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Hebrew verb · H3920

לָכַד

lakadlaw-kad'

to capture

121 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: lâkad

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H3920is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 22 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 89
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H3920

to catch (in a net, trap or pit); generally, to capture or occupy; also to choose (by lot); figuratively, to cohere

The King James renders it: [idiom] at all, catch (self), be frozen, be holden, stick together, take.

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

lakad is rendered "to capture". It stands 121 times in the Hebrew text, across twenty-two books.

  • Twenty-four of the uses stand in Joshua, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Numbers 21:32After Moses had sent spies to Jazer, Israel captured its villages and drove out the Amorites who were there.
  • The Greek text spells it eighty-nine different ways.

The first use

After Moses had sent spies to Jazer, Israel captured its villages and drove out the Amorites who were there.

Numbers 21:32וַֽיִּלְכְּד֖וּ

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • and he captured15
  • and they captured9
  • and he captured it8
  • and he was taken by lot5
  • and he will capture it5
  • and they captured it5
  • he captured5
  • it will be captured5
  • it was captured4
  • and it was taken by lot3
  • and they will be captured3
  • he had captured3

and 44 more, 121 uses in all

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

All 121, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

89 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • וַיִּלְכֹּ֤ד4
  • וַיִּלָּכֵ֖ד4
  • וַֽיִּלְכְּדָֽהּ׃4
  • וַיִּלְכֹּ֖ד3
  • וּלְכָדָֽהּ׃3
  • נִלְכְּדָ֣ה3
  • נִלְכְּדָ֖ה3
  • וַיִּלְכֹּ֥ד2
  • וַיִּלְכֹּ֣ד2
  • וַֽיִּלְכְּדָהּ֙2
  • וַֽיִּלְכְּד֖וּ2
  • וַיִּלְכְּד֥וּ2

and 77 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • Hc/Vqw3ms18Hc/Vqw3ms
  • verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular11HVqp3ms
  • Hc/Vqw3mp10Hc/Vqw3mp
  • verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singular10HVNp3fs
  • Hc/Vqw3ms/Sp3fs9Hc/Vqw3ms/Sp3fs
  • Hc/VNw3ms7Hc/VNw3ms
  • Hc/Vqq3ms/Sp3fs5Hc/Vqq3ms/Sp3fs
  • Hc/Vqw3mp/Sp3fs5Hc/Vqw3mp/Sp3fs
  • Hc/VNq3cp3Hc/VNq3cp
  • verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular3HVNi3ms
  • Hc/Vqq3cp/Sp3fs2Hc/Vqq3cp/Sp3fs
  • Hc/Vqq3ms2Hc/Vqq3ms

Numbers

four uses
  • After Moses had sent spies to Jazer, Israel captured its villages and drove out the Amorites who were there.

    Numbers 21:32

    • וַֽיִּלְכְּד֖וּvaiyilkeduHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they captured
  • The descendants of Machir son of Manasseh went to Gilead, captured it, and drove out the Amorites who were there.

    Numbers 32:39

    • וַֽיִּלְכְּדֻ֑הָvaiyilkeduhaHc/Vqw3mp/Sp3fstagged: and they captured it
  • Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, went and captured their villages and called them Havvoth-jair.

    Numbers 32:41

    • וַיִּלְכֹּ֖דvaiyilkodHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he captured
  • And Nobah went and captured Kenath and its villages and called it Nobah, after his own name.

    Numbers 32:42

    • וַיִּלְכֹּ֥דvaiyilkodHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he captured

Deuteronomy

three uses
  • At that time we captured all his cities and devoted to destruction the people of every city, including women and children. We left no survivors.

    Deuteronomy 2:34

    • וַנִּלְכֹּ֤דvanilkodHc/Vqw1cptagged: and we captured
  • We carried off for ourselves only the livestock and the plunder from the cities we captured.

    Deuteronomy 2:35

    • לָכָֽדְנוּ׃lakhadenuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: we had captured
  • At that time we captured all sixty of his cities. There was not a single city we failed to take—the entire region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan.

