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the Week of Proper 9 / Ordinary 14

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Bible Lexicons

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Strong's #5362 - נָקַף

Transliteration

nâqaph

Phonetics

naw-kaf'

Origin

a primitive root

Parts of Speech

verb

TWOT

1415,1416

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

to strike, strike off
1. (Piel) to strike off skin
to go around, compass, round
1. (Qal) to go around
2. (Hiphil)
  1. to go around, surround, encompass, enclose
  2. to make the round, complete the circuit
  3. to make round, round off

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 4023 ‑ περιέχω (per‑ee‑ekh'‑o); 2945 ‑ κύκλῳ (koo'‑klo); 2944 ‑ κυκλόω (koo‑klo'‑o); 4016 ‑ περιβάλλω (per‑ee‑bal'‑lo); 4033 ‑ περικυκλόω (per‑ee‑koo‑klo'‑o); 4931 ‑ συντελέω (soon‑tel‑eh'‑o);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (18)

Leviticus 1

Joshua 2

1 Kings 1

2 Kings 3

2 Chronicles 2

Job 1

Psalms 4

Isaiah 3

Lamentations 1

BSB (19)

Leviticus 1

Joshua 2

1 Kings 1

2 Kings 2

2 Chronicles 2

Job 3

Psalms 4

Isaiah 3

Lamentations 1

CSB (18)

Leviticus 1

Joshua 2

1 Kings 1

2 Kings 2

2 Chronicles 2

Job 3

Psalms 4

Isaiah 3

Lamentations 1

ESV (15)

Leviticus 1

Joshua 2

1 Kings 1

2 Kings 2

2 Chronicles 2

Job 3

Psalms 4

Isaiah 3

Lamentations 1

KJV (20)

Leviticus 1

Joshua 2

1 Kings 1

2 Kings 3

2 Chronicles 2

Job 3

Psalms 4

Isaiah 3

Lamentations 1

LEB (18)

Leviticus 1

Joshua 2

1 Kings 1

2 Kings 2

2 Chronicles 2

Job 2

Psalms 4

Isaiah 3

Lamentations 1

LSB (0)

The Legacy Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

N95 (0)

The New American Standard Bible (1995)
did not use
this Strong's Number

NAS (0)

The New American Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (19)

Leviticus 1

Joshua 2

2 Kings 3

2 Chronicles 2

Job 3

Psalms 4

Isaiah 3

Lamentations 1

ASV (18)

about 1

and compassed 1

and go round about 1

and he will cut down 1

and ye shall compass 1

come round 1

compassing 2

going about 2

have inclosed 1

is gone round about 1

long; they compassed 1

me, and compassed 1

shall compass 1

that compass me about 1

were gone about 1

ye shall not round 1

BSB (19)

all the way 2

and surrounded 1

and surrounded me 1

around 1

circling 2

cut off the hair 1

echoes 1

encircle her 1

encircles me 1

has been destroyed 1

he will clear 1

must surround 1

recur 1

they enclose me 1

were over 1

who surround me 1

you must surround 1

CSB (18)

caught 1

circling 2

clearing 1

echoes 1

encircle it 1

encircling 1

has been destroyed 1

in 1

me 1

over 1

recur 1

surround 2

surrounded 1

surrounding 1

the hair 1

who surround me 1

ESV (15)

closed 1

course 1

cut down 1

destroyed 1

encircles 1

enveloped 1

go around 1

going about 1

going around 1

gone 1

kill 1

on 1

round 1

surround 1

surrounded 1

KJV (20)

about 7

compass 2

compassed 4

compassing 2

destroy 1

down 1

inclosed 1

kill 1

round 1

LEB (18)

⌊circling 1

and circle it 1

and engulfed 1

and he will cut down 1

and surrounded 1

circling 1

encircling 1

had run their course 1

has been 1

has encircled 1

has encircled me 1

recur 1

round off 1

shall surround 1

surrounding 1

they circle 1

they that surround 1

you must surround 1

LSB (0)

The Legacy Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

N95 (0)

The New American Standard Bible (1995)
did not use
this Strong's Number

NAS (0)

The New American Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (19)

and go around 1

and surrounded 1

come around 1

encircling 1

going about 1

going around 1

had run their course 1

has gone around 1

have enclosed 1

he will cut down 1

is destroyed 1

shall surround 1

the 1

who surround me 1

you shall surround 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2435) p q n (נקפ NQP) AC: Encircle CO: Circle AB: ?: [from: pq]

