לָכַד (la.khad) means “to capture” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: law-kad' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
לָכַד · la.khad · to capture
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
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a primitive root; to catch (in a net, trap or pit); generally, to capture or occupy; also to choose (by lot); figuratively, to cohere
KJV glosses: [idiom] at all, catch (self), be frozen, be holden, stick together, take.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| and captured | 11 |
| captured | 10 |
| was selected | 8 |
| will be captured | 5 |
| and captured it | 4 |
| was captured | 4 |
| captured it | 3 |
| had captured | 3 |
| selects | 3 |
| we captured | 3 |
| and capture | 2 |
| and captures it | 2 |
| and he will capture it | 2 |
| captured the city | 2 |
| has been captured | 2 |
| he captured | 2 |
| to catch | 2 |
| will be caught | 2 |
| also captured | 1 |
| and capture it | 1 |
| and caught | 1 |
| and jehus soldiers captured him | 1 |
| and joshua captured | 1 |
| and seize | 1 |
| and seized | 1 |
| and they captured | 1 |
| and they captured debir | 1 |
| and trapped | 1 |
| are caught | 1 |
| are trapped | 1 |
| capture it | 1 |
| capturing | 1 |
| caught | 1 |
| ensnare them | 1 |
| ensnared | 1 |
| entrap him | 1 |
| had assumed | 1 |
| has been taken | 1 |
| he catches | 1 |
| he had captured | 1 |
| he has caught | 1 |
| is captured | 1 |
| is ensnared | 1 |
| is frozen | 1 |
| israel captured | 1 |
| let them be trapped | 1 |
| she will be captured | 1 |
| than one who captures | 1 |
| the assyrians captured it | 1 |
| the one who is caught | 1 |
| there he captured | 1 |
| they also captured | 1 |
| they captured | 1 |
| they captured eglon | 1 |
| they captured it | 1 |
| they clasp | 1 |
| they will capture | 1 |
| to capture | 1 |
| to capture it | 1 |
| to capture me | 1 |
| to seize it | 1 |
| until he had captured it | 1 |
| were caught | 1 |
| were selected | 1 |
| when it has | 1 |
| who captured | 1 |
| who will capture it | 1 |
| will capture | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| and took | 12 |
| was taken | 12 |
| took | 11 |
| shall be taken | 6 |
| and take | 5 |
| and they took | 5 |
| and he took | 4 |
| and taken | 3 |
| had taken | 3 |
| is taken | 3 |
| shall take | 3 |
| taken | 3 |
| and caught | 2 |
| and had taken | 2 |
| and have taken | 2 |
| and he shall take | 2 |
| and taketh | 2 |
| and we took | 2 |
| take | 2 |
| to take | 2 |
| which took | 2 |
| against her from thence she shall be taken | 1 |
| against it and take | 1 |
| against it and took | 1 |
| and be taken | 1 |
| and shall take | 1 |
| and they caught | 1 |
| are taken | 1 |
| be holden | 1 |
| catch | 1 |
| for thee and thou art also taken | 1 |
| he taketh | 1 |
| he that is taken | 1 |
| he took | 1 |
| him and took | 1 |
| if he have taken | 1 |
| is frozen | 1 |
| it lest i take | 1 |
| let them even be taken | 1 |
| nothing at all | 1 |
| straight before him and they took | 1 |
| taketh | 1 |
| than he that taketh | 1 |
| them and took | 1 |
| them that they might take | 1 |
| they catch | 1 |
| they stick together | 1 |
| they took | 1 |
| thou art taken | 1 |
| thou shalt also be taken | 1 |
| were taken | 1 |
| which he had taken | 1 |
| which shall take | 1 |
| which we took | 1 |
Page 1 of 3. 112 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
After Moses had sent spies to Jazer, Israel captured its villages and drove out the Amorites who were there.
Read word by wordThe descendants of Machir son of Manasseh went to Gilead, captured it, and drove out the Amorites who were there.
Read word by wordJair, a descendant of Manasseh, went and captured their villages and called them Havvoth-jair.
Read word by wordAnd Nobah went and captured Kenath and its villages and called it Nobah, after his own name.
Read word by wordAt that time we captured all his cities and devoted to destruction the people of every city, including women and children. We left no survivors.
Read word by wordWe carried off for ourselves only the livestock and the plunder from the cities we captured.
Read word by wordAt that time we captured all sixty of his cities. There was not a single city we failed to take—the entire region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan.
Read word by wordSo when the rams’ horns sounded, the people shouted. When they heard the blast of the horn, the people gave a great shout, and the wall collapsed. Then all the people charged straight into the city and captured it.
Read word by wordIn the morning you must present yourselves tribe by tribe. The tribe that the LORD selects shall come forward clan by clan, and the clan that the LORD selects shall come forward family by family, and the family that the LORD selects shall come forward man by man.
Read word by wordThe one who is caught with the things devoted to destruction must be burned, along with all that belongs to him, because he has transgressed the covenant of the LORD and committed an outrage in Israel.’”
Read word by wordSo Joshua arose early the next morning and had Israel come forward tribe by tribe, and the tribe of Judah was selected.
Read word by wordHe had the clans of Judah come forward, and the clan of the Zerahites was selected. He had the clan of the Zerahites come forward, and the family of Zabdi was selected.
Read word by wordAnd he had the family of Zabdi come forward man by man, and Achan son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was selected.
Read word by wordand as soon as he did so, the men in ambush rose quickly from their position. They rushed forward, entered the city, captured it, and immediately set it on fire.
Read word by wordWhen Joshua and all Israel saw that the men in ambush had captured the city and that smoke was rising from it, they turned around and struck down the men of Ai.