    Deuteronomy 3:4

    • וַנִּלְכֹּ֤דvanilkodHc/Vqw1cptagged: and we captured

Joshua

twenty-four uses
  • So when the rams’ horns sounded, the people shouted. When they heard the blast of the horn, the people gave a great shout, and the wall collapsed. Then all the people charged straight into the city and captured it.

    Joshua 6:20

    • וַֽיִּלְכְּד֖וּvaiyilkeduHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they captured
  • In the morning you must present yourselves tribe by tribe. The tribe that the LORD selects shall come forward clan by clan, and the clan that the LORD selects shall come forward family by family, and the family that the LORD selects shall come forward man by man.

    Joshua 7:14

    • יִלְכְּדֶ֨נּוּyilkedenuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will take it
    • יִלְכְּדֶ֤נָּהyilkedenahverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: he will take it
    • יִלְכְּדֶ֣נּוּyilkedenuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will take it
  • The one who is caught with the things devoted to destruction must be burned, along with all that belongs to him, because he has transgressed the covenant of the LORD and committed an outrage in Israel.’”

    Joshua 7:15

    • הַנִּלְכָּ֣דhanilkadthe definite article (“the”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine singulartagged: the is taken by lot
  • So Joshua arose early the next morning and had Israel come forward tribe by tribe, and the tribe of Judah was selected.

    Joshua 7:16

    • וַיִּלָּכֵ֖דvaiyilakhedHc/VNw3mstagged: and it was taken by lot
  • He had the clans of Judah come forward, and the clan of the Zerahites was selected. He had the clan of the Zerahites come forward, and the family of Zabdi was selected.

    Joshua 7:17

    • וַיִּלְכֹּ֕דvaiyilkodHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he took
    • וַיִּלָּכֵ֖דvaiyilakhedHc/VNw3mstagged: and he was taken by lot
  • And he had the family of Zabdi come forward man by man, and Achan son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was selected.

    Joshua 7:18

    • וַיִּלָּכֵ֗דvaiyilakhedHc/VNw3mstagged: and he was taken by lot
  • and as soon as he did so, the men in ambush rose quickly from their position. They rushed forward, entered the city, captured it, and immediately set it on fire.

    Joshua 8:19

    • וַֽיִּלְכְּד֑וּהָvaiyilkeduhaHc/Vqw3mp/Sp3fstagged: and they captured it
  • When Joshua and all Israel saw that the men in ambush had captured the city and that smoke was rising from it, they turned around and struck down the men of Ai.

    Joshua 8:21

    • לָכַ֤דlakhadverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it had captured
  • Now Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem heard that Joshua had captured Ai and devoted it to destruction—doing to Ai and its king as he had done to Jericho and its king—and that the people of Gibeon had made peace with Israel and were living near them.

    Joshua 10:1

    • לָכַ֨דlakhadverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he had captured
  • On that day Joshua captured Makkedah and put it to the sword, along with its king. He devoted to destruction everyone in the city, leaving no survivors. So he did to the king of Makkedah as he had done to the king of Jericho.

    Joshua 10:28

    • לָכַ֨דlakhadverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he captured
  • And the LORD delivered Lachish into the hand of Israel, and Joshua captured it on the second day. He put all the people to the sword, just as he had done to Libnah.

    Joshua 10:32

    • וַֽיִּלְכְּדָהּ֙vaiyilkedahHc/Vqw3ms/Sp3fstagged: and he captured it
  • That day they captured Eglon and put it to the sword, and Joshua devoted to destruction everyone in the city, just as he had done to Lachish.

    Joshua 10:35

    • וַֽיִּלְכְּד֜וּהָvaiyilkeduhaHc/Vqw3mp/Sp3fstagged: and they captured it
  • They captured it and put to the sword its king, all its villages, and all the people. Joshua left no survivors, just as he had done at Eglon; he devoted to destruction Hebron and everyone in it.

