, and to those who have no fear of danger in the mountain of Samaria, the noted men of the chief of the nations, to whom the people of Israel come!

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:14 - You have put your spears through his head, his horsemen were sent in flight like dry stems; they had joy in driving away the poor, in making a meal of them secretly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHag 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 1:6 - Much has been planted, but little got in; you take food, but have not enough; you take drink, but are not full; you are clothed, but no one is warm; and he who gets payment for his work, gets it to put it into a bag full of holes.
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