1) to capture, take, seize 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to capture, seize 1a2) to capture (of men) (fig.) 1a3) to take (by lot) 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be captured 1b2) to be caught (of men in trap, snare) (fig.) 1c) (Hithpael) to grasp each other
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H3920 — לָכַד
la.khad · to capture · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Numbers 21:32 · וַֽיִּלְכְּד֖וּAfter Moses had sent spies to Jazer, Israel captured its villages and drove out the Amorites who were there.Numbers 32:39 · וַֽיִּלְכְּדֻ֑הָThe descendants of Machir son of Manasseh went to Gilead, captured it, and drove out the Amorites who were there.Numbers 32:41 · וַיִּלְכֹּ֖דJair, a descendant of Manasseh, went and captured their villages and called them Havvoth-jair.Numbers 32:42 · וַיִּלְכֹּ֥דAnd Nobah went and captured Kenath and its villages and called it Nobah, after his own name.Deuteronomy 2:34 · וַנִּלְכֹּ֤דAt 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 2:35 · לָכָֽדְנוּ׃We carried off for ourselves only the livestock and the plunder from the cities we captured.Deuteronomy 3:4 · וַנִּלְכֹּ֤דAt 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.Joshua 6:20 · וַֽיִּלְכְּד֖וּSo 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 7:14 · יִלְכְּדֶ֨נּוּ · יִלְכְּדֶ֤נָּה · יִלְכְּדֶ֣נּוּIn 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 7:15 · הַנִּלְכָּ֣דThe 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 7:16 · וַיִּלָּכֵ֖דSo Joshua arose early the next morning and had Israel come forward tribe by tribe, and the tribe of Judah was selected.Joshua 7:17 · וַיִּלְכֹּ֕ד · וַיִּלָּכֵ֖דHe 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 7:18 · וַיִּלָּכֵ֗דAnd 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 8:19 · וַֽיִּלְכְּד֑וּהָand 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 8:21 · לָכַ֤דWhen 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 10:1 · לָכַ֨דNow 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 10:28 · לָכַ֨דOn 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 10:32 · וַֽיִּלְכְּדָהּ֙And 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 10:35 · וַֽיִּלְכְּד֜וּהָThat 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 10:37 · וַיִּלְכְּד֣וּהָThey 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 10:39 · וַֽיִּלְכְּדָ֞הּAnd 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 10:42 · לָכַ֥דAnd because the LORD, the God of Israel, fought for Israel, Joshua captured all these kings and their land in one campaign.Joshua 11:10 · וַיִּלְכֹּ֣דAt 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 11:12 · לָכַ֧דJoshua 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 11:17 · לָכַ֔דfrom 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 15:16 · וּלְכָדָ֑הּAnd Caleb said, “To the man who strikes down Kiriath-sepher and captures it, I will give my daughter Acsah in marriage.”Joshua 15:17 · וַֽיִּלְכְּדָ֛הּSo Othniel son of Caleb’s brother Kenaz captured the city, and Caleb gave his daughter Acsah to him in marriage.Joshua 19:47 · וַיִּלְכְּד֥וּ(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.)Judges 1:8 · וַיִּלְכְּד֣וּThen the men of Judah fought against Jerusalem and captured it. They put the city to the sword and set it on fire.Judges 1:12 · וּלְכָדָ֑הּAnd Caleb said, “To the man who strikes down Kiriath-sepher and captures it, I will give my daughter Acsah in marriage.”Judges 1:13 · וַֽיִּלְכְּדָהּ֙So Othniel son of Caleb’s younger brother Kenaz captured the city, and Caleb gave his daughter Acsah to him in marriage.Judges 1:18 · וַיִּלְכֹּ֤דAnd Judah also captured Gaza, Ashkelon, and Ekron—each with its territory.Judges 3:28 · וַֽיִּלְכְּד֞וּ“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 they did not allow anyone to cross over.Judges 7:24 · וְלִכְד֤וּ · וַיִּלְכְּד֣וּGideon 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 7:25 · וַֽיִּלְכְּד֡וּThey 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 8:12 · וַיִּלְכֹּ֞דWhen Zebah and Zalmunna fled, Gideon pursued and captured these two kings of Midian, routing their entire army.Judges 8:14 · וַיִּלְכָּד־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 9:45 · וַיִּלְכֹּד֙And 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 9:50 · וַֽיִּלְכְּדָֽהּ׃Then Abimelech went to Thebez, encamped against it, and captured it.Judges 12:5 · וַיִּלְכֹּ֥דThe 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 15:4 · וַיִּלְכֹּ֖דThen 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.1 Samuel 10:20 · וַיִּלָּכֵ֖דThus Samuel had all the tribes of Israel come forward, and the tribe of Benjamin was selected.1 Samuel 10:21 · וַתִּלָּכֵ֖ד · וַיִּלָּכֵד֙Then 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 14:41 · וַיִּלָּכֵ֧דSo 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 14:42 · וַיִּלָּכֵ֖דThen Saul said, “Cast the lot between me and my son Jonathan.” And Jonathan was selected.1 Samuel 14:47 · לָכַ֥דAfter 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.2 Samuel 5:7 · וַיִּלְכֹּ֣דNevertheless, David captured the fortress of Zion (that is, the City of David).2 Samuel 8:4 · וַיִּלְכֹּ֨דDavid 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 12:26 · וַיִּלְכֹּ֖דMeanwhile, Joab fought against Rabbah of the Ammonites and captured the royal fortress.2 Samuel 12:27 · לָכַ֖דְתִּיThen Joab sent messengers to David to say, “I have fought against Rabbah and have captured the water supply of the city.2 Samuel 12:28 · וְלָכְדָ֑הּ · אֶלְכֹּ֤דNow, 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 12:29 · וַֽיִּלְכְּדָֽהּ׃So David assembled all the troops and went to Rabbah; and he fought against it and captured it.1 Kings 9:16 · וַיִּלְכֹּ֤דPharaoh 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 16:18 · נִלְכְּדָ֣הWhen Zimri saw that the city was captured, he entered the citadel of the royal palace and burned it down upon himself. So he died2 Kings 12:17 · וַֽיִּלְכְּדָ֑הּAt that time Hazael king of Aram marched up and fought against Gath and captured it. Then he decided to attack Jerusalem.2 Kings 17:6 · לָכַ֤דIn 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 18:10 · וַֽיִּלְכְּדֻ֗הָ · נִלְכְּדָ֖הAnd 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.1 Chronicles 11:5 · וַיִּלְכֹּ֤דThe 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 18:4 · וַיִּלְכֹּד֩David 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 Chronicles 12:4 · וַיִּלְכֹּ֛דHe captured the fortified cities of Judah and came as far as Jerusalem.2 Chronicles 13:19 · וַיִּלְכֹּ֤דAbijah pursued Jeroboam and captured some cities from him: Bethel, Jeshanah, and Ephron, along with their villages.2 Chronicles 15:8 · לָכַ֖דWhen 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 17:2 · לָכַ֖דHe 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 22:9 · וַֽיִּלְכְּדֻ֜הוּThen 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 28:18 · וַֽ֠יִּלְכְּדוּThe 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 32:18 · יִלְכְּד֥וּThen 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 33:11 · וַיִּלְכְּד֥וּSo 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.Nehemiah 9:25 · וַֽיִּלְכְּד֞וּThey 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.Job 5:13 · לֹכֵ֣דHe catches the wise in their craftiness, and sweeps away the plans of the cunning.Job 36:8 · יִ֝לָּכְד֗וּןAnd if men are bound with chains, caught in cords of affliction,Job 38:30 · יִתְלַכָּֽדוּ׃when the waters become hard as stone and the surface of the deep is frozen?Job 41:17 · יִ֝תְלַכְּד֗וּThey are joined to one another; they clasp and cannot be separated.Psalm 9:15 · נִלְכְּדָ֥הThe nations have fallen into a pit of their making; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.Psalm 35:8 · תִּלְכְּד֑וֹMay ruin befall them by surprise; may the net they hid ensnare them; may they fall into the hazard they created.Psalm 59:12 · וְיִלָּכְד֥וּBy 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.Proverbs 5:22 · יִלְכְּדֻנ֥וֹThe iniquities of a wicked man entrap him; the cords of his sin entangle him.Proverbs 6:2 · נִ֝לְכַּ֗דְתָּif you have been trapped by the words of your lips, ensnared by the words of your mouth,Proverbs 11:6 · יִלָּכֵֽדוּ׃The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the faithless are trapped by their own desires.Proverbs 16:32 · מִלֹּכֵ֥דHe who is slow to anger is better than a warrior, and he who controls his temper is greater than one who captures a city.Ecclesiastes 7:26 · יִלָּ֥כֶדAnd 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.Isaiah 8:15 · וְנִלְכָּֽדוּ׃ סMany will stumble over these; they will fall and be broken; they will be ensnared and captured.”Isaiah 20:1 · וַֽיִּלְכְּדָֽהּ׃Before the year that the chief commander, sent by Sargon king of Assyria, came to Ashdod and attacked and captured it,Isaiah 24:18 · יִלָּכֵ֖דWhoever 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 28:13 · וְנִלְכָּֽדוּ׃ פThen 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.Jeremiah 5:26 · יִלְכֹּֽדוּ׃For among My people are wicked men; they watch like fowlers lying in wait; they set a trap to catch men.Jeremiah 6:11 · יִלָּכֵ֔דוּBut 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 8:9 · וַיִּלָּכֵ֑דוּThe 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 18:22 · לְלָכְדֵ֔נִיLet 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 32:3 · וּלְכָדָֽהּ׃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 32:24 · לְלָכְדָהּ֒See 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 32:28 · וּלְכָדָֽהּ׃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 34:22 · וּלְכָד֖וּהָBehold, 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 37:8 · וּלְכָדֻ֖הָThen the Chaldeans will return and fight against this city. They will capture it and burn it down.Jeremiah 38:3 · וּלְכָדָֽהּ׃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 38:28 · נִלְכְּדָ֣ה · נִלְכְּדָ֖הAnd Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard until the day Jerusalem was captured.Jeremiah 48:1 · נִלְכְּדָ֖הConcerning 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 48:7 · תִּלָּכֵ֑דִיBecause you trust in your works and treasures, you too will be captured, and Chemosh will go into exile with his priests and officials.Jeremiah 48:41 · נִלְכְּדָה֙Kirioth 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 48:44 · יִלָּכֵ֖ד“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 50:2 · נִלְכְּדָ֨ה“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 50:9 · תִּלָּכֵ֑דFor 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 50:24 · נִלְכַּדְתְּ֙I 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 51:31 · נִלְכְּדָ֥הOne 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 51:41 · נִלְכְּדָ֣הHow Sheshach has been captured! The praise of all the earth has been seized. What a horror Babylon has become among the nations!Jeremiah 51:56 · וְנִלְכְּדוּ֙For 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.Lamentations 4:20 · נִלְכַּ֖דThe 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.”Daniel 11:15 · וְלָכַ֖דThen 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 11:18 · וְלָכַ֣דThen 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.Amos 3:4 · לָכָֽד׃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 3:5 · וְלָכ֖וֹד · יִלְכּֽוֹד׃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?Habakkuk 1:10 · וַֽיִּלְכְּדָֽהּ׃They scoff at kings and make rulers an object of scorn. They laugh at every fortress and build up siege ramps to seize it.Zechariah 14:2 · וְנִלְכְּדָ֣הFor 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.