    Joshua 10:37

    • וַיִּלְכְּד֣וּהָvaiyilkeduhaHc/Vqw3mp/Sp3fstagged: and they captured it
  • And they captured Debir, its king, and all its villages. They put them to the sword and devoted to destruction everyone in the city, leaving no survivors. Joshua did to Debir and its king as he had done to Hebron and as he had done to Libnah and its king.

    Joshua 10:39

    • וַֽיִּלְכְּדָ֞הּvaiyilkedahHc/Vqw3ms/Sp3fstagged: and he captured it
  • And because the LORD, the God of Israel, fought for Israel, Joshua captured all these kings and their land in one campaign.

    Joshua 10:42

    • לָכַ֥דlakhadverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he captured
  • At that time Joshua turned back and captured Hazor and put its king to the sword, because Hazor was formerly the head of all these kingdoms.

    Joshua 11:10

    • וַיִּלְכֹּ֣דvaiyilkodHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he captured
  • Joshua captured all these kings and their cities and put them to the sword. He devoted them to destruction, as Moses the LORD’s servant had commanded.

    Joshua 11:12

    • לָכַ֧דlakhadverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he captured
  • from Mount Halak, which rises toward Seir, as far as Baal-gad in the Valley of Lebanon at the foot of Mount Hermon. He captured all their kings and struck them down, putting them to death.

    Joshua 11:17

    • לָכַ֔דlakhadverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he captured
  • And Caleb said, “To the man who strikes down Kiriath-sepher and captures it, I will give my daughter Acsah in marriage.”

    Joshua 15:16

    • וּלְכָדָ֑הּulekhadahHc/Vqq3ms/Sp3fstagged: and he will capture it
  • So Othniel son of Caleb’s brother Kenaz captured the city, and Caleb gave his daughter Acsah to him in marriage.

    Joshua 15:17

    • וַֽיִּלְכְּדָ֛הּvaiyilkedahHc/Vqw3ms/Sp3fstagged: and he captured it
  • (Later, when the territory of the Danites was lost to them, they went up and fought against Leshem, captured it, and put it to the sword. So they took possession of Leshem, settled there, and renamed it after their father Dan.)

    Joshua 19:47

    • וַיִּלְכְּד֥וּvaiyilkeduHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they captured

Judges

fourteen uses
  • Then the men of Judah fought against Jerusalem and captured it. They put the city to the sword and set it on fire.

    Judges 1:8

    • וַיִּלְכְּד֣וּvaiyilkeduHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they captured
  • And Caleb said, “To the man who strikes down Kiriath-sepher and captures it, I will give my daughter Acsah in marriage.”

    Judges 1:12

    • וּלְכָדָ֑הּulekhadahHc/Vqq3ms/Sp3fstagged: and he will capture it
  • So Othniel son of Caleb’s younger brother Kenaz captured the city, and Caleb gave his daughter Acsah to him in marriage.

    Judges 1:13

    • וַֽיִּלְכְּדָהּ֙vaiyilkedahHc/Vqw3ms/Sp3fstagged: and he captured it
  • And Judah also captured Gaza, Ashkelon, and Ekron—each with its territory.

    Judges 1:18

    • וַיִּלְכֹּ֤דvaiyilkodHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he captured
  • “Follow me,” he told them, “for the LORD has delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand.” So they followed him down and seized the fords of the Jordan leading to Moab, and did not allow anyone to cross over.

    Judges 3:28

    • וַֽיִּלְכְּד֞וּvaiyilkeduHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they captured
  • Gideon sent messengers throughout the hill country of Ephraim to say, “Come down against the Midianites and seize the waters of the Jordan ahead of them as far as Beth-barah.” So all the men of Ephraim were called out, and they captured the waters of the Jordan as far as Beth-barah.

    Judges 7:24

    • וְלִכְד֤וּvelikhduconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: and capture
    • וַיִּלְכְּד֣וּvaiyilkeduHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they captured
  • They also captured Oreb and Zeeb, the two princes of Midian; and they killed Oreb at the rock of Oreb and Zeeb at the winepress of Zeeb. So they pursued the Midianites and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side of the Jordan.

