Words the Bible translates as pierce
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 10 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- ḥalalחָלַלto pierce, wound, or run through, often fatally
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- to treat as common what is holy: to profane, defile, or strip of its sacred standing
- to begin, to make a start at something or do it for the first time
- to play on the pipe or flute
- katanussōκατανύσσωto piercenot studied yet
- naqavנָקַבto make a hole through something by boring or piercing it
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- to mark someone or something out distinctly, especially by naming: to designate or specify by name
- to speak against God by uttering his Name, taken as blaspheming or cursing him
- karahכָּרָהto dig out: to hollow a cavity by removing earth or rock, most often a well, a grave, or a pit
- ekkenteōἐκκεντέωto piercenot studied yet
- daqarדָּקַרto run a person through with a blade or spear: the weapon thrust that is meant to kill
- shananשָׁנַןto sharpen: to hone a blade, arrow, or weaponized speech to a cutting edge
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- to impress upon: to teach a child by driving words in deeply, again and again
- nussōνύσσωto piercenot studied yet
- peripeirōπεριπείρωto piercenot studied yet
- ta'anטָעַןto piercenot studied yet
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