נָקַב naqav

Hebrew word for “to pierce” · Strong’s H5344 · used 19 times in 18 verses

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Meaning

1) to pierce, perforate, bore, appoint;

Senses in the lexicon

• to pierce (17)
• to curse (2)

How it is translated

Glosses given for naqav in context, with how often each is used:

• had been designated 6
• will pierce 2
• pierced 2
• designate ! 1
• slandered 1
• bored 1
• will anyone pierce? 1
• will you pierce? 1
• will designate 1
• distinguished people 1
• one who slanders 1
• when slanders he 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Leviticus 24 (2), Genesis 30 (1), Numbers 1 (1), 2 Kings 12 (1), 2 Kings 18 (1), 1 Chronicles 12 (1), 1 Chronicles 16 (1), 2 Chronicles 28 (1), 2 Chronicles 31 (1), Ezra 8 (1)

Forms

• נקבו 6
• ויקב 2
• ונקבה 2
• נקבה 1
• ינקב 1
• תקוב 1
• יקבנו 1
• נקבי 1
• נקבת 1
• נקוב 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with naqav more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• שֵׁם shem “name” 9
• בָּטַח batach “to trust” 3
• מִשְׁעֶנֶת mishenet “staff” 2
• רָצַץ ratsats “to crush” 2
• מַטֶּה matteh “tribe” 3
• קָנֶה qaneh “branch” 2
• סָמַךְ samakh “to support” 2
• אֵצֶל etsel “beside” 2
• אֱנוֹשׁ enosh “human” 3
• שֹׁמְרוֹן shomeron “Samaria” 2
• לָבֵשׁ lavash “to clothe” 2
• אָכַל akhal “to eat” 3

Key verses

The verses using naqav that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Leviticus 24:11 — And the Israelitish woman’s son blasphemed the name of the LORD, and cursed. And they brought him unto Moses: (and his mother’s name was Shelomith, the…
• Leviticus 24:16 — And he that blasphemeth the name of the LORD, he shall surely be put to death, and all the congregation shall certainly stone him: as well the stranger, as he…
• 2 Kings 12:9 — But Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid of it, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one cometh into the house of the…
• 2 Kings 18:21 — Now, behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt, on which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh…
• 1 Chronicles 16:41 — And with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest that were chosen, who were expressed by name, to give thanks to the LORD, because his mercy endureth for ever;
• 2 Chronicles 28:15 — And the men which were expressed by name rose up, and took the captives, and with the spoil clothed all that were naked among them, and arrayed them, and shod…
• 2 Chronicles 31:19 — Also of the sons of Aaron the priests, which were in the fields of the suburbs of their cities, in every several city, the men that were expressed by name, to…
• Isaiah 36:6 — Lo, thou trustest in the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt; whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to…
• Isaiah 62:2 — And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory: and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the LORD shall name.
• Amos 6:1 — Woe to them that are at ease in Zion, and trust in the mountain of Samaria, which are named chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel came!
• Habakkuk 3:14 — Thou didst strike through with his staves the head of his villages: they came out as a whirlwind to scatter me: their rejoicing was as to devour the poor…
• Haggai 1:6 — Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and…

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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.