Naqaph נָקַף
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| נָקַף | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | naqaph |
| Strong's number | H5362 (H5362B, H5362A) |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Gloss | to surround |
| Occurrences | 19 in 19 verses |
| Most frequent in | Psalms (4) |
Naqaph (Hebrew נָקַף, Strong's H5362) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to surround”. It occurs 19 times in 19 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
H5362B: to surround
1) to go around, compass, round
1a) (Qal) to go around
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to go around, surround, encompass, enclose
1b2) to make the round, complete the circuit
1b3) to make round, round off
1a) (Qal) to go around
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to go around, surround, encompass, enclose
1b2) to make the round, complete the circuit
1b3) to make round, round off
H5362A: to strike
1) to strike, strike off
1a) (Piel) to strike off skin
Aramaic equivalent: ne.qash (נְקַשׁ "to knock" H5368)
1a) (Piel) to strike off skin
Aramaic equivalent: ne.qash (נְקַשׁ "to knock" H5368)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | about (7), compassed (4), compassing (2), compass (2), round (1), destroy (1), inclosed (1), down (1), kill (1) |
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| BSB | circling (2), all the way (2), cut off the hair (1), surrounded (1), you must surround (1), must surround (1), were over (1), around (1), has been destroyed (1), who surround me (1), encircles me (1), encircle her (1), and 5 other renderings |
Verses
Every verse with Naqaph, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Leviticus
- Leviticus 19:27Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.You must not cut off the hair at the sides of your head or clip off the edges of your beard.
Joshua
- Joshua 6:3And ye shall compass the city, all ye men of war, and go round about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days.March around the city with all the men of war, circling the city one time. Do this for six days.
- Joshua 6:11So the ark of the Lord compassed the city, going about it once: and they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp.So he had the ark of the LORD carried around the city, circling it once. And the people returned to the camp and spent the night there.
1 Kings
- 1 Kings 7:24And under the brim of it round about there were knops compassing it, ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about: the knops were cast in two rows, when it was cast.Below the rim, ornamental buds encircled it, ten per cubit all the way around the Sea, cast in two rows as a part of the Sea.
2 Kings
- 2 Kings 6:14Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a great host: and they came by night, and compassed the city about.the king of Aram sent horses, chariots, and a great army. They went there by night and surrounded the city.
- 2 Kings 11:8And ye shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand: and he that cometh within the ranges, let him be slain: and be ye with the king as he goeth out and as he cometh in.You must surround the king with weapons in hand, and anyone who approaches the ranks must be put to death. You must stay close to the king wherever he goes.”
2 Chronicles
- 2 Chronicles 4:3And under it was the similitude of oxen, which did compass it round about: ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about. Two rows of oxen were cast, when it was cast.Below the rim, figures of oxen encircled it, ten per cubit all the way around the Sea, cast in two rows as a part of the Sea.
- 2 Chronicles 23:7And the Levites shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand; and whosoever else cometh into the house, he shall be put to death: but be ye with the king when he cometh in, and when he goeth out.The Levites must surround the king with weapons in hand, and anyone who enters the temple must be put to death. You must stay close to the king wherever he goes.”
Job
- Job 1:5And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.And when the days of feasting were over, Job would send for his children to purify them, rising early in the morning to offer burnt offerings for all of them. For Job thought, “Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” This was Job’s regular practice.
- Job 19:6Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his net.then understand that it is God who has wronged me and drawn His net around me.
- Job 19:26And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:Even after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God.
Psalms
- Psalm 17:9From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about.from the wicked who assail me, from my mortal enemies who surround me.
- Psalm 22:16For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.For dogs surround me; a band of evil men encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet.
- Psalm 48:12Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof.March around Zion, encircle her, count her towers,
- Psalm 88:17They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together.All day long they engulf me like water; they enclose me on every side.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 10:34And he shall cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.He will clear the forest thickets with an axe, and Lebanon will fall before the Mighty One.
- Isaiah 15:8For the cry is gone round about the borders of Moab; the howling thereof unto Eglaim, and the howling thereof unto Beer–elim.For their outcry echoes to the border of Moab. Their wailing reaches Eglaim; it is heard in Beer-elim.
- Isaiah 29:1Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David dwelt! add ye year to year; let them kill sacrifices.Woe to you, O Ariel, the city of Ariel where David camped! Year upon year let your festivals recur.
Lamentations
- Lamentations 3:5He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.He has besieged me and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship.
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).