    Judges 7:25

    • וַֽיִּלְכְּד֡וּvaiyilkeduHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they captured
  • When Zebah and Zalmunna fled, Gideon pursued and captured these two kings of Midian, routing their entire army.

    Judges 8:12

    • וַיִּלְכֹּ֞דvaiyilkodHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he captured
  • There he captured a young man of Succoth and interrogated him. The young man wrote down for him the names of the seventy-seven leaders and elders of Succoth.

    Judges 8:14

    • וַיִּלְכָּד־vaiyilkod-Hc/Vqw3mstagged: and he captured
  • And all that day Abimelech fought against the city until he had captured it and killed its people. Then he demolished the city and sowed it with salt.

    Judges 9:45

    • וַיִּלְכֹּד֙vaiyilkodHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he captured
  • Then Abimelech went to Thebez, encamped against it, and captured it.

    Judges 9:50

    • וַֽיִּלְכְּדָֽהּ׃vaiyilkedahHc/Vqw3ms/Sp3fstagged: and he captured it
  • The Gileadites captured the fords of the Jordan leading to Ephraim, and whenever a fugitive from Ephraim would say, “Let me cross over,” the Gileadites would ask him, “Are you an Ephraimite?” If he answered, “No,”

    Judges 12:5

    • וַיִּלְכֹּ֥דvaiyilkodHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it captured
  • Then Samson went out and caught three hundred foxes. And he took torches, turned the foxes tail-to-tail, and fastened a torch between each pair of tails.

    Judges 15:4

    • וַיִּלְכֹּ֖דvaiyilkodHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he captured

1 Samuel

six uses
  • Thus Samuel had all the tribes of Israel come forward, and the tribe of Benjamin was selected.

    1 Samuel 10:20

    • וַיִּלָּכֵ֖דvaiyilakhedHc/VNw3mstagged: and it was taken by lot
  • Then he had the tribe of Benjamin come forward by its clans, and the clan of Matri was selected. Finally, Saul son of Kish was selected. But when they looked for him, they could not find him.

    1 Samuel 10:21

    • וַתִּלָּכֵ֖דvatilakhedHc/VNw3fstagged: and it was taken by lot
    • וַיִּלָּכֵד֙vaiyilakhedHc/VNw3mstagged: and he was taken by lot
  • So Saul said to the LORD, the God of Israel, “Why have You not answered Your servant this day? If the fault is with me or my son Jonathan, respond with Urim; but if the fault is with the men of Israel, respond with Thummim.” And Jonathan and Saul were selected, but the people were cleared of the charge.

    1 Samuel 14:41

    • וַיִּלָּכֵ֧דvaiyilakhedHc/VNw3mstagged: and he was taken by lot
  • Then Saul said, “Cast the lot between me and my son Jonathan.” And Jonathan was selected.

    1 Samuel 14:42

    • וַיִּלָּכֵ֖דvaiyilakhedHc/VNw3mstagged: and he was taken by lot
  • After Saul had assumed the kingship over Israel, he fought against all his enemies on every side—the Moabites, the Ammonites, the Edomites, the kings of Zobah, and the Philistines. Wherever he turned, he routed them.

    1 Samuel 14:47

    • לָכַ֥דlakhadverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he had taken

2 Samuel

seven uses
  • Nevertheless, David captured the fortress of Zion (that is, the City of David).

    2 Samuel 5:7

    • וַיִּלְכֹּ֣דvaiyilkodHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he captured
  • David captured from him a thousand chariots, seven thousand charioteers, and twenty thousand foot soldiers, and he hamstrung all the horses except a hundred he kept for the chariots.

    2 Samuel 8:4

    • וַיִּלְכֹּ֨דvaiyilkodHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he captured
  • Meanwhile, Joab fought against Rabbah of the Ammonites and captured the royal fortress.

