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Lexicon :: Strong's H3920 - lāḵaḏ

Aa
לָכַד
Transliteration
lāḵaḏ
Pronunciation
law-kad'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1115

Strong’s Definitions

לָכַד lâkad, law-kad'; a primitive root; to catch (in a net, trap or pit); generally, to capture or occupy; also to choose (by lot); figuratively, to cohere:—× at all, catch (self), be frozen, be holden, stick together, take.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 121x

The KJV translates Strong's H3920 in the following manner: take (112x), catch (5x), at all (1x), frozen (1x), holden (1x), stick together (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 121x
The KJV translates Strong's H3920 in the following manner: take (112x), catch (5x), at all (1x), frozen (1x), holden (1x), stick together (1x).

  1. to capture, take, seize

    1. (Qal)

      1. to capture, seize

      2. to capture (of men) (fig.)

      3. to take (by lot)

    2. (Niphal)

      1. to be captured

      2. to be caught (of men in trap, snare) (fig.)

    3. (Hithpael) to grasp each other

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
לָכַד lâkad, law-kad'; a primitive root; to catch (in a net, trap or pit); generally, to capture or occupy; also to choose (by lot); figuratively, to cohere:—× at all, catch (self), be frozen, be holden, stick together, take.
STRONGS H3920: Abbreviations
לָכַד 121 verb capture, seize, take (by lot) (Phoenician לכד take out, choose (?); Targum לְכַד as Biblical Hebrew; Arabic bdb053907 is strike, push, with the hand, etc., bdb053908 pestle, compare modern bdb053909 attack WetzstZMG xxii. 1868, 140; bdb054001 stick or cleave to); —
Qal Perfect ל׳ Joshua 8:1 +, לָכַדְתִּי 2 Samuel 12:27 etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִלְכּוֺד Amos 3:5; וַיִּלְכֹּד Judges 8:12 +, etc.; Imperative masculine singular suffix לָכְדָהּ 2 Samuel 12:28, masculine plural לִכְדוּ; Infinitive absolute לָכוֺד Amos 3:5; construct suffix לְלָכְדֵנִי Jeremiah 18:22, לְלָכְדָהּ Jeremiah 32:24; Participle לֹכֵד Job 5:13; Proverbs 16:32; —
1. capture, seize (not in P) with accusative, usually a city or town, in war Judges 1:8, 12; Joshua 8:21; Joshua 10:1 (JE), Deuteronomy 2:35 + 48 times (but Judges 1:18 strike out as gloss Bu Kit GFM and others); land Joshua 10:42 (D), Daniel 11:18; water-courses (fords), Judges 3:28; Judges 7:24 (twice in verse); Judges 12:8; object men (usually princes, kings) in battle Judges 7:25; Judges 8:12, 14; Joshua 11:12, 17 (D), 2 Chronicles 22:9; 33:11; captives and spoils 2 Samuel 8:4 = 1 Chronicles 18:4; of Saul's seizing the kingdom (הַמְּלוּכָה), i.e. acquiring it actually by force of arms 1 Samuel 14:47; also of Samson's catching the foxes Judges 15:4; of a lion catching his prey Amos 3:4; of a trap, snare, לָכוֺד יִלְכּוֺד Amos 3:5.
†2. figurative of entrapping men Jeremiah 5:26; Psalm 35:8, compare Proverbs 5:22; Job 5:13 and (of a pit) Jeremiah 18:22.
†3. of taking by lot Joshua 7:14 (3 times in verse); Joshua 7:17 (J E; see Niph. 3).
† Niph. Perfect נִלְכַּד Lamentations 4:20; 3rd person feminine singular נִלְכְּדָה 1 Kings 16:18 +, etc.; Imperfect יִלָּכֵד Isaiah 24:18; Jeremiah 48:44; יִלָּ֫כֶד כָּהּ Ecclesiastes 7:26; וַיִּלָּכֵד Joshua 7:16 +, etc.; Participle נִלְכָּד Joshua 7:15; —
1. be captured in war, of city 1 Kings 16:18; 2 Kings 18:10; Jeremiah 38:28 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 48:1, 41; Jeremiah 50:2, 9, 24; Jeremiah 51:31, 41; Zechariah 14:2; of men Jeremiah 51:56; Lamentations 4:20 (compare Qal 1).
2. of men, be caught, namely, in a snare or trap, only figurative, usually by divine judgment Isaiah 8:15; Isaiah 24:18; Isaiah 28:13; Psalm 9:16; Psalm 59:13; Proverbs 6:2; Proverbs 11:6; Jeremiah 6:11; Jeremiah 8:9; so of Moab Jeremiah 48:7, 44; of being ensnared by a woman Ecclesiastes 7:26; of being caught by cords of distress, בְּחַבְלֵי עֹ֑נִי, Job 36:8.
3. be taken by lot Joshua 7:15, 16, 17, 18 (all J E), 1 Samuel 10:20, 21 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 14:41, 42 (compare Qal 3).
† Hithp. Imperfect 3rd person masculine plural; יִתְפָּרָ֑דוּ וְלֹא יִתְלַכְּדוּ Job 41:9 they grasp each other, and cannot be separated, of crocodile's scales (|| אִישׁ בְּאָחִיהוּ יְדֻבָּ֑קוּ); יִתְלַכָּ֑דוּ תְהוֺם פְּנֵי Job 38:30 the face of the deep compacts (of freezing; || כָּאֶבֶן מַיִם יִתְחַבָּ֑אוּ; verbs transposed, plausibly, by Me Bi Siegf Bu).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Deuteronomy

