Laqaq לָקַק
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| לָקַק | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | laqaq |
| Strong's number | H3952 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Gloss | to lick |
| Occurrences | 7 in 5 verses |
| Most frequent in | Judges (3) |
Laqaq (Hebrew לָקַק, Strong's H3952) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to lick”. It occurs 7 times in 5 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) to lap, lick, lap up
1a) (Qal) to lap, lap up
1b) (Piel) to lap up
1a) (Qal) to lap, lap up
1b) (Piel) to lap up
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | lappeth (2), lapped (2), licked (1), lick (1), up (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | licked up (2), lap (1), those who lapped (1), who lapped (1), will lick up (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Laqaq, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Judges
- Judges 7:5So he brought down the people unto the water: and the Lord said unto Gideon, Every one that lappeth of the water with his tongue, as a dog lappeth, him shalt thou set by himself; likewise every one that boweth down upon his knees to drink.So Gideon brought the people down to the water, and the LORD said to him, “Separate those who lap the water with their tongues like a dog from those who kneel to drink.”
- Judges 7:6And the number of them that lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, were three hundred men: but all the rest of the people bowed down upon their knees to drink water.And the number of those who lapped the water with their hands to their mouths was three hundred men; all the others knelt to drink.
- Judges 7:7And the Lord said unto Gideon, By the three hundred men that lapped will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into thine hand: and let all the other people go every man unto his place.Then the LORD said to Gideon, “With the three hundred men who lapped the water I will save you and deliver the Midianites into your hand. But all the others are to go home.”
1 Kings
- 1 Kings 21:19And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the Lord, Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the Lord, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine.Tell him that this is what the LORD says: ‘Have you not murdered a man and seized his land?’ Then tell him that this is also what the LORD says: ‘In the place where the dogs licked up the blood of Naboth, there also the dogs will lick up your blood—yes, yours!’”
- 1 Kings 22:38And one washed the chariot in the pool of Samaria; and the dogs licked up his blood; and they washed his armour; according unto the word of the Lord which he spake.And the chariot was washed at the pool of Samaria where the prostitutes bathed, and the dogs licked up Ahab’s blood, according to the word that the LORD had spoken.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).