3920. lakad
Strong's Lexicon
lakad: To capture, seize, take, catch, ensnare

Original Word: לָכַד
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: lakad
Pronunciation: lah-KAHD
Phonetic Spelling: (law-kad')
Definition: To capture, seize, take, catch, ensnare
Meaning: to catch, to capture, occupy, to choose, to cohere

Word Origin: A primitive root

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - G4815 (sullambanō): To seize, capture, or take hold of.

- G2221 (zōgreō): To catch alive, to capture.

Usage: The Hebrew verb "lakad" primarily means to capture or seize, often used in the context of taking a city, capturing people, or ensnaring someone in a trap. It conveys the idea of overcoming or taking control, whether in a military, strategic, or metaphorical sense. The term can also imply being caught or ensnared in a non-physical sense, such as being trapped by one's own words or actions.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Israelite culture, the concept of capturing or seizing was significant in both military and spiritual contexts. Cities were often fortified, and capturing them required strategic planning and execution. The term "lakad" reflects the realities of ancient warfare, where cities and territories were frequently contested. Spiritually, the idea of being ensnared or captured by sin or false teachings was a powerful metaphor used by prophets and teachers to warn the people of Israel.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
a prim. root
Definition
to capture, seize, take
NASB Translation
capture (9), captured (57), captures (4), captures at all (1), catch (2), caught (12), clasp (1), imprisoned (1), seized (1), take (6), taken (13), taken captive (2), takes (3), took (8).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
לָכַד121 verb capture, seize, take (by lot) (Phoenician לכד take out, choose (?); ᵑ7 לְכַד as Biblical Hebrew; Arabic is strike, push, with the hand, etc., pestle, compare modern attack WetzstZMG xxii. 1868, 140; stick or cleave to); —

Qal Perfect ׳ל Joshua 8:1 +, לָכַדְתִּי 2 Samuel 12:27 etc.; Imperfect3masculine singular יִלְכּוֺד Amos 3:5; וַיִּלְכֹּד Judges 8:12 +, etc.; Imperative masculine singular suffix לָכְדָהּ 2 Samuel 12:28, masculine plural לִכְדוּ; Infinitive absolute לָכוֺד Amos 3:5; construct suffix לְלָכְדֵנִי Jeremiah 18:22, לְלָכְדָהּ Jeremiah 32:24; Participle לֹכֵד Job 5:13; Proverbs 16:32; —

1 capture, seize (not in P) with accusative, usually a city or town, in war Judges 1:8,12; Joshua 8:21; Joshua 10:1 (JE), Deuteronomy 2:35 48t. (but Judges 1:18 strike out as gloss Bu Kit GFM and others); land Joshua 10:42 (D), Daniel 11:18; water-courses (fords), Judges 3:28; Judges 7:24 (twice in verse); Judges 12:8; object men (usually princes, kings) in battle Judges 7:25; Judges 8:12,14; Joshua 11:12,17 (D), 2 Chronicles 22:9; 33:11; captives and spoils 2 Samuel 8:4 = 1 Chronicles 18:4; of Saul's seizing the kingdom (הַמְּלוּכָה), i.e. acquiring it actually by force of arms 1 Samuel 14:47; also of Samson's catching the foxes Judges 15:4; of a lion catching his prey Amos 3:4; of a trap, snare, לָכוֺד יִלְכּוֺד Amos 3:5.

2 figurative of entrapping men Jeremiah 5:26; Psalm 35:8, compare Proverbs 5:22; Job 5:13 and (of a pit) Jeremiah 18:22.

3 of taking by lot Joshua 7:14 (3 t. in verse); Joshua 7:17 (J E; see Niph`al 3).

