Lexicon :: Strong's H3920 - lāḵaḏ

לָכַד

Transliteration

lāḵaḏ

Pronunciation

law-kad'

Part of Speech

verb

Root Word (Etymology)

A primitive root

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1115

Strong's Info

Strong’s Definitions

לָכַד lâkad, law-kad'; a primitive root; to catch (in a net, trap or pit); generally, to capture or occupy; also to choose (by lot); figuratively, to cohere:—× at all, catch (self), be frozen, be holden, stick together, take.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 121x

The KJV translates Strong's H3920 in the following manner: take (112x), catch (5x), at all (1x), frozen (1x), holden (1x), stick together (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 121x

The KJV translates Strong's H3920 in the following manner: take (112x), catch (5x), at all (1x), frozen (1x), holden (1x), stick together (1x).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

to capture, take, seize
1. (Qal)
  1. to capture, seize
  2. to capture (of men) (fig.)
  3. to take (by lot)
2. (Niphal)
  1. to be captured
  2. to be caught (of men in trap, snare) (fig.)
3. (Hithpael) to grasp each other

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STRONGS H3920: Abbreviations

לָכַד ₁₂₁ verb capture, seize, take (by lot) (Phoenician לכד take out, choose (?); לְכַד as Biblical Hebrew; Arabic is strike, push, with the hand, etc., pestle, compare modern attack Wetzst^{ZMG xxii. 1868, 140}; stick or cleave to); —
Qal Perfect ל׳ Joshua 8:1 +, לָכַדְתִּי 2 Samuel 12:27 etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִלְכּוֺד Amos 3:5; וַיִּלְכֹּד Judges 8:12 +, etc.; Imperative masculine singular suffix לָכְדָהּ 2 Samuel 12:28, masculine plural לִכְדוּ; Infinitive absolute לָכוֺד Amos 3:5; construct suffix לְלָכְדֵנִי Jeremiah 18:22, לְלָכְדָהּ Jeremiah 32:24; Participle לֹכֵד Job 5:13; Proverbs 16:32; —

1. capture, seize (not in P) with accusative, usually a city or town, in war Judges 1:8, 12; Joshua 8:21; Joshua 10:1 (JE), Deuteronomy 2:35 + 48 times (but Judges 1:18 strike out as gloss Bu Kit GFM and others); land Joshua 10:42 (D), Daniel 11:18; water-courses (fords), Judges 3:28; Judges 7:24 (twice in verse); Judges 12:8; object men (usually princes, kings) in battle Judges 7:25; Judges 8:12, 14; Joshua 11:12, 17 (D), 2 Chronicles 22:9; 33:11; captives and spoils 2 Samuel 8:4 = 1 Chronicles 18:4; of Saul's seizing the kingdom (הַמְּלוּכָה), i.e. acquiring it actually by force of arms 1 Samuel 14:47; also of Samson's catching the foxes Judges 15:4; of a lion catching his prey Amos 3:4; of a trap, snare, לָכוֺד יִלְכּוֺד Amos 3:5.

†2. figurative of entrapping men Jeremiah 5:26; Psalm 35:8, compare Proverbs 5:22; Job 5:13 and (of a pit) Jeremiah 18:22.

†3. of taking by lot Joshua 7:14 (3 times in verse); Joshua 7:17 (J E; see Niph. 3).

† Niph. Perfect נִלְכַּד Lamentations 4:20; 3rd person feminine singular נִלְכְּדָה 1 Kings 16:18 +, etc.; Imperfect יִלָּכֵד Isaiah 24:18; Jeremiah 48:44; יִלָּ֫כֶד כָּהּ Ecclesiastes 7:26; וַיִּלָּכֵד Joshua 7:16 +, etc.; Participle נִלְכָּד Joshua 7:15; —

1. be captured in war, of city 1 Kings 16:18; 2 Kings 18:10; Jeremiah 38:28 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 48:1, 41; Jeremiah 50:2, 9, 24; Jeremiah 51:31, 41; Zechariah 14:2; of men Jeremiah 51:56; Lamentations 4:20 (compare Qal 1).

2. of men, be caught, namely, in a snare or trap, only figurative, usually by divine judgment Isaiah 8:15; Isaiah 24:18; Isaiah 28:13; Psalm 9:16; Psalm 59:13; Proverbs 6:2; Proverbs 11:6; Jeremiah 6:11; Jeremiah 8:9; so of Moab Jeremiah 48:7, 44; of being ensnared by a woman Ecclesiastes 7:26; of being caught by cords of distress, בְּחַבְלֵי עֹ֑נִי, Job 36:8.

3. be taken by lot Joshua 7:15, 16, 17, 18 (all J E), 1 Samuel 10:20, 21 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 14:41, 42 (compare Qal 3).

† Hithp. Imperfect 3rd person masculine plural; יִתְפָּרָ֑דוּ וְלֹא יִתְלַכְּדוּ Job 41:9 they grasp each other, and cannot be separated, of crocodile's scales (|| אִישׁ בְּאָחִיהוּ יְדֻבָּ֑קוּ); יִתְלַכָּ֑דוּ תְהוֺם פְּנֵי Job 38:30 the face of the deep compacts (of freezing; || כָּאֶבֶן מַיִם יִתְחַבָּ֑אוּ; verbs transposed, plausibly, by Me Bi Siegf Bu).

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