What does לָכַד (lakad) mean in the Bible?
לָכַד (lakad): Capture through entrapment or restraint; extends from physical trapping to seizure of persons, places, and abstract coercion.
Hebrew · H3920
לָכַד
To catch (in a net, trap or pit); generally, to capture or occupy; also to choose (by lot); figuratively, to cohere
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לָכַד H3920
Pronunciation lakad
What does לָכַד (lakad) mean in the Bible?
לָכַד (lakad): Capture through entrapment or restraint; extends from physical trapping to seizure of persons, places, and abstract coercion.
Full entry for לָכַד (H3920) · Open the biblical lexicon
Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H3920?
The BSB source-word alignment has 121 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include and captured (11), captured (10), was selected (8), will be captured (5), and captured it (4).
Where does לָכַד (lakad) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Numbers 21:32. Its strongest book concentrations include Joshua (24), Jeremiah (22), Judges (14), 2 Chronicles (8).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It and captured 11× Numbers 32:41, Numbers 32:42, Joshua 6:20, Joshua 11:10
captured 10× Joshua 10:28, Joshua 10:42, Joshua 11:12, Judges 12:5
was selected 8× Joshua 7:16, Joshua 7:17, Joshua 7:18, 1 Samuel 10:20
will be captured 5× Jeremiah 6:11, Jeremiah 48:1, Jeremiah 48:7, Jeremiah 51:56
and captured it 4× Judges 1:8, Judges 9:50, 2 Samuel 12:29, 2 Kings 12:17
was captured 4× 1 Kings 16:18, 2 Kings 18:10, Jeremiah 38:28, Lamentations 4:20
captured it 3× Numbers 32:39, Joshua 8:19, Joshua 19:47
had captured 3× Joshua 8:21, Joshua 10:1, 2 Chronicles 17:2
selects 3× Joshua 7:14
we captured 3× Deuteronomy 2:34, Deuteronomy 2:35, Deuteronomy 3:4
and capture 2× Daniel 11:15, Daniel 11:18
and captures it 2× Joshua 15:16, Judges 1:12
and he will capture it 2× Jeremiah 32:3, Jeremiah 38:3
captured [the city] 2× Joshua 15:17, Judges 1:13
has been captured 2× Jeremiah 51:31, Jeremiah 51:41
He captured 2× Joshua 11:17, 2 Chronicles 12:4
to catch 2× Jeremiah 5:26, Amos 3:5
will be caught 2× Isaiah 24:18, Jeremiah 48:44
- 1× Jeremiah 38:28
also captured 1× Judges 1:18
and capture it 1× 2 Samuel 12:28
and caught 1× Judges 15:4
and Jehu’s soldiers captured him 1× 2 Chronicles 22:9
and Joshua captured 1× Joshua 10:32
and seize 1× Judges 7:24
and seized 1× Judges 3:28
and they captured 1× Judges 7:24
And they captured [Debir] 1× Joshua 10:39
and trapped 1× Jeremiah 8:9
are caught 1× Psalms 9:15
are trapped 1× Proverbs 11:6
capture it 1× Jeremiah 34:22
capturing 1× 2 Chronicles 28:18
caught 1× Job 36:8
ensnare them 1× Psalms 35:8
ensnared 1× Proverbs 6:2
entrap him 1× Proverbs 5:22
had assumed 1× 1 Samuel 14:47
has been taken 1× Jeremiah 48:41
He catches 1× Job 5:13
he had captured 1× 2 Chronicles 15:8
he has caught 1× Amos 3:4
is captured 1× Jeremiah 50:2
is ensnared 1× Ecclesiastes 7:26
is frozen 1× Job 38:30
Israel captured 1× Numbers 21:32
let them be trapped 1× Psalms 59:12
she will be captured 1× Jeremiah 50:9
than one who captures 1× Proverbs 16:32
the Assyrians captured it 1× 2 Kings 18:10
The one who is caught 1× Joshua 7:15
There he captured 1× Judges 8:14
They also captured 1× Judges 7:25
They captured 1× Nehemiah 9:25
they captured [Eglon] 1× Joshua 10:35
They captured it 1× Joshua 10:37
they clasp 1× Job 41:17
They will capture 1× Jeremiah 37:8
to capture 1× 2 Chronicles 32:18
to capture it 1× Jeremiah 32:24
to capture me 1× Jeremiah 18:22
to seize it 1× Habakkuk 1:10
until he had captured it 1× Judges 9:45
were caught 1× Jeremiah 50:24
were selected 1× 1 Samuel 14:41
when it has 1× Amos 3:5
who captured 1× 2 Chronicles 33:11
who will capture it 1× Jeremiah 32:28
will capture 1× 2 Samuel 12:28
Show sample aligned rows
Numbers 21:32 וַֽיִּלְכְּד֖וּ to Israel captured Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Numbers 32:39 וַֽיִּלְכְּדֻ֑הָ to captured it Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person feminine singular Numbers 32:41 וַיִּלְכֹּ֖ד to and captured Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Numbers 32:42 וַיִּלְכֹּ֥ד to and captured Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Deuteronomy 2:34 וַנִּלְכֹּ֤ד to we captured Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common plural Deuteronomy 2:35 לָכָֽדְנוּ׃ to we captured Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural Deuteronomy 3:4 וַנִּלְכֹּ֤ד to we captured Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common plural Joshua 6:20 וַֽיִּלְכְּד֖וּ to and captured Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Joshua 7:14 יִלְכְּדֶ֨נּוּ to selects Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular Joshua 7:14 יִלְכְּדֶ֤נָּה to selects Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Numbers 21:32
