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נָפַץ H5310
H5310 is the Hebrew word נָפַץ, transliterated nâphats and said naw-fats'. The King James Version most often renders it break in pieces.
What it means
to dash to pieces, or scatter.
Where it comes from
a primitive root.
How the King James Version translates it
Across 19 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: be beaten in sunder, break (in pieces), broken, dash (in pieces), cause to be discharged, dispersed, be overspread, scatter.
Verses using נָפַץ
All 15 verses, quoted in full.
Judges 7:19 · KJV
So Gideon, and the hundred men that were with him, came unto the outside of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch; and they had but newly set the watch: and they blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers that were in their hands.
1 Samuel 13:11 · KJV
And Samuel said, What hast thou done? And Saul said, Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that thou camest not within the days appointed, and that the Philistines gathered themselves together at Michmash;
1 Kings 5:9 · KJV
My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon unto the sea: and I will convey them by sea in floats unto the place that thou shalt appoint me, and will cause them to be discharged there, and thou shalt receive them: and thou shalt accomplish my desire, in giving food for my household.
Psalm 2:9 · KJV
Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.
Psalm 137:9 · KJV
Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.
Isaiah 11:12 · KJV
And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
Isaiah 27:9 · KJV
By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the groves and images shall not stand up.
Jeremiah 13:14 · KJV
And I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and the sons together, saith the LORD: I will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy, but destroy them.
Jeremiah 22:28 · KJV
Is this man Coniah a despised broken idol? is he a vessel wherein is no pleasure? wherefore are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cast into a land which they know not?
Jeremiah 48:12 · KJV
Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will send unto him wanderers, that shall cause him to wander, and shall empty his vessels, and break their bottles.
Jeremiah 51:20 · KJV
Thou art my battle axe and weapons of war: for with thee will I break in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms;
Jeremiah 51:21 · KJV
And with thee will I break in pieces the horse and his rider; and with thee will I break in pieces the chariot and his rider;
Jeremiah 51:22 · KJV
With thee also will I break in pieces man and woman; and with thee will I break in pieces old and young; and with thee will I break in pieces the young man and the maid;
Jeremiah 51:23 · KJV
I will also break in pieces with thee the shepherd and his flock; and with thee will I break in pieces the husbandman and his yoke of oxen; and with thee will I break in pieces captains and rulers.
Daniel 12:7 · KJV
And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that it shall be for a time, times, and an half; and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished.
Common questions
What does Strong's H5310 mean?
H5310 is the Hebrew word נָפַץ (nâphats), meaning to dash to pieces, or scatter.
How is H5310 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it break in pieces (8 times), brake (1 time), scattered (1 time), cause them to be discharged (1 time), dash them in pieces (1 time), among others.
How many times does H5310 appear in the Bible?
נָפַץ (nâphats) is tagged in 15 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H5310 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root.
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