Strong H53442 sensesנָקַב

to pierce · to curse

Transliteration
nâqab
Pronunciation
naw-kab'

The 2 senses of Strong H5344

The lexicon tells 2 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H5344 appears in 24 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

  1. to pierceH5344Ato pierce, perforate, bore, appoint17 verses · 12 books
  2. to curseH5344B(Qal) to curse, blaspheme1 verse · Leviticus

General definition

A primitive root; to {puncture} literally (to {perforate} with more or less violence) or figuratively (to {specify} {designate } libel): - {appoint} {blaspheme} {bore} {curse} {express} with {holes} {name} {pierce} strike through.

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

  • curse6
  • expressed5
  • pierce2
  • name2
  • appoint1
  • bear1
  • blaspheme1
  • blasphemeth1
  • bore1
  • express1
  • hole1
  • pierceth1

First verses

  1. Genesis 30:28
    And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it.
  2. Leviticus 24:11
    And the Israelitish woman’s son blasphemed the name of the Lord, and cursed. And they brought him unto Moses: (and his mother’s name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan:)
  3. Leviticus 24:16
    And he that blasphemeth the name of the Lord, he shall surely be put to death, and all the congregation shall certainly stone him: as well the stranger, as he that is born in the land, when he blasphemeth the name of the Lord, shall be put to death.
  4. Numbers 1:17
    And Moses and Aaron took these men which are expressed by their names:
  5. Numbers 23:8
    How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the Lord hath not defied?
  6. Numbers 23:25
    And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.
  7. 2 Kings 12:9
    But Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid of it, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one cometh into the house of the Lord: and the priests that kept the door put therein all the money that was brought into the house of the Lord.
  8. 2 Kings 18:21
    Now, behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt, on which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him.
  9. 1 Chronicles 12:31
    And of the half tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand, which were expressed by name, to come and make David king.
  10. 1 Chronicles 16:41
    And with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest that were chosen, who were expressed by name, to give thanks to the Lord, because his mercy endureth for ever;
  11. 2 Chronicles 28:15
    And the men which were expressed by name rose up, and took the captives, and with the spoil clothed all that were naked among them, and arrayed them, and shod them, and gave them to eat and to drink, and anointed them, and carried all the feeble of them upon asses, and brought them to Jericho, the city of palm trees, to their brethren: then they returned to Samaria.
  12. 2 Chronicles 31:19
    Also of the sons of Aaron the priests, which were in the fields of the suburbs of their cities, in every several city, the men that were expressed by name, to give portions to all the males among the priests, and to all that were reckoned by genealogies among the Levites.
  13. Ezra 8:20
    Also of the Nethinims, whom David and the princes had appointed for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinims: all of them were expressed by name.
  14. Job 3:8
    Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning.
  15. Job 5:3
    I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
  16. Job 40:24
    He taketh it with his eyes: his nose pierceth through snares.
  17. Job 41:2
    Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?
  18. Proverbs 11:26
    He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it.
  19. Proverbs 24:24
    He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him:
  20. Isaiah 36:6
    Lo, thou trustest in the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt; whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that trust in him.