Niph`al Perfect נִלְכַּד Lamentations 4:20; 3feminine singular נִלְכְּדָה 1 Kings 16:18 +, etc.; Imperfect יִלָּכֵד Isaiah 24:18; Jeremiah 48:44; יִלָּ֫כֶד כָּהּ Ecclesiastes 7:26; וַיִּלָּכֵד Joshua 7:16 +, etc.; Participle נִלְכָּד Joshua 7:15; —

1 be captured in war, of city 1 Kings 16:18; 2 Kings 18:10; Jeremiah 38:28 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 48:1,41; Jeremiah 50:2,9,24; Jeremiah 51:31,41; Zechariah 14:2; of men Jeremiah 51:56; Lamentations 4:20 (compare Qal 1).

2 of men, be caught, namely, in a snare or trap, only figurative, usually by divine judgment Isaiah 8:15; Isaiah 24:18; Isaiah 28:13; Psalm 9:16; Psalm 59:13; Proverbs 6:2; Proverbs 11:6; Jeremiah 6:11; Jeremiah 8:9; so of Moab Jeremiah 48:7,44; of being ensnared by a woman Ecclesiastes 7:26; of being caught by cords of distress, בְּחַבְלֵי עֹ֑נִי, Job 36:8.

3 be taken by lot Joshua 7:15,16,17,18 (all J E), 1 Samuel 10:20,21 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 14:41,42 (compare Qal 3).

Hithpa`el Imperfect3masculine plural; יִתְלַכְּדוּ וְלֹא יִתְמָּרָ֑דוּ Job 41:9 they grasp each other, and cannot be separated, of crocodile's scales ("" אִישׁ בְּאָחִיהוּ יְדֻבָּ֑קוּ); מְּנֵי תְהוֺם יִתְלַכָּ֑דוּ Job 38:30 the face of the deep compacts (of freezing; "" כָּאֶבֶן מַיִם יִתְחַבָּ֑אוּ; verbs transposed, plausibly, by Me Bi Siegf Bu).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
catch self, be frozen, stick together, take

A primitive root; to catch (in a net, trap or pit); generally, to capture or occupy; also to choose (by lot); figuratively, to cohere -- X at all, catch (self), be frozen, be holden, stick together, take.

