נָכַל (nākal) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning be crafty. It appears
4 times
in 4 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H5230).
Also rendered
to plot
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1366)
Range of meaning (TWOT 1366)be crafty, deceitful, knavish; knave; they knavishly planned, to deal knavishly with; defraud, act treacherously; beguile, conspire, deceiver, deal subtilly
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
נָכַלverb: be crafty, deceitful, knavish
Qalparticiple knave
Hithpaelto deal knavishly with
Strong's H5230נָכַל: to defraud, i.e. act treacherously KJV:beguile, conspire, deceiver, deal subtilly.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.