Bible Lexicons

כָּנָף f.

(1)  a wing, so called from its covering. בַּעַל כָּנָף Proverbs 1:17, and בַּעַל הַכְּנָפַיִם Ecclesiastes 10:20, that which has a wing, poet. used of a bird. כָּל־כָּנָף allerleh Geflügel, birds of all kinds, Genesis 7:14. Poet. there are used, כַּנְפֵי רוּחַ the wings of the wind, Psalms 18:11, 104:3 כַּנְפֵי שַׁחַר the wings of the morning, 139:9 on account of the rapidity of the moving on of the winds and the morning. Often also used metaph. of care and protection. Psalms 17:8, בְּצֵל כְּנָפֶיךָ תַּםְתִּירֵנִי “hide me under the shadow of thy wings.” Psalms 36:8, 57:2 61:5 63:8 91:4 Ruth 2:12. (Compare Arab. جنح, جناح and كنف Schult. on Job, 472; Gr. πτέρυξ, Grot. on Matthew 23:37.) Wings are also spoken of as applied to armies (as in Latin) [and English], Isaiah 8:8 comp. אֲנַפִּים.

(2) edge, extremity

(a) of a garment, the skirt, πτέρυξ, πτερύγιον; fully כְּנַף הַמְּעִיל the skirts of a mantle, 1 Samuel 24:5, 12 1 Samuel 24:12; Numbers 15:38; Deuteronomy 22:12 also without the name of the garment, Zechariah 8:23, כְּנַף אִישׁ יְהוּדִי “the skirt (of a mantle) of a man who is a Jew.” Ezekiel 5:3; Haggai 2:12. From the Orientals having been accustomed at night to wrap themselves in their mantles, this expression is used for the edge of a bed covering. Deuteronomy 23:1, וְלֹא יְנַלֶּה כְּנַף אָבִיו “neither shall he uncover his father’s coverlet;” i.e. he shall not violate his father’s bed. Deuteronomy 27:20 comp. Ezekiel 16:8. Ruth 3:9, “spread thy coverlet over thy handmaid;” i.e. take me to thy couch as thy wife. (Comp. Theoc. Idyll. xviii. 19, and ἐπισκιάζειν, Luke 1:35 [?]).

(b) the extremities of the earth (just as the inhabited earth is often compared to a cloak spread out). Isaiah 24:16, כְּנַף הָאָרֶץ “the extremity of the earth.” Especially in pl. Job 37:3, 38:13, כַּנְפוֹת הָאָרֶץ “the extremities of the earth;” and Isaiah 11:12. Ezekiel 7:2, אַדְבַּעַת כַּנְפוֹת הָאָרֶץ “the four quarters,” or “extreme bounds of the earth.”

(c) the highest summit of the temple, Daniel 9:27 comp. πτερύγιον τοῦ ἱεροῦ, Matthew 4:5.

Dual כְּנָפַיִם const. כַּנְפֵי fem. pr. a pair of wings; hence often used for the pl. שֵׁשׁ כְּנָפַיִם six wings, Isaiah 6:2 אַדְבַּע כְּנָפַיִם four wings, Ezekiel 1:6, 10:21. Pl. const. כַּנְפוֹת m. used of the skirts of a garment, Deuteronomy 22:12 and of the extremity of the earth (see No. 2, a, b).

