Numbers 24:8
God brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn: he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and shall break their bones, and pierce them through with his arrows.
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Pierce
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Luke 2:35
(Yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own soul also,) that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.
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נָקַב
nâqab · naw-kab'
2 times translated as this KJV form25 total Strong's occurrences
to puncture, literally (to perforate, with more or less violence) or figuratively (to specify, designate, libel)
Strong's KJV usage: appoint, blaspheme, bore, curse, express, with holes, name, pierce, strike through.
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Strong's first: 2 Kings 18:21Strong's last: Isaiah 36:6
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mâchats · maw-khats'
1 times translated as this KJV form14 total Strong's occurrences
to dash asunder; by implication, to crush, smash or violently plunge; figuratively, to subdue or destroy
Strong's KJV usage: dip, pierce (through), smite (through), strike through, wound.
Strong's first: Numbers 24:8Strong's last: Numbers 24:8
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H5344
Now, behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt, on which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him.
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pierce
PIERCE, verb transitive pers.
1. To thrust into with a pointed instrument; as, to pierce the body with a sword or spear; to pierce the side with a thorn.
2. To penetrate; to enter; to force a way into; as, a column of troops pierced the main body of the enemy; a shot pierced the ship.
3. To penetrate the heart deeply; to touch the passions; to excite or affect the passions. 1 Timothy 6:10.
4. To dive or penetrate into, as a secret or purpose.
PIERCE, verb intransitive pers. To enter; as a pointed instrument.
1. To penetrate; to force a way into or through any thing. The shot pierced through the side of the ship.
Her tears will pierce into a marble heart.
2. To enter; to dive or penetrate, as into a secret.
She would not pierce further into his meaning than himself should declare.
3. To affect deeply.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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