נְפַק
nᵉphaq · nef-ak'
to issue; causatively, to bring out
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) a primitive root;
to issue; causatively, to bring out
- to issue
- causatively, to bring out
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: come (go, take) forth (out).
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
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the seed, life continuing › to speak, the word › what comes behind, the returning cycle
The seed, life continuing that works to speak, the word of what comes behind, the returning cycle.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of נְפַק 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
11 occurrences · 11 OT · 0 NT · 10 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- came forth2 · 18%
- took1 · 9%
- take1 · 9%
- took forth1 · 9%
- went forth1 · 9%
- which was gone forth1 · 9%
- come forth1 · 9%
- had taken1 · 9%
- that were taken1 · 9%
- and came forth1 · 9%
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.