# נָקַף (naqaf)

Israeli respelling: na-qaf. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H5362. 19 Old Testament occurrences.

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

King James renderings: compass (about, -ing), cut down, destroy, go round (about), inclose, round.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/naqaf-h5362

## Occurrences

- [Leviticus 19:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/19/27) — Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.
- [Joshua 6:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/6/3) — And ye shall compass the city, all ye men of war, and go round about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days.
- [Joshua 6:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/6/11) — So the ark of the LORD compassed the city, going about it once: and they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp.
- [1 Kings 7:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/7/24) — And under the brim of it round about there were knops compassing it, ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about: the knops were cast in…
- [2 Kings 6:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/6/14) — Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a great host: and they came by night, and compassed the city about.
- [2 Kings 11:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/11/8) — And ye shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand: and he that cometh within the ranges, let him be slain:…
- [2 Chronicles 4:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/4/3) — And under it was the similitude of oxen, which did compass it round about: ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about. Two rows of oxen…
- [2 Chronicles 23:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/23/7) — And the Levites shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand; and whosoever else cometh into the house, he sh…
- [Job 1:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/1/5) — And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and of…
- [Job 19:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/19/6) — Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his net.
- [Job 19:26](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/19/26) — And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:
- [Psalms 17:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/17/9) — From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about.
- [Psalms 22:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/22/16) — For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
- [Psalms 48:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/48/12) — Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof.
- [Psalms 88:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/88/17) — They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together.
- [Isaiah 10:34](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/10/34) — And he shall cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.
- [Isaiah 15:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/15/8) — For the cry is gone round about the borders of Moab; the howling thereof unto Eglaim, and the howling thereof unto Beerelim.
- [Isaiah 29:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/29/1) — Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David dwelt! add ye year to year; let them kill sacrifices.
- [Lamentations 3:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/lamentations/3/5) — He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.