5363. noqeph
Strong's Lexicon
noqeph: "striker" or "one who strikes"

Original Word: נֹקֵף
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: noqeph
Pronunciation: no-KAYF
Phonetic Spelling: (no'-kef)
Definition: "striker" or "one who strikes"
Meaning: a threshing

Word Origin: Derived from the root נָקַף (naqaph), which means "to go around" or "to surround."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: While there is no direct Greek equivalent for "noqeph," related concepts of striking or hitting can be found in Greek words such as πληγὴ (plēgē - Strong's Greek 4127), meaning "blow" or "wound."

Usage: The term "noqeph" is used to describe someone who strikes or inflicts a blow. It is often associated with physical action, indicating a person who engages in striking or hitting, either in a literal or metaphorical sense.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Hebrew culture, physical actions such as striking were often used metaphorically to describe various forms of judgment or divine intervention. The concept of striking could also relate to warfare, discipline, or punishment, reflecting the societal norms and legal practices of the time.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from naqaph
Definition
a striking off
NASB Translation
shaking (2).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
נֹ֫קֶף noun [masculine] striking off; — only construct זַיִת כְּנֹקֶף as (at) the striking of olive-trees Isaiah 17:6; Isaiah 24:13 (simile of fewness of people after ׳י's judgment).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
shaking

From naqaph; a threshing (of olives) -- shaking.

see HEBREW naqaph

Forms and Transliterations
כְּנֹ֣קֶף כנקף kə·nō·qep̄ keNokef kənōqep̄
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Englishman's Concordance
Isaiah 17:6
HEB: בּ֤וֹ עֽוֹלֵלֹת֙ כְּנֹ֣קֶף זַ֔יִת שְׁנַ֧יִם
NAS: will be left in it like the shaking of an olive tree,
KJV: shall be left in it, as the shaking of an olive tree,
INT: will be left gleanings the shaking of an olive Two

Isaiah 24:13
HEB: בְּת֣וֹךְ הָֽעַמִּ֑ים כְּנֹ֣קֶף זַ֔יִת כְּעוֹלֵלֹ֖ת
NAS: the peoples, As the shaking of an olive tree,
KJV: the people, [there shall be] as the shaking of an olive tree,
INT: among the peoples as the shaking of an olive as the gleanings

2 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 5363
2 Occurrences


kə·nō·qep̄ — 2 Occ.
















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