Forms and Transliterations
אֶלְכֹּ֤ד אלכד הַנִּלְכָּ֣ד הנלכד וְיִלָּכְד֥וּ וְלִכְד֤וּ וְלָכ֖וֹד וְלָכְדָ֑הּ וְלָכַ֖ד וְלָכַ֣ד וְנִלְכְּדָ֣ה וְנִלְכְּדוּ֙ וְנִלְכָּֽדוּ׃ וַֽ֠יִּלְכְּדוּ וַֽיִּלְכְּד֑וּהָ וַֽיִּלְכְּד֖וּ וַֽיִּלְכְּד֜וּהָ וַֽיִּלְכְּד֞וּ וַֽיִּלְכְּד֡וּ וַֽיִּלְכְּדָ֑הּ וַֽיִּלְכְּדָ֛הּ וַֽיִּלְכְּדָ֞הּ וַֽיִּלְכְּדָֽהּ׃ וַֽיִּלְכְּדָהּ֙ וַֽיִּלְכְּדֻ֑הָ וַֽיִּלְכְּדֻ֗הָ וַֽיִּלְכְּדֻ֜הוּ וַיִּלְכְּד֣וּ וַיִּלְכְּד֣וּהָ וַיִּלְכְּד֥וּ וַיִּלְכָּד־ וַיִּלְכֹּ֕ד וַיִּלְכֹּ֖ד וַיִּלְכֹּ֛ד וַיִּלְכֹּ֞ד וַיִּלְכֹּ֣ד וַיִּלְכֹּ֤ד וַיִּלְכֹּ֥ד וַיִּלְכֹּ֨ד וַיִּלְכֹּד֙ וַיִּלְכֹּד֩ וַיִּלָּכֵ֑דוּ וַיִּלָּכֵ֖ד וַיִּלָּכֵ֗ד וַיִּלָּכֵ֧ד וַיִּלָּכֵד֙ וַנִּלְכֹּ֤ד וַתִּלָּכֵ֖ד וּלְכָד֖וּהָ וּלְכָדָ֑הּ וּלְכָדָֽהּ׃ וּלְכָדֻ֖הָ וילכד וילכד־ וילכדה וילכדה׃ וילכדהו וילכדו וילכדוה ולכד ולכדה ולכדה׃ ולכדו ולכדוה ולכוד ונלכד ונלכדה ונלכדו ונלכדו׃ ותלכד יִ֝לָּכְד֗וּן יִ֝תְלַכְּד֗וּ יִלְכְּד֥וּ יִלְכְּדֶ֣נּוּ יִלְכְּדֶ֤נָּה יִלְכְּדֶ֨נּוּ יִלְכְּדֻנ֥וֹ יִלְכֹּֽדוּ׃ יִלְכּֽוֹד׃ יִלָּ֥כֶד יִלָּכֵ֔דוּ יִלָּכֵ֖ד יִלָּכֵֽדוּ׃ יִתְלַכָּֽדוּ׃ ילכד ילכדו ילכדו׃ ילכדון ילכדנה ילכדנו ילכוד׃ יתלכדו יתלכדו׃ לְלָכְדֵ֔נִי לְלָכְדָהּ֒ לָכַ֔ד לָכַ֖ד לָכַ֖דְתִּי לָכַ֤ד לָכַ֥ד לָכַ֧ד לָכַ֨ד לָכָֽדְנוּ׃ לָכָֽד׃ לֹכֵ֣ד לכד לכד׃ לכדנו׃ לכדתי ללכדה ללכדני מִלֹּכֵ֥ד מלכד נִ֝לְכַּ֗דְתָּ נִלְכְּדָ֖ה נִלְכְּדָ֣ה נִלְכְּדָ֥ה נִלְכְּדָ֨ה נִלְכְּדָה֙ נִלְכַּ֖ד נִלְכַּדְתְּ֙ נלכד נלכדה נלכדת תִּלְכְּד֑וֹ תִּלָּכֵ֑ד תִּלָּכֵ֑דִי תלכד תלכדו תלכדי ’el·kōḏ ’elkōḏ elKod han·nil·kāḏ hannilKad hannilkāḏ lā·ḵā·ḏə·nū lā·ḵaḏ lā·ḵāḏ lā·ḵaḏ·tî laChad laChadenu laChadti lāḵaḏ lāḵāḏ lāḵāḏənū lāḵaḏtî lə·lā·ḵə·ḏāh lə·lā·ḵə·ḏê·nî lelacheDah lelacheDeni ləlāḵəḏāh ləlāḵəḏênî lō·ḵêḏ loChed lōḵêḏ mil·lō·ḵêḏ milloChed millōḵêḏ nil·kaḏ nil·kaḏ·tā nil·kaḏt nil·kə·ḏāh nilKad nilkaḏ nilkadT nilkaḏt nilKadta nilkaḏtā nilkeDah nilkəḏāh til·kə·ḏōw til·lā·ḵê·ḏî til·lā·ḵêḏ tilkeDo tilkəḏōw tillaChed tillaChedi tillāḵêḏ tillāḵêḏî ū·lə·ḵā·ḏāh ū·lə·ḵā·ḏu·hā ū·lə·ḵā·ḏū·hā ulechaDah ulechaDuha ūləḵāḏāh ūləḵāḏuhā ūləḵāḏūhā vaiyilkeDah vaiyilkeDu vaiyilkeDuha vaiyilkeDuhu vaiyilKod vaiyillaChed vaiyillaChedu vannilKod vattillaChed velaChad velacheDah velaChod velichDu venilKadu venilkeDah venilkeDu veyillacheDu wan·nil·kōḏ wannilkōḏ wat·til·lā·ḵêḏ wattillāḵêḏ way·yil·kāḏ- way·yil·kə·ḏāh way·yil·kə·ḏū way·yil·kə·ḏu·hā way·yil·kə·ḏū·hā way·yil·kə·ḏu·hū way·yil·kōḏ way·yil·lā·ḵê·ḏū way·yil·lā·ḵêḏ wayyilkāḏ- wayyilkəḏāh wayyilkəḏū wayyilkəḏuhā wayyilkəḏūhā wayyilkəḏuhū wayyilkōḏ wayyillāḵêḏ wayyillāḵêḏū wə·lā·ḵaḏ wə·lā·ḵə·ḏāh wə·lā·ḵō·wḏ wə·liḵ·ḏū wə·nil·kā·ḏū wə·nil·kə·ḏāh wə·nil·kə·ḏū wə·yil·lā·ḵə·ḏū wəlāḵaḏ wəlāḵəḏāh wəlāḵōwḏ wəliḵḏū wənilkāḏū wənilkəḏāh wənilkəḏū wəyillāḵəḏū yil·kə·ḏen·nāh yil·kə·ḏen·nū yil·kə·ḏū yil·kə·ḏu·nōw yil·kō·ḏū yil·kō·wḏ yil·lā·ḵê·ḏū yil·lā·ḵə·ḏūn yil·lā·ḵeḏ yil·lā·ḵêḏ yilkeDennah yilkəḏennāh yilkeDennu yilkəḏennū yilkeDu yilkəḏū yilkeduNo yilkəḏunōw yilKod yilKodu yilkōḏū yilkōwḏ yilLached yillaChedu yillacheDun yillāḵeḏ yillāḵêḏ yillāḵêḏū yillāḵəḏūn yiṯ·lak·kā·ḏū yiṯ·lak·kə·ḏū yitlakKadu yiṯlakkāḏū yitlakkeDu yiṯlakkəḏū
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Numbers 21:32
HEB: אֶת־ יַעְזֵ֔ר וַֽיִּלְכְּד֖וּ בְּנֹתֶ֑יהָ [וַיִּירֶשׁ
NAS: out Jazer, and they captured its villages
KJV: Jaazer, and they took the villages
INT: to spy Jazer captured villages cast out