בְּכַנְפ֣וֹת בְּכַנְפֵיהֶ֔ם בְּכַנְפֵיהֶם֙ בִּ֠כְנָפוֹ בִּכְנַ֣ף בִּכְנַף֩ בִּכְנַף־ בִּכְנָפֶ֑יהָ בִּכְנָפֶֽיךָ׃ בִּכְנָפַ֙יִךְ֙ בִכְנָפָיו֮ בכנף בכנף־ בכנפו בכנפות בכנפיה בכנפיהם בכנפיו בכנפיך בכנפיך׃ הַכְּנָפַ֙יִם֙ הַכָּנָ֖ף הכנף הכנפים וְהַכָּנָ֤ף וְכַנְפֵי֙ וְכַנְפֵיהֶ֑ם וְכַנְפֵיהֶ֖ם וְכַנְפֵיהֶ֥ם וְכַנְפֵיהֶם֙ וּכְנַ֨ף וּכְנַף֙ והכנף וכנף וכנפי וכנפיהם כְּ֝נָפֶ֗יךָ כְּכַנְפֵ֣י כְּנַ֣ף כְּנַ֤ף כְּנַ֥ף כְּנַ֨ף כְּנַֽף־ כְּנַף־ כְּנָפִי֙ כְּנָפֶ֣יךָ כְּנָפֶ֥יךָ כְּנָפַ֔יִם כְּנָפַ֖יִם כְּנָפַ֛יִם כְּנָפָ֑יִם כְּנָפָ֔יו כְּנָפָ֖יו כְּנָפָ֣יו כְּנָפָֽיו׃ כְּנָפָיו֙ כְנָפֶ֙ךָ֙ כְנָפַ֑יִם כְנָפַ֖יִם כְנָפַ֜יִם כַּ֠נְפֵיהֶם כַּנְפ֥וֹת כַּנְפֵ֣י כַּנְפֵ֥י כַּנְפֵי֙ כַּנְפֵי־ כַּנְפֵיהֶ֑ם כַּנְפֵיהֶ֔ם כַּנְפֵיהֶ֗ם כַּנְפֵיהֶ֡ם כַּנְפֵיהֶ֣ם כַּנְפֵיהֶֽם׃ כַנְפֵי־ כַנְפֵיהֶֽן׃ כָּנָ֔ף כָּנָ֖ף כָּנָ֛ף כָּנָ֜ף כָּנָ֥ף כָּנָֽף׃ כָּנָף֙ כְּנָפַ֖יִם כְּנָפָ֣יו ככנפי כנף כנף־ כנף׃ כנפות כנפי כנפי־ כנפיהם כנפיהם׃ כנפיהן׃ כנפיו כנפיו׃ כנפיך כנפים כנפך לִכְנַ֖ף לכנף מִכְּנַ֨ף מכנף bə·ḵan·p̄ê·hem bə·ḵan·p̄ō·wṯ bechanfeiHem bechanFot bəḵanp̄êhem bəḵanp̄ōwṯ bichnaf bichnaFayich bichnaFeicha bichnaFeiha bichnafo biḵ·nā·p̄a·yiḵ ḇiḵ·nā·p̄āw biḵ·nā·p̄e·hā biḵ·nā·p̄e·ḵā biḵ·nā·p̄ōw biḵ·nap̄ biḵ·nap̄- biḵnap̄ biḵnap̄- ḇiḵnāp̄āw biḵnāp̄ayiḵ biḵnāp̄ehā biḵnāp̄eḵā biḵnāp̄ōw chanfei chanfeiHen chenaFayim chenaFecha hak·kā·nāp̄ hak·kə·nā·p̄a·yim hakkaNaf hakkānāp̄ hakkenaFayim hakkənāp̄ayim kā·nāp̄ kan·p̄ê kan·p̄ê- ḵan·p̄ê- kan·p̄ê·hem ḵan·p̄ê·hen kan·p̄ō·wṯ kaNaf kānāp̄ kanFei kanfeiHem kanFot kanp̄ê kanp̄ê- ḵanp̄ê- kanp̄êhem ḵanp̄êhen kanp̄ōwṯ kə·ḵan·p̄ê kə·nā·p̄a·yim kə·nā·p̄ā·yim ḵə·nā·p̄a·yim kə·nā·p̄āw kə·nā·p̄e·ḵā ḵə·nā·p̄e·ḵā kə·nā·p̄î kə·nap̄ kə·nap̄- kechanFei kəḵanp̄ê keNaf kenaFav kenaFayim kenaFeicha kenaFi kənap̄ kənap̄- kənāp̄āw kənāp̄ayim kənāp̄āyim ḵənāp̄ayim kənāp̄eḵā ḵənāp̄eḵā kənāp̄î lichNaf liḵ·nap̄ liḵnap̄ mik·kə·nap̄ mikkeNaf mikkənap̄ ū·ḵə·nap̄ ucheNaf ūḵənap̄ vechanFei vechanfeiHem vehakkaNaf vichnaFav wə·hak·kā·nāp̄ wə·ḵan·p̄ê wə·ḵan·p̄ê·hem wəhakkānāp̄ wəḵanp̄ê wəḵanp̄êhem