נָפַץ naphats
Hebrew word for “to shatter” · Strong’s H5310 · used 22 times in 17 verses
Meaning
1) to shatter, break, dash, beat in pieces;
Senses in the lexicon
- to shatter (18)
- to disperse (4)
How it is translated
Glosses given for naphats in context, with how often each is used:
- smash 10
- will smash 4
- smashed 2
- will break up 1
- pulverized 1
- dispersed 1
- scattered 1
- scattered women 1
- scatter 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremiah | 12 | 0.5 | |
| Isaiah | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Psalms | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Genesis | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Judges | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 1 Samuel | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 1 Kings | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Daniel | 1 | 0.2 |
Chapters where it is used most
Jeremiah 51 (4), Genesis 9 (1), Judges 7 (1), 1 Samuel 13 (1), 1 Kings 5 (1), Psalms 2 (1), Psalms 137 (1), Isaiah 11 (1), Isaiah 27 (1), Isaiah 33 (1)
Forms
- ונפצתי 9
- ונפצתים 2
- נפץ 2
- ונפוץ 1
- תנפצם 1
- ונפץ 1
- מנפצות 1
- נפוץ 1
- ינפצו 1
- נפצה 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with naphats more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- כְּלִי keli “article/utensil” 4
- ךָּ ka “you” 4
- חֵפֶץ chephets “pleasure” 2
- גּוֹי goy “nation” 3
- שָׁחַת shachat “to ruin” 2
- אָסַף asaph “to gather” 2
- אַתָּה attah “you(m.s.)” 3
- מוֹעֵד moed “meeting” 2
- נְאֻם neum “utterance” 2
- שׂוּם sum “to set” 2
- קוּם qum “to arise” 2
- נָשָׂא nasa “to lift” 2
Key verses
The verses using naphats that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Judges 7:19 — So Gideon, and the hundred men that were with him, came unto the outside of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch; and they had but newly set the…
- 1 Samuel 13:11 — And Samuel said, What hast thou done? And Saul said, Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that thou camest not within the days appointed,…
- Psalms 2:9 — Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.
- Isaiah 11:12 — And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of…
- Isaiah 27:9 — By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as…
- Jeremiah 13:14 — And I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and the sons together, saith the LORD: I will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy, but destroy them.
- Jeremiah 22:28 — Is this man Coniah a despised broken idol? is he a vessel wherein is no pleasure? wherefore are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cast into a land which…
- Jeremiah 48:12 — Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will send unto him wanderers, that shall cause him to wander, and shall empty his vessels, and break…
- Jeremiah 51:20 — Thou art my battle axe and weapons of war: for with thee will I break in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms;
- Jeremiah 51:21 — And with thee will I break in pieces the horse and his rider; and with thee will I break in pieces the chariot and his rider;
- Jeremiah 51:22 — With thee also will I break in pieces man and woman; and with thee will I break in pieces old and young; and with thee will I break in pieces the young man and…
- Daniel 12:7 — And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him…
See all 17 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.