Numbers 32:39
HEB: מְנַשֶּׁ֛ה גִּלְעָ֖דָה וַֽיִּלְכְּדֻ֑הָ וַיּ֖וֹרֶשׁ אֶת־
NAS: to Gilead and took it, and dispossessed
KJV: to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed
INT: of Manasseh to Gilead and took and dispossessed the Amorites

Numbers 32:41
HEB: מְנַשֶּׁה֙ הָלַ֔ךְ וַיִּלְכֹּ֖ד אֶת־ חַוֹּתֵיהֶ֑ם
NAS: went and took its towns,
KJV: went and took the small towns
INT: of Manasseh went and took towns and called

Numbers 32:42
HEB: וְנֹ֣בַח הָלַ֔ךְ וַיִּלְכֹּ֥ד אֶת־ קְנָ֖ת
NAS: went and took Kenath
KJV: went and took Kenath,
INT: Nobah went and took Kenath villages

Deuteronomy 2:34
HEB: וַנִּלְכֹּ֤ד אֶת־ כָּל־
NAS: So we captured all his cities
KJV: And we took all his cities
INT: captured all his cities

Deuteronomy 2:35
HEB: הֶעָרִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר לָכָֽדְנוּ׃
NAS: of the cities which we had captured.
KJV: of the cities which we took.
INT: of the cities which had captured

Deuteronomy 3:4
HEB: וַנִּלְכֹּ֤ד אֶת־ כָּל־
NAS: We captured all his cities
KJV: And we took all his cities
INT: captured all his cities

Joshua 6:20
HEB: אִ֣ישׁ נֶגְדּ֔וֹ וַֽיִּלְכְּד֖וּ אֶת־ הָעִֽיר׃
NAS: straight ahead, and they took the city.
KJV: every man straight before him, and they took the city.
INT: every straight took the city