2:35

Joshua

7:14; 7:15; 7:15; 7:16; 7:16; 7:17; 7:17; 7:18; 8:1; 8:21; 10:1; 10:42; 11:12; 11:17

Judges

1:8; 1:12; 1:18; 3:28; 7:24; 7:25; 8:12; 8:12; 8:14; 12:8; 15:4

1 Samuel

10:20; 10:21; 14:41; 14:42; 14:47

2 Samuel

8:4; 12:27; 12:28

1 Kings

16:18; 16:18

2 Kings

18:10

1 Chronicles

18:4

2 Chronicles

22:9; 33:11

Job

5:13; 5:13; 36:8; 38:30; 41:9

Psalms

9:16; 35:8; 59:13

Proverbs

5:22; 6:2; 11:6; 16:32

Ecclesiastes

7:26; 7:26

Isaiah

8:15; 24:18; 24:18; 28:13

Jeremiah

5:26; 6:11; 8:9; 18:22; 18:22; 32:24; 38:28; 48:1; 48:7; 48:41; 48:44; 48:44; 50:2; 50:9; 50:24; 51:31; 51:41; 51:56

Lamentations

4:20; 4:20

Daniel

11:18

Amos

3:4; 3:5; 3:5; 3:5

Zechariah

14:2

H3920

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Strong's Number H3920 matches the Hebrew לָכַד (lāḵaḏ),
which occurs 121 times in 112 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 3 (2Sa 12:28–Jer 50:2)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:28

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:28 - Now bring the rest of the army and capture the city. Otherwise, I will capture it and get credit for the victory.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:29 - So David gathered the rest of the army and went to Rabbah, and he fought against it and captured it.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:16 - (Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, had attacked and captured Gezer, killing the Canaanite population and burning it down. He gave the city to his daughter as a wedding gift when she married Solomon.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:18 - When Zimri saw that the city had been taken, he went into the citadel of the palace and burned it down over himself and died in the flames.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:17 - About this time King Hazael of Aram went to war against Gath and captured it. Then he turned to attack Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:6 - Finally, in the ninth year of King Hoshea’s reign, Samaria fell, and the people of Israel were exiled to Assyria. They were settled in colonies in Halah, along the banks of the Habor River in Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:10 - Three years later, during the sixth year of King Hezekiah’s reign and the ninth year of King Hoshea’s reign in Israel, Samaria fell.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:5 - The people of Jebus taunted David, saying, “You’ll never get in here!” But David captured the fortress of Zion, which is now called the City of David.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:4 - David captured 1,000 chariots, 7,000 charioteers, and 20,000 foot soldiers. He crippled all the chariot horses except enough for 100 chariots.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:4 - Shishak conquered Judah’s fortified towns and then advanced to attack Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:19 - Abijah and his army pursued Jeroboam’s troops and captured some of his towns, including Bethel, Jeshanah, and Ephron, along with their surrounding villages.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:8 - When Asa heard this message from Azariah the prophet,[fn] he took courage and removed all the detestable idols from the land of Judah and Benjamin and in the towns he had captured in the hill country of Ephraim. And he repaired the altar of the LORD, which stood in front of the entry room of the LORD’s Temple.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:2 - He stationed troops in all the fortified towns of Judah, and he assigned additional garrisons to the land of Judah and to the towns of Ephraim that his father, Asa, had captured.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:9 - Then Jehu’s men searched for Ahaziah, and they found him hiding in the city of Samaria. They brought him to Jehu, who killed him. Ahaziah was given a decent burial because the people said, “He was the grandson of Jehoshaphat—a man who sought the LORD with all his heart.” But none of the surviving members of Ahaziah’s family was capable of ruling the kingdom.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:18 - And the Philistines had raided towns located in the foothills of Judah[fn] and in the Negev of Judah. They had already captured and occupied Beth-shemesh, Aijalon, Gederoth, Soco with its villages, Timnah with its villages, and Gimzo with its villages.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:18 - The Assyrian officials who brought the letters shouted this in Hebrew[fn] to the people gathered on the walls of the city, trying to terrify them so it would be easier to capture the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:11 - So the LORD sent the commanders of the Assyrian armies, and they took Manasseh prisoner. They put a ring through his nose, bound him in bronze chains, and led him away to Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:25 - Our ancestors captured fortified cities and fertile land. They took over houses full of good things, with cisterns already dug and vineyards and olive groves and fruit trees in abundance. So they ate until they were full and grew fat and enjoyed themselves in all your blessings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:13 - He traps the wise in their own cleverness
so their cunning schemes are thwarted.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:8 - If they are bound in chains
and caught up in a web of trouble,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:30 - For the water turns to ice as hard as rock,
and the surface of the water freezes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:17 - Each scale sticks tight to the next.
They interlock and cannot be penetrated.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:15 - The nations have fallen into the pit they dug for others.
Their own feet have been caught in the trap they set.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:8 - So let sudden ruin come upon them!
Let them be caught in the trap they set for me!
Let them be destroyed in the pit they dug for me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:12 - Because of the sinful things they say,
because of the evil that is on their lips,
let them be captured by their pride,
their curses, and their lies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:22 - An evil man is held captive by his own sins;
they are ropes that catch and hold him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:2 - if you have trapped yourself by your agreement
and are caught by what you said—