    2 Samuel 12:26

    • וַיִּלְכֹּ֖דvaiyilkodHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he captured
  • Then Joab sent messengers to David to say, “I have fought against Rabbah and have captured the water supply of the city.

    2 Samuel 12:27

    • לָכַ֖דְתִּיlakhadtiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have captured
  • Now, therefore, assemble the rest of the troops, lay siege to the city, and capture it. Otherwise I will capture the city, and it will be named after me.”

    2 Samuel 12:28

    • וְלָכְדָ֑הּvelakhedahconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: and capture it
    • אֶלְכֹּ֤דʾelkodverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I should take
  • So David assembled all the troops and went to Rabbah; and he fought against it and captured it.

    2 Samuel 12:29

    • וַֽיִּלְכְּדָֽהּ׃vaiyilkedahHc/Vqw3ms/Sp3fstagged: and he captured it

1 Kings

two uses
  • Pharaoh king of Egypt had attacked and captured Gezer. He had set it on fire, killed the Canaanites who lived in the city, and given it as a dowry to his daughter, Solomon’s wife.

    1 Kings 9:16

    • וַיִּלְכֹּ֤דvaiyilkodHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he had captured
  • When Zimri saw that the city was captured, he entered the citadel of the royal palace and burned it down upon himself. So he died

    1 Kings 16:18

    • נִלְכְּדָ֣הnilkedahverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it was captured

2 Kings

four uses
  • At that time Hazael king of Aram marched up and fought against Gath and captured it. Then he decided to attack Jerusalem.

    2 Kings 12:17

    • וַֽיִּלְכְּדָ֑הּvaiyilkedahHc/Vqw3ms/Sp3fstagged: and he captured it
  • In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and carried away the Israelites to Assyria, where he settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes.

    2 Kings 17:6

    • לָכַ֤דlakhadverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he captured
  • And at the end of three years, the Assyrians captured it. So Samaria was captured in the sixth year of Hezekiah, which was the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel.

    2 Kings 18:10

    • וַֽיִּלְכְּדֻ֗הָvaiyilkeduhaHc/Vqw3mp/Sp3fstagged: and they captured it
    • נִלְכְּדָ֖הnilkedahverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it was captured

1 Chronicles

two uses
  • The people of Jebus said to David, “You will never get in here.” Nevertheless, David captured the fortress of Zion (that is, the City of David).

    1 Chronicles 11:5

    • וַיִּלְכֹּ֤דvaiyilkodHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he captured
  • David captured from him a thousand chariots, seven thousand charioteers, and twenty thousand foot soldiers, and he hamstrung all the horses except a hundred he kept for the chariots.

    1 Chronicles 18:4

    • וַיִּלְכֹּד֩vaiyilkodHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he captured

2 Chronicles

eight uses
  • He captured the fortified cities of Judah and came as far as Jerusalem.

    2 Chronicles 12:4

    • וַיִּלְכֹּ֛דvaiyilkodHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he captured
  • Abijah pursued Jeroboam and captured some cities from him: Bethel, Jeshanah, and Ephron, along with their villages.

    2 Chronicles 13:19

    • וַיִּלְכֹּ֤דvaiyilkodHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he captured
  • When Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Azariah son of Oded the prophet, he took courage and removed the detestable idols from the whole land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities he had captured in the hill country of Ephraim. He then restored the altar of the LORD that was in front of the portico of the LORD’s temple.

    2 Chronicles 15:8

    • לָכַ֖דlakhadverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he had captured
  • He stationed troops in every fortified city of Judah and put garrisons in the land of Judah and in the cities of Ephraim that his father Asa had captured.

    2 Chronicles 17:2

    • לָכַ֖דlakhadverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he had captured
  • Then Jehu looked for Ahaziah, and Jehu’s soldiers captured him while he was hiding in Samaria. So Ahaziah was brought to Jehu and put to death. They buried him, for they said, “He is the grandson of Jehoshaphat, who sought the LORD with all his heart.” So no one was left from the house of Ahaziah with the strength to rule the kingdom.