Joshua 7:14
HEB: הַשֵּׁבֶט֩ אֲשֶׁר־ יִלְכְּדֶ֨נּוּ יְהוָ֜ה יִקְרַ֣ב
NAS: the LORD takes [by lot] shall come
KJV: which the LORD taketh shall come
INT: the tribe which takes the LORD near

Joshua 7:14
HEB: וְהַמִּשְׁפָּחָ֞ה אֲשֶֽׁר־ יִלְכְּדֶ֤נָּה יְהוָה֙ תִּקְרַ֣ב
NAS: the LORD takes shall come near
KJV: which the LORD shall take shall come
INT: and the family which takes the LORD shall come

Joshua 7:14
HEB: וְהַבַּ֙יִת֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יִלְכְּדֶ֣נּוּ יְהוָ֔ה יִקְרַ֖ב
NAS: the LORD takes shall come near
KJV: which the LORD shall take shall come
INT: and the household which takes the LORD near

Joshua 7:15
HEB: וְהָיָה֙ הַנִּלְכָּ֣ד בַּחֵ֔רֶם יִשָּׂרֵ֣ף
NAS: It shall be that the one who is taken with the things under the ban
KJV: And it shall be, [that] he that is taken with the accursed thing
INT: become is taken the things shall be burned

Joshua 7:16
HEB: יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לִשְׁבָטָ֑יו וַיִּלָּכֵ֖ד שֵׁ֥בֶט יְהוּדָֽה׃
NAS: and the tribe of Judah was taken.
KJV: and the tribe of Judah was taken:
INT: Israel tribes was taken and the tribe of Judah

Joshua 7:17
HEB: מִשְׁפַּ֣חַת יְהוּדָ֔ה וַיִּלְכֹּ֕ד אֵ֖ת מִשְׁפַּ֣חַת
NAS: near, and he took the family
KJV: of Judah; and he took the family
INT: the family of Judah took the family of the Zerahites

Joshua 7:17
HEB: הַזַּרְחִי֙ לַגְּבָרִ֔ים וַיִּלָּכֵ֖ד זַבְדִּֽי׃
NAS: man by man, and Zabdi was taken.
KJV: by man; and Zabdi was taken:
INT: of the Zerahites man was taken and Zabdi

Joshua 7:18
HEB: בֵּית֖וֹ לַגְּבָרִ֑ים וַיִּלָּכֵ֗ד עָכָ֞ן בֶּן־
NAS: from the tribe of Judah, was taken.
KJV: of the tribe of Judah, was taken.
INT: his household man was taken and Achan son

Joshua 8:19
HEB: וַיָּבֹ֥אוּ הָעִ֖יר וַֽיִּלְכְּד֑וּהָ וַֽיְמַהֲר֔וּ וַיַּצִּ֥יתוּ
NAS: the city and captured it, and they quickly
KJV: into the city, and took it, and hasted
INT: and entered the city and captured quickly set

Joshua 8:21
HEB: רָא֗וּ כִּֽי־ לָכַ֤ד הָֽאֹרֵב֙ אֶת־
NAS: that the [men in] ambush had captured the city
KJV: that the ambush had taken the city,
INT: saw for had captured ambush the city

Joshua 10:1
HEB: יְרוּשָׁלִַ֗ם כִּֽי־ לָכַ֨ד יְהוֹשֻׁ֣עַ אֶת־
NAS: that Joshua had captured Ai,
KJV: Joshua had taken Ai,
INT: of Jerusalem how had captured Joshua Ai

Joshua 10:28
HEB: וְאֶת־ מַקֵּדָה֩ לָכַ֨ד יְהוֹשֻׁ֜עַ בַּיּ֣וֹם
NAS: Now Joshua captured Makkedah
KJV: Joshua took Makkedah,
INT: Makkedah captured now Joshua day

