5344. naqab
Strong's Lexicon
naqab: To pierce, bore, designate, curse

Original Word: נָקַב
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: naqab
Pronunciation: naw-KAB
Phonetic Spelling: (naw-kab')
Definition: To pierce, bore, designate, curse
Meaning: to puncture

Word Origin: A primitive root

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - G2554 (kakologeo): To speak evil of, to curse

- G987 (blasphemeo): To blaspheme, to speak impiously

Usage: The Hebrew verb "naqab" primarily means to pierce or bore through something. It can also mean to designate or specify, as well as to curse or blaspheme. The context in which it is used often determines its specific meaning. For example, it can refer to the physical act of piercing or boring, as well as the metaphorical act of cursing or blaspheming.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Hebrew culture, the act of piercing or boring was often associated with craftsmanship, such as the work of a smith or artisan. The term also carried significant weight in legal and religious contexts, particularly when used in the sense of cursing or blaspheming, which was considered a serious offense against God and community. The use of "naqab" in these contexts reflects the importance of speech and action in maintaining covenantal relationships and societal order.

Brown-Driver-Briggs
I. [נָקַב] verb pierce (Late Hebrew id.; SI1.1.4 הנקבה the piercing, boring through; Aramaic נְקַב, id; נֶקְכָּא hole, etc.; Sinaitic proper name, masculine נקבו Eut 441, 2, נקיבו Eut99, 2; 153, 2 (Lzb325. 326 Cook33); Assyrian na‡bu, depth, spring of water; Arabic perforate, pierce, scrutinize, etc., sagacity, etc.; leader, chief (one who scrutinizes)); —

Qal Perfect3feminine singular suffix נְקָבָהּ 2 Kings 18:21; Isaiah 36:6; 2masculine singular נָקַבְתָּ; Habakkuk 3:14; Imperfect יִנְקָבֿ Job 40:24, וַיִּקֹּב 2 Kings 12:10; suffix יִקָּבֶ֑נּוּ Isaiah 62:2; 2masculine singular תִּקֹּב Job 40:26; Imperative masculine singular נָקְבָה Genesis 30:28; Passive participle נָקוּב Haggai 1:6; plural construct נְקֻבֵי; Amos 6:1; —

1 pierce, bore with accusative 2 Kings 18:21 = Isaiah 36:6; Habakkuk 3:14 (all in figure), Job 40:24; Job 40:26; with accusative of congnate meaning with verb + ב, וַיִּקֹּב חֹר בְּרַלְתּוֺ 2 Kings 12:10 and he bored a hole in its lid; צְרוֺר נָקוּב Haggai 1:8 a bag pierced, i.e. with a hole in it.

2 prick off, designate, wages Genesis 30:28 (J), name Isaiah 62:2 (׳י subject; compare

Niph`al); passive participle noted, distinguished Amos 6:1.

Niph`al Perfect3plural in phrase (אֲשֶׁר) נִקְּבוּ בְשֵׁמוֺת who were pricked off, designated, by name Numbers 1:17; 1 Chronicles 12:32 (31 van d. H), 1 Chronicles 16:41; 2Chronicles 28:3; 31:19, compare Ezra 8:20.

II. [נָקַב] verb curse (perhaps akin to I. נקב perhaps secondary formative from קָבַב, q. v. for forms יִקֹּב, קֹב, etc.); —

Qal Infinitive suffix נָקְבוֺ שֵׁם Leviticus 24:16; Participle ׳נֹקֵב שֵׁם י Leviticus 24:16 (on text see Di, GeiUrschrift 274 DalmAdonal 44 f.).

I. נקד ( √ of following; Late Hebrew נָקַד point, furnish with points; compare Syriac (very rare) PS2453; noun but also point, mark; verbs perhaps denominative; Arabic point or dot (letter, word, etc.), II. make specks, spots, on garment, etc., probably loan-word Frä195; DiLex. 648 compare Ethiopic be decayed, worm-eaten (of wood, bread, etc.)).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
appoint, blaspheme, bore, curse, express, with holes, name, pierce,

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.