V) p q n (נקפ NQP) - Encircle: To go around to enclose or go about. KJV (19): (vf: Paal, Hiphil, Piel) compass, round, about, destroy, down, inclose, kill, round - Strongs: H5362 (נָקַף)

e^f1) e p q i n (ניקפה NYQPH) - Rope: Used to encircle the waist. KJV (1): rent - Strongs: H5364 (נִקְפָּה)

g^m) p q f n (נוקפ NWQP) - Circling: The going around the tree beating it to drop the fruit. KJV (2): shaking - Strongs: H5363 (נֹקֶף)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

I. [נָקַף] verb strike off (Late Hebrew strike, wound, Aramaic נְקַף id.; Arabic

fregit caput, ut cerebrum appareret; Vulgar Arabic snap with the finger (Dozy^{ii. 716}); Assyrian na‡pu probably= mutilated; Ethiopic

peel, flay Di⁶⁴⁹); —

Niph`al Perfect 3 masculine singular וְנִקַּף סִבְכֵי הַיַּ֫עַר consecutive Isaiah 10:34 and the thickets of the forest shall be struck away (on singular verb compare Ges^{§ 145o} Da^{Synt. § 113 b}; or. read נִקְּפוּ; — form possibly Pi`el, but compare Di Du Che^Hpt).

Pi`el Perfect 3 plural וְאַחַרעוֺרִי נִקְּפוּזֹֿאת Job 19:25 after my skin, which they (Ges^{§ 144 g}) have struck off (alluding to ravages of his disease) — this! but text dubious; Bu כָּזאֹת נִקַּף

Niph`al which has been thus struck off.

II. [נָקַף verb] go around (intransitive), ( Sirach 45:9 Hiph`il ויקיפהו surround something with (2accusative); Perfect 3 feminine singular הקיפה 43:12 (accusative+ ב instrumental); Late Hebrew Hiph`il הִקִּיף = Biblical Hebrew; also = cling to, be attached, joined to, and so Aramaic אַקֵּיף (Aph`el), );

Qal Imperfect חַגִּים יִנְקֹ֑פוּ Isaiah 29:1 (figurative) let feasts go around, i.e. run the round (of the year).

Hiph`il Perfect הִקִּיף Job 19:6; 3 feminine singular הִקִּ֫יפָהִ Isaiah 15:8; 3 plural הִקִּ֫יפוּ Job 1:5; Psalm 88:18, וְהִקִּיפוּ consecutive 2 Chronicles 23:7, suffix הִקִּיפוּנִי Psalm 22:17; 2 masculine plural וְהִקַּפְתֶּם consecutive 2 Kings 11:8; Imperfect וַיַּקַּף Lamentations 3:5; 3 masculine plural יַקִּ֫יפוּ Psalm 17:9, וַיַּקִּ֫פוּ 2 Kings 6:14; 2 masculine plural תַּקִּ֫פוּ Leviticus 19:27; Imperative masculine plural suffix הַקִּיפ֫וּהָ Psalm 48:13; Infinitive absolute הַקֵּיף Joshua 6:3, הַקֵּף Joshua 6:11; Participle plural מַקִּ(י)פִים 1 Kings 7:24; 2 Chronicles 4:3; —

1 go around, surround, encompass:

a. go around, with accusative of city, Joshua 6:3 compare Joshua 6:11 (accusative omitted), Psalm 48:13 (all "" סָבָב); also (figurative) הִקִּ֫יפָה הַזְּעָקָה אֶתֿ Isaiah 15:8 the cry hath gone about the border of Moab.

b. surround, encompass, enclose, usually with ׃עַלֿוַיַּקִּ֫פוּ עַלהָֿעִיר 2 Kings 6:14 and they closed in upon the city (beleaguered it); with עַל person 2 Kings 11:8 (+ סָבִיב), Psalm 17:9; Psalm 88:18 ("" סָבַב), + accusative of thing Job 19:6 he hath closed his net in upon me compare Lamentations 3:5; less often with accusative of person Psalm 22:17 ("" סָבַב), 2 Chronicles 23:7 ("" 2 Kings 11:8; + סָבִיב), also of inanimate things 1 Kings 7:24 2 Chronicles 4:3 (both + סָבִיב, "" סָבַב).

2 make the round, i.e. complete the circuit יְמֵי הַמִּשְׁתֶּה׳הִקּ Job 1:5 when the days of feasting had completed their circuit.

3 make round, round off (literally): מְּאַת ראֹשְׁכֶם׳לֹא חַקּ Leviticus 19:27 ("" לֹא תַשְׁחִית אֵת מְּאַתזְקָנֶ֑ךָ), of heathen rite.