Joshua 10:32
HEB: בְּיַ֣ד יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל וַֽיִּלְכְּדָהּ֙ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַשֵּׁנִ֔י
NAS: of Israel; and he captured it on the second
KJV: of Israel, which took it on the second
INT: the hands of Israel captured day the second

Joshua 10:35
HEB: וַֽיִּלְכְּד֜וּהָ בַּיּ֤וֹם הַהוּא֙
NAS: They captured it on that day
KJV: And they took it on that day,
INT: captured day he

Joshua 10:37
HEB: וַיִּלְכְּד֣וּהָ וַיַּכּֽוּהָ־ לְפִי־
NAS: They captured it and struck
KJV: And they took it, and smote
INT: captured and struck the edge

Joshua 10:39
HEB: וַֽיִּלְכְּדָ֞הּ וְאֶת־ מַלְכָּ֤הּ
NAS: He captured it and its king and all
KJV: And he took it, and the king
INT: captured king and all

Joshua 10:42
HEB: וְאֶת־ אַרְצָ֔ם לָכַ֥ד יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ פַּ֣עַם
NAS: Joshua captured all these
KJV: did Joshua take at one
INT: these and their lands captured Joshua time

121 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 3920
121 Occurrences


’el·kōḏ — 1 Occ.
han·nil·kāḏ — 1 Occ.
lā·ḵaḏ — 11 Occ.
lā·ḵā·ḏə·nū — 1 Occ.
lā·ḵaḏ·tî — 1 Occ.
lə·lā·ḵə·ḏāh — 1 Occ.
lə·lā·ḵə·ḏê·nî — 1 Occ.
lō·ḵêḏ — 1 Occ.
mil·lō·ḵêḏ — 1 Occ.
nil·kaḏ — 1 Occ.
nil·kaḏt — 1 Occ.
nil·kaḏ·tā — 1 Occ.
nil·kə·ḏāh — 10 Occ.
til·kə·ḏōw — 1 Occ.
til·lā·ḵêḏ — 1 Occ.
til·lā·ḵê·ḏî — 1 Occ.
ū·lə·ḵā·ḏāh — 5 Occ.
ū·lə·ḵā·ḏū·hā — 2 Occ.
way·yil·kə·ḏāh — 9 Occ.
way·yil·kə·ḏū — 10 Occ.
way·yil·kə·ḏu·hā — 5 Occ.
way·yil·kə·ḏu·hū — 1 Occ.
way·yil·kōḏ — 18 Occ.
way·yil·lā·ḵêḏ — 7 Occ.
way·yil·lā·ḵê·ḏū — 1 Occ.
wan·nil·kōḏ — 2 Occ.
wat·til·lā·ḵêḏ — 1 Occ.
wə·lā·ḵaḏ — 2 Occ.
wə·lā·ḵə·ḏāh — 1 Occ.
wə·lā·ḵō·wḏ — 1 Occ.
wə·liḵ·ḏū — 1 Occ.
wə·nil·kā·ḏū — 2 Occ.
wə·nil·kə·ḏāh — 1 Occ.
wə·nil·kə·ḏū — 1 Occ.
wə·yil·lā·ḵə·ḏū — 1 Occ.
yil·kə·ḏen·nāh — 1 Occ.
yil·kə·ḏen·nū — 2 Occ.
yil·kə·ḏū — 1 Occ.
yil·kə·ḏu·nōw — 1 Occ.
yil·kō·wḏ — 1 Occ.
yil·kō·ḏū — 1 Occ.
yil·lā·ḵeḏ — 3 Occ.
yil·lā·ḵê·ḏū — 2 Occ.
yil·lā·ḵə·ḏūn — 1 Occ.
yiṯ·lak·kā·ḏū — 1 Occ.
yiṯ·lak·kə·ḏū — 1 Occ.















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