Forms and Transliterations
אֶקֹּ֔ב אקב בְּנָקְבוֹ־ בנקבו־ וְנֹקֵ֤ב וַ֠יִּקֹּב וַיִּקֹּ֥ב וָאֶקּ֖וֹב וּנְקָבָ֑הּ ואקוב ויקב ונקב ונקבה יִנְקָב־ יִקְּבֻ֣הוּ יִקְּבֻ֥הוּ יִקֳּבֶֽנּוּ׃ ינקב־ יקבהו יקבנו׃ נְקֻבֵי֙ נִקְּב֖וּ נִקְּב֥וּ נִקְּב֨וּ נִקְּבוּ֙ נָקְבָ֧ה נָקַ֤בְתָּ נָקֽוּב׃ נקבה נקבו נקבי נקבת נקוב׃ תִּקּ֥וֹב תִקֳּבֶ֑נּוּ תקבנו תקוב ’eq·qōḇ ’eqqōḇ bə·nā·qə·ḇōw- benakvoakv bənāqəḇōw- ekKo nā·qaḇ·tā nā·qə·ḇāh nā·qūḇ naKavta nakeVah naKuv nāqaḇtā nāqəḇāh nāqūḇ nə·qu·ḇê nekuVei nəquḇê nikkeVu niq·qə·ḇū niqqəḇū tikKov tikkoVennu ṯiq·qo·ḇen·nū tiq·qō·wḇ ṯiqqoḇennū tiqqōwḇ ū·nə·qā·ḇāh unekaVah ūnəqāḇāh vaekKov vaiyikko venoKev wā’eqqōwḇ wā·’eq·qō·wḇ way·yiq·qōḇ wayyiqqōḇ wə·nō·qêḇ wənōqêḇ yikkeVuhu yikkoVennu yin·qāḇ- yinkov yinqāḇ- yiq·qə·ḇu·hū yiq·qo·ḇen·nū yiqqəḇuhū yiqqoḇennū
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Genesis 30:28
HEB: וַיֹּאמַ֑ר נָקְבָ֧ה שְׂכָרְךָ֛ עָלַ֖י
NAS: He continued, Name me your wages,
KJV: And he said, Appoint me thy wages,
INT: continued Name your wages and I

Leviticus 24:11
HEB: וַ֠יִּקֹּב בֶּן־ הָֽאִשָּׁ֨ה
KJV: son blasphemed the name
INT: blasphemed the son woman

Leviticus 24:16
HEB: וְנֹקֵ֤ב שֵׁם־ יְהוָה֙
NAS: Moreover, the one who blasphemes the name
KJV: And he that blasphemeth the name
INT: blasphemes the name of the LORD

Leviticus 24:16
HEB: כַּגֵּר֙ כָּֽאֶזְרָ֔ח בְּנָקְבוֹ־ שֵׁ֖ם יוּמָֽת׃
NAS: as well as the native, when he blasphemes the Name,
KJV: as he that is born in the land, when he blasphemeth the name
INT: the alien as the native blasphemes the Name to death

Numbers 1:17
HEB: הָאֵ֔לֶּה אֲשֶׁ֥ר נִקְּב֖וּ בְּשֵׁמֽוֹת׃
NAS: men who had been designated by name,
KJV: these men which are expressed by [their] names:
INT: these who had been designated name

Numbers 23:8
HEB: מָ֣ה אֶקֹּ֔ב לֹ֥א קַבֹּ֖ה
KJV: How shall I curse, whom God
INT: How curse shall I curse

Numbers 23:25
HEB: קֹ֖ב לֹ֣א תִקֳּבֶ֑נּוּ גַּם־ בָּרֵ֖ךְ
KJV: unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all,
INT: curse nor curse again bless

2 Kings 12:9
HEB: אֲר֣וֹן אֶחָ֔ד וַיִּקֹּ֥ב חֹ֖ר בְּדַלְתּ֑וֹ
NAS: a chest and bored a hole
KJV: a chest, and bored a hole in the lid
INT: A chest a and bored A hole lid

2 Kings 18:21
HEB: וּבָ֥א בְכַפּ֖וֹ וּנְקָבָ֑הּ כֵּ֚ן פַּרְעֹ֣ה
NAS: into his hand and pierce it. So
KJV: into his hand, and pierce it: so [is] Pharaoh
INT: will go his hand and pierce So is Pharaoh

1 Chronicles 12:32
HEB: אָ֑לֶף אֲשֶׁ֤ר נִקְּבוּ֙ בְּשֵׁמ֔וֹת לָב֖וֹא
INT: thousand after appoint base abide

1 Chronicles 16:41
HEB: הַבְּרוּרִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר נִקְּב֖וּ בְּשֵׁמ֑וֹת לְהֹדוֹת֙
NAS: who were designated by name,
KJV: that were chosen, who were expressed by name,
INT: were chosen who were designated name to give

2 Chronicles 28:15
HEB: הָאֲנָשִׁים֩ אֲשֶׁר־ נִקְּב֨וּ בְשֵׁמ֜וֹת וַיַּחֲזִ֣יקוּ
NAS: who were designated by name
KJV: And the men which were expressed by name
INT: the men who were designated name took

