נָקַב
nâqab · naw-kab'
to puncture, literally (to perforate, with more or less violence) or figuratively (to specify, designate, libel)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to puncture, literally (to perforate, with more or less violence) or figuratively (to specify, designate, libel)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: appoint, blaspheme, bore, curse, express, with holes, name, pierce, strike through.
Letters
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- 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
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the seed, life continuing › what comes behind, the returning cycle › the house, what is within
The seed, life continuing of what comes behind, the returning cycle of the house, what is within.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of נָקַב 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
19 occurrences · 19 OT · 0 NT · 16 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and pierce2 · 8%
- which were expressed2 · 8%
- appoint1 · 4%
- blasphemed1 · 4%
- and he that blasphemeth1 · 4%
- when he blasphemeth1 · 4%
- which are expressed1 · 4%
- shall i curse1 · 4%
- neither curse1 · 4%
- and bored1 · 4%
- who were expressed1 · 4%
- that were expressed1 · 4%
- all of them were expressed1 · 4%
- let them curse1 · 4%
- i cursed1 · 4%
- pierceth through1 · 4%
- or bore1 · 4%
- shall curse1 · 4%
- curse1 · 4%
- name1 · 4%
- which are named1 · 4%
- thou didst strike through1 · 4%
- with holes1 · 4%
Where it is used, by book.
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.