Strong's Definition
to strike with more or less violence (beat, fell, corrode); by implication (of attack) to knock together, i.e. surround or circulate
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: compass (about, -ing), cut down, destroy, go round (about), inclose, round.
TWOT Reference: 1415,1416
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) to strike, strike off
1a) (Piel) to strike off skin
2) to go around, compass, round
2a) (Qal) to go around
2b) (Hiphil)
2b1) to go around, surround, encompass, enclose
2b2) to make the round, complete the circuit
2b3) to make round, round off
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
נָקַף
nâqaph
BDB Definition:
1) to strike, strike off
1a) (Piel) to strike off skin
2) to go around, compass, round
2a) (Qal) to go around
2b) (Hiphil)
2b1) to go around, surround, encompass, enclose
2b2) to make the round, complete the circuit
2b3) to make round, round off
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1415, 1416
Total KJV Occurrences: 25