Limitless Word
נָקַףnâqaph/naw-kaf'/
HebrewH536220 occurrences (KJV)

to strike with more or less violence (beat, fell, corrode); by implication (of attack) to knock together, i.e. surround or circulate

KJV renders it: compass (about, -ing), cut down, destroy, go round (about), inclose, round.

Where it appears(showing the first 19 of 20)

  • Lev 19:27“‘You shall not cut the hair on the sides of your head or clip off the edge of your beard.
  • Josh 6:3All of your men of war shall march around the city, going around the city once. You shall do this six days.
  • Josh 6:11So he caused Yahweh’s ark to go around the city, going about it once. Then they came into the camp, and stayed in the camp.
  • 1 Kgs 7:24Under its brim around there were buds which encircled it for ten cubits, encircling the sea. The buds were in two rows, cast when it was cast.
  • 2 Kgs 6:14Therefore he sent horses, chariots, and a great army there. They came by night, and surrounded the city.
  • 2 Kgs 11:8You shall surround the king, every man with his weapons in his hand; and he who comes within the ranks, let him be slain. Be with the king when he goes out, and when he comes in.”
  • 2 Chr 4:3Under it was the likeness of oxen, which encircled it, for ten cubits, encircling the sea. The oxen were in two rows, cast when it was cast.
  • 2 Chr 23:7The Levites shall surround the king, every man with his weapons in his hand. Whoever comes into the house, let him be slain. Be with the king when he comes in, and when he goes out.”
  • Job 1:5It was so, when the days of their feasting had run their course, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all. For Job said, “It may be that my sons have sinned, and renounced God in their hearts.” Job did so continually.
  • Job 19:6know now that God has subverted me, and has surrounded me with his net.
  • Job 19:26After my skin is destroyed, then in my flesh shall I see God,
  • Ps 17:9from the wicked who oppress me, my deadly enemies, who surround me.
  • Ps 22:16For dogs have surrounded me. A company of evildoers have enclosed me. They have pierced my hands and feet.
  • Ps 48:12Walk about Zion, and go around her. Number its towers.
  • Ps 88:17They came around me like water all day long. They completely engulfed me.
  • Isa 10:34He will cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon will fall by the Mighty One.
  • Isa 15:8For the cry has gone around the borders of Moab; its wailing to Eglaim, and its wailing to Beer Elim.
  • Isa 29:1Woe to Ariel! Ariel, the city where David encamped! Add year to year; let the feasts come around;
  • Lam 3:5He has built against me, and surrounded me with gall and travail.

Lexical data: Strong’s Hebrew & Greek Dictionaries (1890, public domain; openscriptures, CC-BY-SA). Word tagging from the Strong’s-numbered KJV.