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:6 - The godliness of good people rescues them;
the ambition of treacherous people traps them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:32

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:32 - Better to be patient than powerful;
better to have self-control than to conquer a city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:26 - I discovered that a seductive woman[fn] is a trap more bitter than death. Her passion is a snare, and her soft hands are chains. Those who are pleasing to God will escape her, but sinners will be caught in her snare.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:15 - Many will stumble and fall,
never to rise again.
They will be snared and captured.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:1 - In the year when King Sargon of Assyria sent his commander in chief to capture the Philistine city of Ashdod,[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:18 - Those who flee in terror will fall into a trap,
and those who escape the trap will be caught in a snare.
Destruction falls like rain from the heavens;
the foundations of the earth shake.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:13 - So the LORD will spell out his message for them again,
one line at a time,
one line at a time,
a little here,
and a little there,
so that they will stumble and fall.
They will be injured, trapped, and captured.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:26 - “Among my people are wicked men
who lie in wait for victims like a hunter hiding in a blind.
They continually set traps
to catch people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:11 - So now I am filled with the LORD’s fury.
Yes, I am tired of holding it in!
“I will pour out my fury on children playing in the streets
and on gatherings of young men,
on husbands and wives
and on those who are old and gray.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:9 - These wise teachers will fall
into the trap of their own foolishness,
for they have rejected the word of the LORD.
Are they so wise after all?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:22 - Let screaming be heard from their homes
as warriors come suddenly upon them.
For they have dug a pit for me
and have hidden traps along my path.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:3 - King Zedekiah had put him there, asking why he kept giving this prophecy: “This is what the LORD says: ‘I am about to hand this city over to the king of Babylon, and he will take it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:24 - “See how the siege ramps have been built against the city walls! Through war, famine, and disease, the city will be handed over to the Babylonians, who will conquer it. Everything has happened just as you said.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:28 - Therefore, this is what the LORD says: I will hand this city over to the Babylonians and to Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, and he will capture it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:22 - I will call the Babylonian armies back again. They will fight against this city and will capture it and burn it down. I will see to it that all the towns of Judah are destroyed, with no one living there.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:8 - Then the Babylonians[fn] will come back and capture this city and burn it to the ground.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:3 - The LORD also says: ‘The city of Jerusalem will certainly be handed over to the army of the king of Babylon, who will capture it.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:28 - And Jeremiah remained a prisoner in the courtyard of the guard until the day Jerusalem was captured.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:1 - This message was given concerning Moab. This is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, says:
“What sorrow awaits the city of Nebo;
it will soon lie in ruins.
The city of Kiriathaim will be humiliated and captured;
the fortress will be humiliated and broken down.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:7 - Because you have trusted in your wealth and skill,
you will be taken captive.
Your god Chemosh, with his priests and officials,
will be hauled off to distant lands!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:41

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:41 - Its cities will fall,
and its strongholds will be seized.
Even the mightiest warriors will be in anguish
like a woman in labor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:44

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:44 - “Those who flee in terror will fall into a trap,
and those who escape the trap will step into a snare.
I will see to it that you do not get away,
for the time of your judgment has come,”
says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:2 - This is what the LORD says:
“Tell the whole world,
and keep nothing back.
Raise a signal flag
to tell everyone that Babylon will fall!
Her images and idols[fn] will be shattered.
Her gods Bel and Marduk will be utterly disgraced.

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