H5357 - נָקִיק (nâqîyq)

H5357 נָקִיק (nâqîyq) naw-keek'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

cleft

Strong's Definition

a cleft

Derivation: from an unused root meaning to bore;

KJV Usage: hole.

TWOT Reference: 1417a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) cleft (of a rock)

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G5168

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

cleft (of a rock)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

נָקִיק nâqý̂yq BDB Definition: 1) cleft (of a rock) Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from an unused root meaning to bore Same Word by TWOT Number: 1417a Total KJV Occurrences: 3

Bible Occurrences (3)

7:19

13:4 16:16

Isaiah 7:19

And they will all come and settle in the steep ravines and clefts of the rocks, in all the thornbushes and watering holes.

Jeremiah 13:4

Take the loincloth that you bought and are wearing..., and go at once to Perath and hide it there in a crevice of the rocks.”

Jeremiah 16:16

But for now I will send for many fishermen, declares the LORD, and they will catch them. After that... I will send for many hunters, and they will hunt them down on every mountain...... and hill, even from the clefts of the rocks.