לָקַק
la.qaq
“to lick”
Definition
to lick or lap
a primitive root;
- to lap, lick, lap up 1a) (Qal) to lap, lap up 1b) (Piel) to lap up
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Verb
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Hebrew Verb
Occurrences
לָקַק appears 5 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Tell him that this is what the LORD says: ‘Have you not murdered a man and seized his land?’Then tell him that this is also what the LORD says: ‘In the place where the dogs licked up the blood of Naboth, there also the dogs will lick up your blood—yes, yours!’”
And the chariot was washed at the pool of Samaria where the prostitutes bathed, and the dogs licked up Ahab’s blood, according to the word that the LORD had spoken.
So Gideon brought the people down to the water, and the LORD said to him, “Separate those who lap the water with their tongues like a dog from those who kneel to drink.”
And the number of those who lapped the water with their hands to their mouths was three hundred men; all the others knelt to drink.
Then the LORD said to Gideon, “With the three hundred men who lapped the water I will save you and deliver the Midianites into your hand. But all the others are to go home.”
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