נָקַבnâqab
נָקַב: pierce
Pronunciation: naw-kab' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5344
Meanings
Qal
1. pierce, bore (2 Kings 18:21; Isaiah 36:6; Habakkuk 3:14)
2. prick off (Genesis 30:28; Isaiah 62:2; Amos 6:1)
Niph`al: were pricked off, designated (Numbers 1:17; 1 Chronicles 12:32; 1 Chronicles 16:41)
נָקַב: curse, (perhaps akin to I. נקב perhaps secondary formative from קָבַב, q. v. for forms יִקֹּב, קֹב, etc.)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 19 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 30:28 Tell me how much I owe you. Whatever it is, I’ll pay it.”
- Leviticus 24:11 During the fight, this son of an Israelite woman blasphemed the Name of the Lord with a curse. So the man was brought to Moses for judgment. His mother was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri of the tribe of Dan.
- Leviticus 24:16 Anyone who blasphemes the Name of the Lord must be stoned to death by the whole community of Israel. Any native-born Israelite or foreigner among you who blasphemes the Name of the Lord must be put to death.
- Numbers 1:17 So Moses and Aaron called together these chosen leaders,
- 2 Kings 12:9 Then Jehoiada the priest bored a hole in the lid of a large chest and set it on the right-hand side of the altar at the entrance of the Temple of the Lord. The priests guarding the entrance put all of the people’s contributions into the chest.
- 2 Kings 18:21 On Egypt? If you lean on Egypt, it will be like a reed that splinters beneath your weight and pierces your hand. Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, is completely unreliable!
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).