Read word by wordNow Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem heard that Joshua had captured Ai and devoted it to destruction—doing to Ai and its king as he had done to Jericho and its king—and that the people of Gibeon had made peace with Israel and were living near them.
Read word by wordOn that day Joshua captured Makkedah and put it to the sword, along with its king. He devoted to destruction everyone in the city, leaving no survivors. So he did to the king of Makkedah as he had done to the king of Jericho.
Read word by wordAnd the LORD delivered Lachish into the hand of Israel, and Joshua captured it on the second day. He put all the people to the sword, just as he had done to Libnah.
Read word by wordThat day they captured Eglon and put it to the sword, and Joshua devoted to destruction everyone in the city, just as he had done to Lachish.
Read word by wordThey captured it and put to the sword its king, all its villages, and all the people. Joshua left no survivors, just as he had done at Eglon; he devoted to destruction Hebron and everyone in it.
Read word by wordAnd they captured Debir, its king, and all its villages. They put them to the sword and devoted to destruction everyone in the city, leaving no survivors. Joshua did to Debir and its king as he had done to Hebron and as he had done to Libnah and its king.
Read word by wordAnd because the LORD, the God of Israel, fought for Israel, Joshua captured all these kings and their land in one campaign.
Read word by wordAt that time Joshua turned back and captured Hazor and put its king to the sword, because Hazor was formerly the head of all these kingdoms.
Read word by wordJoshua captured all these kings and their cities and put them to the sword. He devoted them to destruction, as Moses the LORD’s servant had commanded.
Read word by wordfrom Mount Halak, which rises toward Seir, as far as Baal-gad in the Valley of Lebanon at the foot of Mount Hermon. He captured all their kings and struck them down, putting them to death.
Read word by wordAnd Caleb said, “To the man who strikes down Kiriath-sepher and captures it, I will give my daughter Acsah in marriage.”
Read word by wordSo Othniel son of Caleb’s brother Kenaz captured the city, and Caleb gave his daughter Acsah to him in marriage.
Read word by word(Later, when the territory of the Danites was lost to them, they went up and fought against Leshem, captured it, and put it to the sword. So they took possession of Leshem, settled there, and renamed it after their father Dan.)
Read word by wordThen the men of Judah fought against Jerusalem and captured it. They put the city to the sword and set it on fire.
Read word by wordAnd Caleb said, “To the man who strikes down Kiriath-sepher and captures it, I will give my daughter Acsah in marriage.”
Read word by wordSo Othniel son of Caleb’s younger brother Kenaz captured the city, and Caleb gave his daughter Acsah to him in marriage.
Read word by wordAnd Judah also captured Gaza, Ashkelon, and Ekron—each with its territory.
Read word by word“Follow me,” he told them, “for the LORD has delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand.” So they followed him down and seized the fords of the Jordan leading to Moab, and they did not allow anyone to cross over.
Read word by wordGideon sent messengers throughout the hill country of Ephraim to say, “Come down against the Midianites and seize the waters of the Jordan ahead of them as far as Beth-barah.” So all the men of Ephraim were called out, and they captured the waters of the Jordan as far as Beth-barah.
Read word by wordThey also captured Oreb and Zeeb, the two princes of Midian; and they killed Oreb at the rock of Oreb and Zeeb at the winepress of Zeeb. So they pursued the Midianites and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side of the Jordan.
Read word by wordWhen Zebah and Zalmunna fled, Gideon pursued and captured these two kings of Midian, routing their entire army.
Read word by wordThere he captured a young man of Succoth and interrogated him. The young man wrote down for him the names of the seventy-seven leaders and elders of Succoth.
Read word by wordAnd all that day Abimelech fought against the city until he had captured it and killed its people. Then he demolished the city and sowed it with salt.
Read word by wordThen Abimelech went to Thebez, encamped against it, and captured it.
Read word by wordThe Gileadites captured the fords of the Jordan leading to Ephraim, and whenever a fugitive from Ephraim would say, “Let me cross over,” the Gileadites would ask him, “Are you an Ephraimite?” If he answered, “No,”
Read word by wordThen Samson went out and caught three hundred foxes. And he took torches, turned the foxes tail-to-tail, and fastened a torch between each pair of tails.
Read word by wordThus Samuel had all the tribes of Israel come forward, and the tribe of Benjamin was selected.
Read word by wordThen he had the tribe of Benjamin come forward by its clans, and the clan of Matri was selected. Finally, Saul son of Kish was selected. But when they looked for him, they could not find him.
Read word by wordSo Saul said to the LORD, the God of Israel, “Why have You not answered Your servant this day? If the fault is with me or my son Jonathan, respond with Urim, but if the fault is with the men of Israel, respond with Thummim.” And Jonathan and Saul were selected, but the people were cleared of the charge.
Read word by wordThen Saul said, “Cast the lot between me and my son Jonathan.” And Jonathan was selected.
Read word by wordAfter Saul had assumed the kingship over Israel, he fought against all his enemies on every side—the Moabites, the Ammonites, the Edomites, the kings of Zobah, and the Philistines. Wherever he turned, he routed them.
Read word by wordNevertheless, David captured the fortress of Zion (that is, the City of David).
Read word by wordDavid captured from him a thousand chariots, seven thousand charioteers, and twenty thousand foot soldiers, and he hamstrung all the horses except a hundred he kept for the chariots.
Read word by wordMeanwhile, Joab fought against Rabbah of the Ammonites and captured the royal fortress.
Read word by wordThen Joab sent messengers to David to say, “I have fought against Rabbah and have captured the water supply of the city.
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