    2 Chronicles 22:9

    • וַֽיִּלְכְּדֻ֜הוּvaiyilkeduhuHc/Vqw3mp/Sp3mstagged: and people captured him
  • The Philistines had also raided the cities of the foothills and the Negev of Judah, capturing and occupying Beth-shemesh, Aijalon, and Gederoth, as well as Soco, Timnah, and Gimzo with their villages.

    2 Chronicles 28:18

    • וַֽ֠יִּלְכְּדוּvaiyilkeduHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they had captured
  • Then the Assyrians called out loudly in Hebrew to the people of Jerusalem who were on the wall, to frighten and terrify them in order to capture the city.

    2 Chronicles 32:18

    • יִלְכְּד֥וּyilkeduverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they may capture
  • So the LORD brought against them the military commanders of the king of Assyria, who captured Manasseh, put a hook in his nose, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.

    2 Chronicles 33:11

    • וַיִּלְכְּד֥וּvaiyilkeduHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they captured

Nehemiah

one use
  • They captured fortified cities and fertile land and took houses full of all goods, wells already dug, vineyards, olive groves, and fruit trees in abundance. So they ate and were filled; they grew fat and delighted in Your great goodness.

    Nehemiah 9:25

    • וַֽיִּלְכְּד֞וּvaiyilkeduHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they captured

Job

four uses
  • He catches the wise in their craftiness, and sweeps away the plans of the cunning.

    Job 5:13

    • לֹכֵ֣דlokhedverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: catches
  • And if men are bound with chains, caught in cords of affliction,

    Job 36:8

    • יִ֝לָּכְד֗וּןyilakhedunverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural + paragogic nuntagged: they are caught
  • when the waters become hard as stone and the surface of the deep is frozen?

    Job 38:30

    • יִתְלַכָּֽדוּ׃yitlakaduverb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they freeze
  • They are joined to one another; they clasp and cannot be separated.

    Job 41:17

    • יִ֝תְלַכְּד֗וּyitlakeduverb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they grasp one another

Psalms

three uses
  • The nations have fallen into a pit of their making; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.

    Psalms 9:15

    • נִלְכְּדָ֥הnilkedahverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it has been caught
  • May ruin befall them by surprise; may the net they hid ensnare them; may they fall into the hazard they created.

    Psalms 35:8

    • תִּלְכְּד֑וֹtilkedoverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: may it catch him
  • By the sins of their mouths and the words of their lips, let them be trapped in their pride, in the curses and lies they utter.

    Psalms 59:12

    • וְיִלָּכְד֥וּveyilakheduHC/VNu3mptagged: and let them be caught

Proverbs

four uses
  • The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him; the cords of his sin entangle him.

    Proverbs 5:22

    • יִלְכְּדֻנ֥וֹyilkedunoverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: they will seize him
  • if you have been trapped by the words of your lips, ensnared by the words of your mouth,

    Proverbs 6:2

    • נִ֝לְכַּ֗דְתָּnilkadtaverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you have been caught
  • The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the faithless are trapped by their own desires.

    Proverbs 11:6

    • יִלָּכֵֽדוּ׃yilakheduverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they are caught
  • He who is slow to anger is better than a warrior, and he who controls his temper is greater than one who captures a city.

    Proverbs 16:32

    • מִלֹּכֵ֥דmilokhedpreposition + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: more than captures

Ecclesiastes

one use
  • And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a net, and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is ensnared.

    Ecclesiastes 7:26

    • יִלָּ֥כֶדyilakhedverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he is captured

Isaiah

four uses
  • Many will stumble over these; they will fall and be broken; they will be ensnared and captured.”

    Isaiah 8:15

    • וְנִלְכָּֽדוּ׃ סvenilkaduHc/VNq3cptagged: and they will be captured
  • Before the year that the chief commander, sent by Sargon king of Assyria, came to Ashdod and attacked and captured it,

    Isaiah 20:1

    • וַֽיִּלְכְּדָֽהּ׃vaiyilkedahHc/Vqw3ms/Sp3fstagged: and he captured it
  • Whoever flees the sound of panic will fall into the pit, and whoever climbs from the pit will be caught in the snare. For the windows of heaven are open, and the foundations of the earth are shaken.

