To pierce
נָקַבStrong’s H5344naqav (na-qav)
Appears in 18 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Naqav is the Hebrew word usually translated “had been designated”, “it will pierce it” and “designate”. It appears in 18 verses of the Old Testament.
“And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it.”
Meaning
- To pierce, perforate, bore, appoint(Qal) · (Niphal) to be pricked off, be designated, be specified
- (Qal) to curse, blaspheme
How it's translated
- they had been designated 6
- and it will pierce it 2
- designate 1
- and he slandered 1
- and slanders 1
- when slanders he 1
- and he bored 1
- will anyone pierce 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Leviticus 2
- 2 Kings 2
- 1 Chronicles 2
- 2 Chronicles 2
- Job 2
- Isaiah 2
12 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Leviticus 24:11And 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:)
- Leviticus 24:16And 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.
- Numbers 1:17And Moses and Aaron took these men which are expressed by their names:
- 2 Kings 12:9But 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.
- 2 Kings 18:21Now, 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.
- 1 Chronicles 12:31And of the half tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand, which were expressed by name, to come and make David king.
Hebrew dictionary
נָקַב naqav · to pierce
1) to pierce, perforate, bore, appoint 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to pierce, bore 1a2) to prick off, designate 1b) (Niphal) to be pricked off, be designated, be specified
נָקַב naqav · to curse
(Qal) to curse, blaspheme
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “pierce” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
PIERCE, verb transitive
pers.
- To thrust into with a pointed instrument; as, to pierce the body with a sword or spear; to pierce the side with a thorn.
- To penetrate; to enter; to force a way into; as, a column of troops pierced the main body of the enemy; a shot pierced the ship.
- To penetrate the heart deeply; to touch the passions; to excite or affect the passions. 1 Timothy 6:10
- To dive or penetrate into, as a secret or purpose.
All definitions and other forms of “pierce”
PIERCE, verb intransitive
pers. To enter; as a pointed instrument.
- To penetrate; to force a way into or through any thing.
- To enter; to dive or penetrate, as into a secret.
- To affect deeply.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.