- Original: נקב - Transliteration: Naqab - Phonetic: naw-kab' - Definition: 1. to pierce, perforate, bore, appoint a. (Qal) 1. to pierce, bore 2. to prick off, designate b. (Niphal) to be pricked off, be designated, be specified 2. (Qal) to curse, blaspheme - Origin: a primitive root - TWOT entry: 1409 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root; to puncture literally (to perforate with more or less violence) or figuratively (to specify designate libel): - appoint blaspheme bore curse express with holes name pierce strike through. Total KJV Occurrences: 22 • Appoint, 1 Genesis 30:28 • blasphemed, 1 Leviticus 24:11 • blasphemeth, 2 Leviticus 24:16(2) • bore, 1 Job 41:2 • bored, 1 2 Kings 12:9 • curse, 2 Job 3:8; Proverbs 24:24 • cursed, 1 Job 5:3 • expressed, 6 Numbers 1:17; 1 Chronicles 12:31; 1 Chronicles 16:41; 2 Chronicles 28:15; 2 Chronicles 31:19; Ezra 8:20 • holes, 1 Haggai 1:6 • name, 1 Isaiah 62:2 • named, 1 Amos 6:1 • pierce, 2 2 Kings 18:21; Isaiah 36:6 • pierceth, 1 Job 40:24 • through, 1 Habakkuk 3:14