נָפַץ
nâphats · naw-fats'
to dash to pieces, or scatter
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to dash to pieces, or scatter
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: be beaten in sunder, break (in pieces), broken, dash (in pieces), cause to be discharged, dispersed, be overspread, scatter.
Letters
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- צTsade90
Picture: a person lying on their side (or a fish hook)
- Concrete
- hook · trail · side · a man bowed
- Extended
- to hunt · to pursue · need · righteousness as a straight path
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the seed, life continuing › to speak, the word › to pursue the straight path
The seed, life continuing that works to speak, the word that works to pursue the straight path.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of נָפַץ above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
22 occurrences · 22 OT · 0 NT · 16 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and with thee will i break in pieces6 · 27%
- were scattered2 · 9%
- overspread1 · 5%
- and brake1 · 5%
- me, and will cause them to be discharged1 · 5%
- thou shalt dash them in pieces1 · 5%
- and dasheth1 · 5%
- the dispersed1 · 5%
- that are beaten in sunder1 · 5%
- and i will dash1 · 5%
- broken1 · 5%
- and break1 · 5%
- for with thee will i break in pieces1 · 5%
- with thee also will i break in pieces1 · 5%
- i will also break in pieces1 · 5%
- to scatter1 · 5%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.