קוף (√of following; apparently = II. נקף, go around).

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

נָקַף

(1) i.q. Chal. נְקַף and Arab. نقف to cut, to strike (kindred to the verb נָגַף; Eth. ለከፊ፡ to touch). See Piel.

(2) to fasten together, as by nails, to join together; Germ. zufammenfchlagen (Syr. Aph. to join on to; Pe. to cleave, to cleave together); specially used of something with a clasp which, returning back to itself, forms a circle (compare وَقْفُ border, bracelet). Hence

(3) to go in a circle. Isaiah 29:1, חַגִּים יִנְקֹפוּ “let the feasts go their round,” i.e. when the circle of the yearly feasts is ended, after the space of a year. [Qu. is this the import of the phrase?]

Piel נִקַּף.

(1) to cut down, e.g. wood, Isaiah 10:34.

(2) i.q. כָּרַת to destroy, Job 19:26, “after they shall have destroyed my skin, (i.e. after my skin shall be destroyed, compare Lehrg. p. 798), this,” sc. shall be, shall come to pass; namely, what had been spoken of before, verse 25 Job 19:25, the advent of God.

Hiphil

(1) i.q. Kal No. 3, to go in a circle, Job 1:5, כִּי הִקִּיפוּ יְמֵי הַמִּשְׁתֶּה “after the days of their feasting had gone about,” the circle of their mutual feastings being ended. The following is elliptical, Leviticus 19:27, לֹא תַקִּפוּ פְּאַת רֹאשְׁכֶם “ye shall not go in circle (in shaving) the outer part of the head,” i.e. the ends of your hair. Symm. οὐ περιξυρήσετε κύκλῳ τὴν πρόσοψιν τῆς κεφαλῆς ὑμῶν. This appears to refer to the Arabs, who used to cut off the hair all round the head, but left that in the middle untouched (Herod. iii. 8; iv. 175). Inf. absol. הַקֵּיף Joshua 6:3, and הַקֵּף verse 11 Joshua 6:11, in going round; adv. round about.

(2) to surround, followed by an acc. 1 Kings 7:24; Psalms 22:17 עַל 2 Kings 6:14; Psalms 17:9, 88:18 followed by an acc. of thing and עַל of pers. Job 19:6, מְצוּדוֹ עָלַי הִקִּיף a pregnant construction, “he has cast me into his net, and has surrounded me with it.” Metaph. Lamentations 3:5.-Hence

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List of Word Forms

הִקִּ֖יפוּ הִקִּ֥יפָה הִקִּֽיף׃ הִקִּיפ֑וּנִי הִקִּיפֽוּ֩ הַקֵּ֖ף הַקֵּ֥יף הקיף הקיף׃ הקיפה הקיפו הקיפוני הקף וְהִקִּיפוּ֩ וְהִקַּפְתֶּ֨ם וְהַקִּיפ֑וּהָ וְנִקַּ֛ף וַיַּקִּ֖פוּ וַיַּקַּ֖ף והקיפו והקיפוה והקפתם ויקף ויקפו ונקף יִנְקֹֽפוּ׃ יַקִּ֥יפוּ ינקפו׃ יקיפו מַקִּיפִ֥ים מַקִּפִ֥ים מקיפים מקפים נִקְּפוּ־ נקפו־ תַקִּ֔פוּ תקפו hakKef hakKeif haq·qêp̄ haqqêp̄ hikKif hikKifah hikkiFu hikkiFuni hiq·qî·p̄āh hiq·qî·p̄ū hiq·qî·p̄ū·nî hiq·qîp̄ hiqqîp̄ hiqqîp̄āh hiqqîp̄ū hiqqîp̄ūnî makkiFim maq·qi·p̄îm maq·qî·p̄îm maqqip̄îm maqqîp̄îm nikkefu niq·qə·p̄ū- niqqəp̄ū- takKifu ṯaq·qi·p̄ū ṯaqqip̄ū vaiyakKaf vaiyakKifu vehakkiFuha vehikkafTem vehikkiFu venikKaf way·yaq·qap̄ way·yaq·qi·p̄ū wayyaqqap̄ wayyaqqip̄ū wə·haq·qî·p̄ū·hā wə·hiq·qap̄·tem wə·hiq·qî·p̄ū wə·niq·qap̄ wəhaqqîp̄ūhā wəhiqqap̄tem wəhiqqîp̄ū wəniqqap̄ yakKifu yaq·qî·p̄ū yaqqîp̄ū yin·qō·p̄ū yinKofu yinqōp̄ū