Nakhal נָכַל
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| נָכַל | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | nakhal |
| Strong's number | H5230 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Gloss | to plot |
| Occurrences | 4 in 4 verses |
| Most frequent in | Genesis (1) |
Nakhal (Hebrew נָכַל, Strong's H5230) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to plot”. It occurs 4 times in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) to be deceitful, be crafty, be knavish
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to be knavish
1a2) deceiver (participle)
1b) (Piel) to beguile
1c) (Hithpael) to act craftily, act knavishly, deal knavishly
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to be knavish
1a2) deceiver (participle)
1b) (Piel) to beguile
1c) (Hithpael) to act craftily, act knavishly, deal knavishly
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | conspired (1), beguiled (1), subtilly (1), deceiver (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | they plotted (1), they seduced (1), conspire (1), deceiver (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Nakhal, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Genesis
- Genesis 37:18And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.Now Joseph’s brothers saw him in the distance, and before he arrived, they plotted to kill him.
Numbers
- Numbers 25:18For they vex you with their wiles, wherewith they have beguiled you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a prince of Midian, their sister, which was slain in the day of the plague for Peor’s sake.For they assailed you deceitfully when they seduced you in the matter of Peor and their sister Cozbi, the daughter of the Midianite leader, the woman who was killed on the day the plague came because of Peor.”
Psalms
- Psalm 105:25He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilly with his servants.whose hearts He turned to hate His people, to conspire against His servants.
Malachi
- Malachi 1:14But cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, saith the Lord of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the heathen.“But cursed is the deceiver who has an acceptable male in his flock and vows to give it, but sacrifices a defective animal to the Lord. For I am a great King,” says the LORD of Hosts, “and My name is to be feared among the nations.
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).