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Lexicon :: Strong's H5362 - nāqap̄

Aa
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 BoxLev 19:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:27 - The ends of the hair round your face and on your chin may not be cut off.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:3 - Now let all your fighting-men make a circle round the town, going all round it once. Do this for six days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:11 - So he made the ark of the Lord go all round the town once: then they went back to the tents for the night.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:24 - And under the edge of it, circling it all round for ten cubits, were two lines of flower buds, made together with it from liquid metal.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:14 - So he sent there horses and carriages and a great army; and they came by night, circling the town.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:8 - Will make a circle round the king, every man being armed; and whoever comes inside your lines is to be put to death; keep with the king, when he goes out and when he comes in.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:3 - And under it was a design of flowers all round it, ten to a cubit, circling the water-vessel in two lines; they were made from liquid metal at the same time as the water-vessel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:7 - And the Levites are to make a circle round the king, every man being armed; and any man who comes into the house is to be put to death; you are to keep with the king when he comes in and when he goes out.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:5 - And at the end of their days of feasting, Job sent and made them clean, getting up early in the morning and offering burned offerings for them all. For, Job said, It may be that my sons have done wrong and said evil of God in their hearts. And Job did this whenever the feasts came round.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:6 - Be certain that it is God who has done me wrong, and has taken me in his net.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:26 - And ... without my flesh I will see God;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:9 - From the evil-doers who are violent to me, and from those who are round me, desiring my death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:16 - Dogs have come round me: I am shut in by the band of evil-doers; they made wounds in my hands and feet.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 48:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 48:12 - Make your way about Zion, and go round it, numbering its towers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:17 - They are round me all the day like water; they have made a circle about me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:34

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:34 - And he is cutting down the thick places of the wood with an axe, and Lebanon with its tall trees is coming down.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 15:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 15:8 - For the cry has gone round the limits of Moab; as far as to Eglaim and Beer-elim.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:1 - Ho! Ariel, Ariel, the town against which David made war; put year to year, let the feasts come round:

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:5 - He has put up a wall against me, shutting me in with bitter sorrow.
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