2 Chronicles 31:19
HEB: אֲנָשִׁ֕ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר נִקְּב֖וּ בְּשֵׁמ֑וֹת לָתֵ֣ת
NAS: who were designated by name
KJV: the men that were expressed by name,
INT: men who were designated name to distribute

Ezra 8:20
HEB: וְעֶשְׂרִ֑ים כֻּלָּ֖ם נִקְּב֥וּ בְשֵׁמֽוֹת׃
NAS: all of them designated by name.
KJV: Nethinims: all of them were expressed by name.
INT: and twenty all designated name

Job 3:8
HEB: יִקְּבֻ֥הוּ אֹרְרֵי־ י֑וֹם
KJV: Let them curse it that curse the day,
INT: curse curse the day

Job 5:3
HEB: אֱוִ֣יל מַשְׁרִ֑ישׁ וָאֶקּ֖וֹב נָוֵ֣הוּ פִתְאֹֽם׃
KJV: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
INT: the foolish taking cursed his abode immediately

Job 40:24
HEB: יִקָּחֶ֑נּוּ בְּ֝מֽוֹקְשִׁ֗ים יִנְקָב־ אָֽף׃
NAS: With barbs can anyone pierce [his] nose?
KJV: [his] nose pierceth through snares.
INT: capture barbs pierce nose

Job 41:2
HEB: בְּאַפּ֑וֹ וּ֝בְח֗וֹחַ תִּקּ֥וֹב לֶֽחֱיוֹ׃
NAS: in his nose Or pierce his jaw
KJV: into his nose? or bore his jaw
INT: his nose bramble pierce his jaw

Proverbs 11:26
HEB: מֹ֣נֵֽעַ בָּ֭ר יִקְּבֻ֣הוּ לְא֑וֹם וּ֝בְרָכָ֗ה
KJV: the people shall curse him: but blessing
INT: withholds grain shall curse the people blessing

Proverbs 24:24
HEB: צַדִּ֪יק אָ֥תָּה יִקְּבֻ֥הוּ עַמִּ֑ים יִזְעָמ֥וּהוּ
KJV: him shall the people curse, nations
INT: are righteous you curse Peoples will abhor

Isaiah 36:6
HEB: וּבָ֥א בְכַפּ֖וֹ וּנְקָבָ֑הּ כֵּ֚ן פַּרְעֹ֣ה
NAS: into his hand and pierce it. So
KJV: into his hand, and pierce it: so [is] Pharaoh
INT: will go his hand and pierce So is Pharaoh

Isaiah 62:2
HEB: פִּ֥י יְהוָ֖ה יִקֳּבֶֽנּוּ׃
NAS: the mouth of the LORD will designate.
KJV: by a new name, which the mouth
INT: the mouth of the LORD will designate

Amos 6:1
HEB: בְּהַ֣ר שֹׁמְר֑וֹן נְקֻבֵי֙ רֵאשִׁ֣ית הַגּוֹיִ֔ם
NAS: of Samaria, The distinguished men of the foremost
KJV: of Samaria, [which are] named chief
INT: the mountain of Samaria the distinguished of the foremost of nations

Habakkuk 3:14
HEB: נָקַ֤בְתָּ בְמַטָּיו֙ רֹ֣אשׁ
NAS: You pierced with his own spears
KJV: Thou didst strike through with his staves
INT: pierced spears the head

Haggai 1:6
HEB: אֶל־ צְר֥וֹר נָקֽוּב׃ פ
NAS: [to put] into a purse with holes.
KJV: [to put it] into a bag with holes.
INT: into A purse holes

25 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 5344
25 Occurrences


bə·nā·qə·ḇōw- — 1 Occ.
’eq·qōḇ — 1 Occ.
nā·qaḇ·tā — 1 Occ.
nā·qə·ḇāh — 1 Occ.
nā·qūḇ — 1 Occ.
nə·qu·ḇê — 1 Occ.
niq·qə·ḇū — 6 Occ.
tiq·qō·wḇ — 1 Occ.
ṯiq·qo·ḇen·nū — 1 Occ.
ū·nə·qā·ḇāh — 2 Occ.
wā·’eq·qō·wḇ — 1 Occ.
way·yiq·qōḇ — 2 Occ.
wə·nō·qêḇ — 1 Occ.
yiq·qə·ḇu·hū — 3 Occ.
yiq·qo·ḇen·nū — 1 Occ.
yin·qāḇ- — 1 Occ.
















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