    Isaiah 24:18

    • יִלָּכֵ֖דyilakhedverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will be caught
  • Then the word of the LORD to them will become: “Order on order, order on order, line on line, line on line; a little here, a little there,” so that they will go stumbling backward and will be injured, ensnared, and captured.

    Isaiah 28:13

    • וְנִלְכָּֽדוּ׃ פvenilkaduHc/VNq3cptagged: and they will be captured

Jeremiah

twenty-two uses
  • For among My people are wicked men; they watch like fowlers lying in wait; they set a trap to catch men.

    Jeremiah 5:26

    • יִלְכֹּֽדוּ׃yilkoduverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they catch
  • But I am full of the LORD’s wrath; I am tired of holding it back. “Pour it out on the children in the street, and on the young men gathered together. For both husband and wife will be captured, the old and the very old alike.

    Jeremiah 6:11

    • יִלָּכֵ֔דוּyilakheduverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will be caught
  • The wise will be put to shame; they will be dismayed and trapped. Since they have rejected the word of the LORD, what wisdom do they really have?

    Jeremiah 8:9

    • וַיִּלָּכֵ֑דוּvaiyilakheduHc/VNw3mptagged: and they have been captured
  • Let a cry be heard from their houses when You suddenly bring raiders against them, for they have dug a pit to capture me and have hidden snares for my feet.

    Jeremiah 18:22

    • לְלָכְדֵ֔נִיlelakhedenipreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: to capture me
  • For Zedekiah king of Judah had imprisoned him, saying: “Why are you prophesying like this? You claim that the LORD says, ‘Behold, I am about to deliver this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will capture it.

    Jeremiah 32:3

    • וּלְכָדָֽהּ׃ulekhadahHc/Vqq3ms/Sp3fstagged: and he will capture it
  • See how the siege ramps are mounted against the city to capture it. And by sword and famine and plague, the city has been given into the hands of the Chaldeans who are fighting against it. What You have spoken has happened, as You now see!

    Jeremiah 32:24

    • לְלָכְדָהּ֒lelakhedahpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: to capture it
  • Therefore this is what the LORD says: Behold, I am about to deliver this city into the hands of the Chaldeans and of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, who will capture it.

    Jeremiah 32:28

    • וּלְכָדָֽהּ׃ulekhadahHc/Vqq3ms/Sp3fstagged: and he will capture it
  • Behold, I am going to give the command, declares the LORD, and I will bring them back to this city. They will fight against it, capture it, and burn it down. And I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.”

    Jeremiah 34:22

    • וּלְכָד֖וּהָulekhaduhaHc/Vqq3cp/Sp3fstagged: and they will capture it
  • Then the Chaldeans will return and fight against this city. They will capture it and burn it down.

    Jeremiah 37:8

    • וּלְכָדֻ֖הָulekhaduhaHc/Vqq3cp/Sp3fstagged: and they will capture it
  • This is what the LORD says: This city will surely be delivered into the hands of the army of the king of Babylon, and he will capture it.”

    Jeremiah 38:3

    • וּלְכָדָֽהּ׃ulekhadahHc/Vqq3ms/Sp3fstagged: and he will capture it
  • And Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard until the day Jerusalem was captured.

    Jeremiah 38:28

    • נִלְכְּדָ֣הnilkedahverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it was captured
    • נִלְכְּדָ֖הnilkedahverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it was captured
  • Concerning Moab, this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Woe to Nebo, for it will be devastated. Kiriathaim will be captured and disgraced; the fortress will be shattered and dismantled.

    Jeremiah 48:1

    • נִלְכְּדָ֖הnilkedahverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it will be captured
  • Because you trust in your works and treasures, you too will be captured, and Chemosh will go into exile with his priests and officials.

