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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
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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 - He [fn]continued H559, “Name H5344 me your wages H7939, and I will give H5414 them.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:11 - And the son H1121 of the Israelite H3482 woman H802 blasphemed H6895 the Name H8034 and cursed H7043. So they brought H935 him to Moses H4872. (Now his mother’s H517 name H8034 was Shelomith H8019, the daughter H1323 of Dibri H1704, of the tribe H4294 of Dan H1835.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:16 - ‘Moreover, the one who blasphemes H5344 the name H8034 of the LORD H3068 must H4191 be put H4191 to H4191 death H4191; all H3605 the congregation H5712 shall certainly H7275 stone H7275 him. The stranger H1616 as well as the native H249, when he blasphemes H5344 the Name H8034, shall be put H4191 to H4191 death H4191.

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So Moses H4872 and Aaron H175 took H3947 these H428 men H376 who H834 had been designated H5344 by name H8034,

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“How H4100 am I to put H6895 a H6895 curse H6895 on him upon whom God H410 has not put H6895 a H6895 curse H6895?

And how H4100 am I to curse H2194 him whom the LORD H3068 has not cursed H2194?

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Then Balak H1111 said H559 to Balaam H1109, “Do not curse H6895 them at H6895 all H6895 nor H3808 bless H1288 them at H1288 all H1288!”

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Instead, Jehoiada H3077 the priest H3548 [fn]took H3947 a chest H727 and drilled H5344 a hole H2356 in its lid H1817 and put H5414 it beside H681 the altar H4196, on the right H3225 side H3225 as one H376 comes H935 into the house H1004 of the LORD H3068; and the priests H3548 who guarded H8104 the threshold H5592 put H5414 in it all H3605 the money H3701 that was brought H935 into the house H1004 of the LORD H3068.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:21 - “Now H6258 behold H2009, you have [fn]relied H982 on the [fn]support H4938 of this H2088 broken H7533 reed H7070, on Egypt H4714; on which H834 if a man H376 leans H5564, it will go H935 into his [fn]hand H3709 and pierce H5344 it. That H3651 is H3651 how H3651 Pharaoh H6547 king H4428 of Egypt H4714 is to all H3605 who rely H982 on him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:31 - From the half-tribe H2677 H4294 of Manasseh H4519 eighteen H8083 H6240 thousand H505, who H834 were designated H5344 by name H8034 to come H935 and make H4427 David H1732 king H4427.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:41 - With them were Heman H1968 and Jeduthun H3038, and the rest H7605 who were chosen H1305, who H834 were designated H5344 by name H8034, to give H3034 thanks H3034 to the LORD H3068, because H3588 His [fn]kindness H2617 is everlasting H5769.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:15 - Then the men H376 who H834 were designated H5344 by name H8034 got H6965 up H6965, took H2388 the captives H7633, and they clothed H3847 all H3605 their naked H4636 people H4636 from the spoils H7998; they gave H3847 them clothes H3847 and sandals H5274, fed H398 them and gave H8248 them drink H8248, anointed H5480 them with oil, led H5095 all H3605 their feeble H3782 ones on donkeys H2543, and brought H935 them to Jericho H3405, the city H5892 of palm H8558 trees H8558, to their brothers H251; then they returned H7725 to Samaria H8111.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:19 - Also for the sons H1121 of Aaron H175, the priests H3548, who were in the pasture H4054 lands H7704 of their cities H5892, or in each H5892 and every H3605 city H5892, there were men H376 who H834 were designated H5344 by name H8034 to distribute H5414 portions H4490 to every H3605 male H2145 among the priests H3548 and to everyone H3605 genealogically H3187 enrolled H3187 among the Levites H3881.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:20 - and 220 H3967 H6242 of the temple H5411 servants H5411, whom H7945 David H1732 and the officials H8269 had provided H5414 for the service H5656 of the Levites H3881, all H3605 of them designated H5344 by name H8034.

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“May those curse H6895 it who curse H779 the day H3117,

Who are [fn]prepared H6264 to disturb H5782 Leviathan H3882.

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“Can anyone capture H3947 him [fn]when he is on watch H5869,

Can anyone pierce H5344 his nose H639 with barbs H4170?

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“Can you put H7760 a [fn]rope H100 in his nose H639,

And pierce H5344 his jaw H3895 with a [fn]hook H2336?

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One who withholds H4513 grain H1250, the people H3816 will curse H6895 him,

But blessing H1293 will be on the head H7218 of him who sells H7666 it.

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One who says H559 to the wicked H7563, “You are righteous H6662,”

Peoples H5971 will curse H6895 him, nations H3816 will scold H2194 him;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:6 - “Behold H2009, you have relied H982 on the staff H4938 of this H2088 broken H7533 reed H7070, on Egypt H4714, on which H834 if a man H376 leans H5564, it will go H935 into his [fn]hand H3709 and pierce H5344 it. So H3651 is Pharaoh H6547 king H4428 of Egypt H4714 to all H3605 who rely H982 on him.

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The nations H1471 will see H7200 your righteousness H6664,

And all H3605 kings H4428 your glory H3519;

And you will be called H7121 by a new H2319 name H8034

Which H834 the mouth H6310 of the LORD H3068 will designate H5344.

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Woe H1945 to those who are carefree H7600 in Zion H6726,

And to those who feel H982 secure H982 on the mountain H2022 of Samaria H8111,

The dignitaries H5344 of the foremost H7225 of nations H1471,

To whom H1992 the house H1004 of Israel H3478 comes H935.

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You pierced H5344 with his own [fn]arrows H4294

The head H7218 of his [fn]leaders H6518.

They stormed H5590 in H5590 to scatter H6327 [fn]us;

Their arrogance H5951 was like H3644 those

Who devour H398 the oppressed H6041 in secret H4565.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHag 1:6 - “You have sown H2232 much H7235, only to [fn]harvest H935 little H4592; you eat H398, but there H369 is H369 not H369 enough to be satisfied H7654; you drink H8354, but there H369 is H369 not H369 enough to become H7937 drunk H7937; you put H3847 on H3847 clothing H3847, but there H369 is H369 not H369 enough for [fn]anyone to get H2552 warm H2552; and the one who earns H7936, earns H7936 wages H7939 to put into a money H6872 bag H6872 full H5344 of H5344 holes H5344.”
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