Nakal means “defraud” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's G5230 — hyperakmos in the Greek Bible.
Strong's H5230 נָכַל (nakal) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. nakal (naw-kal') v. 1. to defraud, i.e. act treacherously [a prim root] It has 4 linked Bible usages across 4 books. Visible English usage signals include they, deal, and deceiver. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
nakal (naw-kal') v. 1. to defraud, i.e. act treacherously [a prim root] KJV: beguile, conspire, deceiver, deal subtilly.
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Usage: 1) to be deceitful, be crafty, be knavish 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be knavish 1a2) deceiver (participle) 1b) (Piel) to beguile 1c) (Hithpael) to act craftily, act knavishly, deal knavishly
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render nakal, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
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4 indexed usages in Old Testament.
And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.
For they vex you with their wiles, wherewith they have beguiled you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a prince of Midian, their sister, which was slain in the day of the plague for Peor's sake.
He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilly with his servants.
First 4 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H5230.
And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.
For they vex you with their wiles, wherewith they have beguiled you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a prince of Midian, their sister, which was slain in the day of the plague for Peor's sake.
He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilly with his servants.
But cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the LORD a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, saith the LORD of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the heathen.
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Nakal (Strong's H5230) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "defraud". nakal (naw-kal') v. 1. to defraud, i.e. act treacherously [a prim root]
This page currently indexes 4 linked usages for Strong's H5230 across 4 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H5230 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as they, deal, and deceiver. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.