    Jeremiah 48:7

    • תִּלָּכֵ֑דִיtilakhediverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: you will be captured
  • Kirioth has been taken, and the strongholds seized. In that day the heart of Moab’s warriors will be like the heart of a woman in labor.

    Jeremiah 48:41

    • נִלְכְּדָה֙nilkedahverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it will be captured
  • “Whoever flees the panic will fall into the pit, and whoever climbs from the pit will be caught in the snare. For I will bring upon Moab the year of their punishment,” declares the LORD.

    Jeremiah 48:44

    • יִלָּכֵ֖דyilakhedverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will be caught
  • “Announce and declare to the nations; lift up a banner and proclaim it; hold nothing back when you say, ‘Babylon is captured; Bel is put to shame; Marduk is shattered, her images are disgraced, her idols are broken in pieces.’

    Jeremiah 50:2

    • נִלְכְּדָ֨הnilkedahverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it will be captured
  • For behold, I stir up and bring against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the land of the north. They will line up against her; from the north she will be captured. Their arrows will be like skilled warriors who do not return empty-handed.

    Jeremiah 50:9

    • תִּלָּכֵ֑דtilakhedverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it will be captured
  • I laid a snare for you, O Babylon, and you were caught before you knew it. You were found and captured because you challenged the LORD.

    Jeremiah 50:24

    • נִלְכַּדְתְּ֙nilkadtverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: you were caught
  • One courier races to meet another, and messenger follows messenger, to announce to the king of Babylon that his city has been captured from end to end.

    Jeremiah 51:31

    • נִלְכְּדָ֥הnilkedahverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it has been captured
  • How Sheshach has been captured! The praise of all the earth has been seized. What a horror Babylon has become among the nations!

    Jeremiah 51:41

    • נִלְכְּדָ֣הnilkedahverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it will be captured
  • For a destroyer is coming against her—against Babylon. Her warriors will be captured, and their bows will be broken, for the LORD is a God of retribution; He will repay in full.

    Jeremiah 51:56

    • וְנִלְכְּדוּ֙venilkeduHc/VNq3cptagged: and they will be captured

Lamentations

one use
  • The LORD’s anointed, the breath of our life, was captured in their pits. We had said of him, “Under his shadow we will live among the nations.”

    Lamentations 4:20

    • נִלְכַּ֖דnilkadverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he was captured

Daniel

two uses
  • Then the king of the North will come, build up a siege ramp, and capture a fortified city. The forces of the South will not stand; even their best troops will not be able to resist.

    Daniel 11:15

    • וְלָכַ֖דvelakhadHc/Vqq3mstagged: and he will capture
  • Then he will turn his face to the coastlands and capture many of them. But a commander will put an end to his reproach and will turn it back upon him.

    Daniel 11:18

    • וְלָכַ֣דvelakhadHc/Vqq3mstagged: and he will capture

Amos

three uses
  • Does a lion roar in the forest when he has no prey? Does a young lion growl in his den if he has caught nothing?

    Amos 3:4

    • לָכָֽד׃lakhadverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it has caught
  • Does a bird land in a snare where no bait has been set? Does a trap spring from the ground when it has nothing to catch?

    Amos 3:5

    • וְלָכ֖וֹדvelakhodconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), infinitive absolutetagged: and surely catch
    • יִלְכּֽוֹד׃yilkodverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it catches

Habakkuk

one use
  • They scoff at kings and make rulers an object of scorn. They laugh at every fortress and build up siege ramps to seize it.

    Habakkuk 1:10

    • וַֽיִּלְכְּדָֽהּ׃vaiyilkedahHc/Vqw3ms/Sp3fstagged: and it captured it

Zechariah

one use
  • For I will gather all the nations for battle against Jerusalem, and the city will be captured, the houses looted, and the women ravished. Half of the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be removed from the city.

    Zechariah 14:2

    • וְנִלְכְּדָ֣הvenilkedahHc/VNq3fstagged: and it will be captured

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