Aligned rows 121
Books represented 22
Numbers 4 Deuteronomy 3 Joshua 24 Judges 14 1 Samuel 6 2 Samuel 7 1 Kings 2 2 Kings 4 1 Chronicles 2 2 Chronicles 8 Nehemiah 1 Job 4 Psalms 3 Proverbs 4 Ecclesiastes 1 Isaiah 4 Jeremiah 22 Lamentations 1 Daniel 2 Amos 3 Habakkuk 1 Zechariah 1
Source forms
וַיִּלְכֹּ֤ד 4x way·yil·kōḏ Judges 1:18, 1 Kings 9:16, 1 Chronicles 11:5, 2 Chronicles 13:19
וַיִּלָּכֵ֖ד 4x way·yil·lā·ḵêḏ Joshua 7:16, Joshua 7:17, 1 Samuel 10:20, 1 Samuel 14:42
וַֽיִּלְכְּדָֽהּ׃ 4x way·yil·kə·ḏāh Judges 9:50, 2 Samuel 12:29, Isaiah 20:1, Habakkuk 1:10
וַיִּלְכֹּ֖ד 3x way·yil·kōḏ Numbers 32:41, Judges 15:4, 2 Samuel 12:26
וּלְכָדָֽהּ׃ 3x ū·lə·ḵā·ḏāh Jeremiah 32:3, Jeremiah 32:28, Jeremiah 38:3
נִלְכְּדָ֣ה 3x nil·kə·ḏāh 1 Kings 16:18, Jeremiah 38:28, Jeremiah 51:41
נִלְכְּדָ֖ה 3x nil·kə·ḏāh 2 Kings 18:10, Jeremiah 38:28, Jeremiah 48:1
וַיִּלְכֹּ֥ד 2x way·yil·kōḏ Numbers 32:42, Judges 12:5
Parsing patterns
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular 18x Numbers 32:41, Numbers 32:42, Joshua 7:17, Joshua 11:10
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular 11x Joshua 8:21, Joshua 10:1, Joshua 10:28, Joshua 10:42
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural 10x Numbers 21:32, Joshua 6:20, Joshua 19:47, Judges 1:8
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person feminine singular 10x 1 Kings 16:18, 2 Kings 18:10, Psalms 9:15, Jeremiah 38:28
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person feminine singular 9x Joshua 10:32, Joshua 10:39, Joshua 15:17, Judges 1:13
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular 7x Joshua 7:16, Joshua 7:17, Joshua 7:18, 1 Samuel 10:20
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular | third person feminine singular 5x Joshua 15:16, Judges 1:12, Jeremiah 32:3, Jeremiah 32:28
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person feminine singular 5x Numbers 32:39, Joshua 8:19, Joshua 10:35, Joshua 10:37
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. Capture through entrapment or restraint; extends from physical trapping to seizure of persons, places, and abstract coercion.
Strong's H3920
Lexical occurrences 121 verses Word forms 3 forms 40 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Proverbs 5:15-23 Source Gloss
to catch (in a net, trap or pit); generally, to capture or occupy; also to choose (by lot); figuratively, to cohere
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Capture through entrapment or restraint; extends from physical trapping to seizure of persons, places, and abstract coercion.
to catch (in a net, trap or pit); generally, to capture or occupy; also to choose (by lot); figuratively, to cohere BDB: capture Usage: × at all, catch (self), be frozen, be holden, stick together, take.
Grammatical Forms
How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 3 Aligned forms 40
Qal basic active stem — the word in its most common, direct sense 18×
Perfect 1Sam 14:47 · 2Chr 15:8 · 2Chr 17:2 · 2Kgs 17:6 · Amos 3:4 · Josh 8:21 · Josh 10:1 · Josh 10:28 · Josh 10:42 · Josh 11:12 · Josh 11:17 · 2Sam 12:27 · Deut 2:35 13×
Imperfect 2Chr 32:18 · Jer 5:26 · 2Sam 12:28 · Amos 3:5 4×
Participle active Job 5:13 1×
Niphal passive or reflexive — the subject receives or experiences the action 20×
Perfect 1Kgs 16:18 · 2Kgs 18:10 · Jer 38:28 · Jer 48:1 · Jer 48:41 · Jer 50:2 · Jer 51:31 · Jer 51:41 · Ps 9:16 · Jer 50:24 · Lam 4:20 · Prov 6:2 13×
Imperfect Eccl 7:26 · Isa 24:18 · Jer 48:44 · Jer 6:11 · Prov 11:6 · Jer 48:7 · Jer 50:9 7×
Hithpael reflexive or reciprocal — the subject acts on itself or mutually with others 2×
Imperfect Job 38:30 · Job 41:9 2×
Selected Scripture Witness
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Old Testament Witnesses
to capture or trap
Showing 1 selected witness from 121 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
לָכַד is a primitive root - no further derivation.
Why This Word Matters
The imagery shows how sin eventually traps and enslaves the one who pursues it. Proverbs 5:15-23
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain