HebrewH3952Verb

לָקַק

la.qaq

5Occurrences
H3952Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

to lick or lap

a primitive root;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
  1. to lap, lick, lap up 1a) (Qal) to lap, lap up 1b) (Piel) to lap up

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

H:V

Full Description

Hebrew Verb

Occurrences

לָקַק appears 5 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Judges
3
1 Kings
2

Key Passages

1 Kings 21:19BSB

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!’”

1 Kings 22:38BSB

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.

Judges 7:5BSB

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.”

Judges 7:6BSB

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.

Judges 7:7BSB

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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