נָקַף nâqaph

Meaning

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

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

Derivation: a primitive root;

Where it is used

• Leviticus 19:27 You must not cut off the hair at the sides of your head or clip off the edges of your beard.
• Joshua 6:3 March around the city with all the men of war, circling the city one time. Do this for six days.
• Joshua 6:11 So he had the ark of the LORD carried around the city, circling it once. And the people returned to the camp and spent the night there.
• 1 Kings 7:24 Below the rim, ornamental buds encircled it, ten per cubit all the way around the Sea, cast in two rows as a part of the Sea.
• 2 Kings 6:14 the king of Aram sent horses, chariots, and a great army. They went there by night and surrounded the city.
• 2 Kings 11:8 You must surround the king with weapons in hand, and anyone who approaches the ranks must be put to death. You must stay close to the king wherever he goes.”
• 2 Chronicles 4:3 Below the rim, figures of oxen encircled it, ten per cubit all the way around the Sea, cast in two rows as a part of the Sea.
• 2 Chronicles 23:7 The Levites must surround the king with weapons in hand, and anyone who enters the temple must be put to death. You must stay close to the king wherever he goes.”
• Job 1:5 And when the days of feasting were over, Job would send for his children to purify them, rising early in the morning to offer burnt offerings for all of them. For Job thought, “Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” This was Job’s regular practice.
• Job 19:6 then understand that it is God who has wronged me and drawn His net around me.
• Job 19:26 Even after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God.
• Psalms 17:9 from the wicked who assail me, from my mortal enemies who surround me.
• Psalms 22:16 For dogs surround me; a band of evil men encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet.
• Psalms 48:12 March around Zion, encircle her, count her towers,
• Psalms 88:17 All day long they engulf me like water; they enclose me on every side.
• Isaiah 10:34 He will clear the forest thickets with an axe, and Lebanon will fall before the Mighty One.
• Isaiah 15:8 For their outcry echoes to the border of Moab. Their wailing reaches Eglaim; it is heard in Beer-elim.
• Isaiah 29:1 Woe to you, O Ariel, the city of Ariel where David camped! Year upon year let your festivals recur.
• Lamentations 3:5 He has besieged me and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship.