נָקַףnâqaph
נָקַף: strike off
Pronunciation: naw-kaf' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5362
Meanings
Niph`al: struck away (Isaiah 10:34)
Pi`el: have struck off, but text dubious (Job 19:25)
נָקַף: go around
Qal: i.e. run the round (of the year) (Isaiah 29:1)
Hiph`il
1. go around, surround, encompass
a. go around (Joshua 6:3; Joshua 6:11; Psalms 48:13)
b. surround, encompass, enclose (2 Kings 6:14; 2 Kings 11:8; Psalms 17:9)
2. make the round, i.e. complete the circuit (Job 1:5)
3. make round, round off, (literally) (Leviticus 19:27)
קוף: go around
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 19 times in the Bible.
- Leviticus 19:27 “Do not trim off the hair on your temples or trim your beards.
- Joshua 6:3 You and your fighting men should march around the town once a day for six days.
- Joshua 6:11 So the Ark of the Lord was carried around the town once that day, and then everyone returned to spend the night in the camp.
- 1 Kings 7:24 It was encircled just below its rim by two rows of decorative gourds. There were about six gourds per foot all the way around, and they were cast as part of the basin.
- 2 Kings 6:14 So one night the king of Aram sent a great army with many chariots and horses to surround the city.
- 2 Kings 11:8 Form a bodyguard around the king and keep your weapons in hand. Kill anyone who tries to break through. Stay with the king wherever he goes.”
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).