Strong's Definition
a primitive root; to puncture, literally (to perforate, with more or less violence) or figuratively (to specify, designate, libel)
KJV Usage: appoint, blaspheme, bore, curse, express, with holes, name, pierce, strike through
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
נָקַב (na.qav) — 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 (na.qav) — to curse. (Qal) to curse, blaspheme
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · מַקֶּבֶת · נֶקֶב · נְקֵבָה
Impact | verb qal
to pierce = causative action by which humans use a sharp object to make a hole through an object
2KI 18:21 · JOB 40:24 · JOB 40:26 · ISA 36:6 · HAB 3:14 · HAG 1:6
Impact | verb qal
Collocation: נקב חֹר
to bore a hole = causative action by which humans use a sharp object to make a hole through a surface
verb
Speak | verb qal
to name, to mention = action by which humans or deities utter words ► for the purpose of sharing information
Great | verb qal
notable literally: to be spoken of; hence: = state in which humans are highly regarded, and their names are often on people's lips
verb · קבב
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[נָקַב] vb. pierce Qal pierce, bore
prick off, designate, wages
Niph. who were pricked off, designated, by name
base
[נָקַב] vb. curse base
