Hebrew word study

נָקַבnâqab to puncture, literally (to perforate, with more or less v…

Pronounced “naw-kab'

to puncture, literally (to perforate, with more or less violence) or figuratively (to specify, designate, libel)

Translated in the King James as: appoint, blaspheme, bore, curse, express, with holes, name, pierce, strike through.

Appears 19 times in Scripture

Origin: a primitive root;

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Where it appears

Genesis 1×
Genesis 30:28
Leviticus 3×
Leviticus 24:11Leviticus 24:16+ 1 more in Leviticus
Numbers 1×
Numbers 1:17
2 Kings 2×
2 Ki 12:92 Ki 18:21
1 Chronicles 2×
1 Chr 12:311 Chr 16:41
2 Chronicles 2×
2 Chr 28:152 Chr 31:19
Ezra 1×
Ezra 8:20
Job 2×
Job 40:24Job 41:2
Isaiah 2×
Isaiah 36:6Isaiah 62:2
Amos 1×
Amos 6:1
Habakkuk 1×
Habakkuk 3:14
Haggai 1×
Haggai 1:6

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