The meaning of “לָכַד”
Understanding lâkad reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
[idiom] at all, catch (self), be frozen, be holden, stick together, take. - to catch (in a net, trap or pit) - generally...
לָכַד
[idiom] at all, catch (self), be frozen, be holden, stick together, take. - to catch (in a net, trap or pit) - generally, to capture or occupy - also to choose (by lot) - figuratively, to cohere 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
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Numbers 32:41 | “And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof, and called them Havoth–jair.” Word: לָכַד (lâkad) | |
| 1 Samuel 14:41 | “Therefore Saul said unto the Lord God of Israel, Give a perfect lot. And Saul and Jonathan were taken: but the people escaped.” Word: לָכַד (lâkad) | |
| 1 Chronicles 18:4 | “And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: David also houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them an hundred chariots.” Word: לָכַד (lâkad) | |
| Psalms 35:8 | “Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.” Word: לָכַד (lâkad) | |
| Jeremiah 38:28 | “So Jeremiah abode in the court of the prison until the day that Jerusalem was taken: and he was there when Jerusalem was taken. ” Word: לָכַד (lâkad) |
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