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the Week of Proper 8 / Ordinary 13

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Bible Lexicons

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Strong's #3709 - כַּף

Transliteration

kaph

Phonetics

kaf

Origin

from (H3721)

Parts of Speech

feminine noun

TWOT

1022a

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

palm, hand, sole, palm of the hand, hollow or flat of the hand
1. palm, hollow or flat of the hand
2. power
3. sole (of the foot)
4. hollow, objects, bending objects, bent objects
  1. of thigh-joint
  2. pan, vessel (as hollow)
  3. hollow (of sling)
  4. hand-shaped branches or fronds (of palm trees)
  5. handles (as bent)

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 1147 ‑ δάκτυλος (dak'‑too‑los); 2487 ‑ ἴχνος (ikh'‑nos); 2798 ‑ κλάδος (klad'‑os); 4083 ‑ πῆχυς (pay'‑khoos); 5165 ‑ τρύβλιον (troob'‑lee‑on); 5495 ‑ χείρ (khire); 4114 ‑ πλάτος (plat'‑os);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (184)

Genesis 8

Exodus 9

Leviticus 14

Numbers 19

Deuteronomy 5

Joshua 3

Judges 6

1 Samuel 4

2 Samuel 8

1 Kings 6

2 Kings 10

1 Chronicles 1

2 Chronicles 7

Ezra 2

Job 13

Psalms 18

Proverbs 9

Ecclesiastes 1

Song of Solomon 1

Isaiah 13

Jeremiah 5

Lamentations 3

Ezekiel 11

Daniel 1

Jonah 1

Micah 2

Nahum 1

Habakkuk 1

Haggai 1

Malachi 1

BSB (179)

Genesis 9

Exodus 9

Leviticus 14

Numbers 20

Deuteronomy 6

Joshua 3

Judges 6

1 Samuel 5

2 Samuel 8

1 Kings 7

2 Kings 10

1 Chronicles 1

2 Chronicles 7

Ezra 2

Job 13

Psalms 21

Proverbs 9

Ecclesiastes 1

Song of Solomon 1

Isaiah 13

Jeremiah 5

Lamentations 3

Ezekiel 12

Daniel 1

Jonah 1

Micah 2

Nahum 1

Habakkuk 1

Haggai 1

Malachi 1

CSB (154)

Genesis 8

Exodus 8

Leviticus 13

Numbers 19

Deuteronomy 6

Joshua 3

Judges 4

1 Samuel 4

2 Samuel 8

1 Kings 7

2 Kings 9

1 Chronicles 1

2 Chronicles 7

Ezra 2

Job 13

Psalms 20

Proverbs 9

Ecclesiastes 1

Song of Solomon 1

Isaiah 13

Jeremiah 5

Lamentations 3

Ezekiel 9

Daniel 1

Jonah 1

Micah 2

Nahum 1

Habakkuk 1

Haggai 1

Malachi 1

ESV (176)

Genesis 8

Exodus 9

Leviticus 14

Numbers 20

Deuteronomy 6

Joshua 3

Judges 6

1 Samuel 5

2 Samuel 8

1 Kings 7

2 Kings 10

1 Chronicles 1

2 Chronicles 7

Ezra 2

Job 13

Psalms 20

Proverbs 9

Ecclesiastes 1

Isaiah 13

Jeremiah 5

Lamentations 3

Ezekiel 12

Daniel 1

Jonah 1

Micah 2

Nahum 1

Habakkuk 1

Haggai 1

Malachi 1

KJV (189)

Genesis 8

Exodus 9

Leviticus 14

Numbers 20

Deuteronomy 6

Joshua 3

Judges 6

1 Samuel 5

2 Samuel 8

1 Kings 7

2 Kings 9

1 Chronicles 1

2 Chronicles 7

Ezra 2

Job 13

Psalms 21

Proverbs 9

Ecclesiastes 1

Song of Solomon 1

Isaiah 13

Jeremiah 5

Lamentations 3

Ezekiel 10

Daniel 1

Jonah 1

Micah 2

Nahum 1

Habakkuk 1

Haggai 1

Malachi 1

LEB (179)

Genesis 9

Exodus 9

Leviticus 14

Numbers 19

Deuteronomy 5

Joshua 3

Judges 5

1 Samuel 4

2 Samuel 8

1 Kings 6

2 Kings 10

1 Chronicles 1

2 Chronicles 7

Ezra 2

Job 12

Psalms 21

Proverbs 7

Ecclesiastes 1

Song of Solomon 1

Isaiah 12

Jeremiah 5

Lamentations 3

Ezekiel 8

Daniel 1

Jonah 1

Micah 2

Nahum 1

Habakkuk 1

Malachi 1

LSB (184)

Genesis 9

Exodus 9

Leviticus 14

Numbers 19

Deuteronomy 5

Joshua 3

Judges 6

1 Samuel 5

2 Samuel 8

1 Kings 6

2 Kings 10

1 Chronicles 1

2 Chronicles 7

Ezra 2

Job 13

Psalms 20

Proverbs 9

Ecclesiastes 1

Song of Solomon 1

Isaiah 13

Jeremiah 5

Lamentations 3

Ezekiel 8

Jonah 1

Micah 2

Nahum 1

Habakkuk 1

Haggai 1

Malachi 1

N95 (159)

Genesis 9

Exodus 9

Leviticus 14

Numbers 19

Deuteronomy 5

Joshua 3

Judges 6

1 Samuel 5

2 Samuel 8

1 Kings 6

2 Kings 10

1 Chronicles 1

2 Chronicles 7

Ezra 2

Job 13

Proverbs 5

Ecclesiastes 1

Song of Solomon 1

Isaiah 13

Jeremiah 5

Lamentations 3

Ezekiel 7

Jonah 1

Micah 2

Nahum 1

Habakkuk 1

Haggai 1

Malachi 1

NAS (179)

Genesis 9

Exodus 9

Leviticus 14

Numbers 19

Deuteronomy 6

Joshua 3

Judges 6

1 Samuel 5

2 Samuel 8

1 Kings 7

2 Kings 10

1 Chronicles 1

2 Chronicles 7

Ezra 2

Job 13

Psalms 20

Proverbs 9

Ecclesiastes 1

Song of Solomon 1

Isaiah 13

Jeremiah 5

Lamentations 3

Ezekiel 10

Daniel 1

Jonah 1

Micah 2

Nahum 1

Habakkuk 1

Haggai 1

Malachi 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (186)

Genesis 8

Exodus 9

Leviticus 14

Numbers 20

Deuteronomy 5

Joshua 3

Judges 7

1 Samuel 4

2 Samuel 9

1 Kings 6

2 Kings 10

1 Chronicles 1

2 Chronicles 7

Ezra 2

Job 13

Psalms 17

Proverbs 9

Ecclesiastes 1

Song of Solomon 1

Isaiah 13

Jeremiah 5

Lamentations 3

Ezekiel 11

Daniel 1

Jonah 1

Micah 2

Nahum 1

Habakkuk 1

Haggai 1

Malachi 1

ASV (184)

and her hands 1

and his hands 1

and it shall come to pass, when the soles 1

and make my hands 1

and out of the hand 2

and spoons 1

and the hollow 1

and the palms 1

and the sole 1

and the soles 1

and the spoons 6

and upon the hands 2

and upon the palms 1

and with the sole 2

are the hands 2

at the soles 1

away my hand 1

branches 1

for the sole 2

for your hands 1

from the hand 2

from the sole 4

hand 8

hands 3

her hand 2

her hands 1

him out of the hand 1

his hand 1

his hands 10

in her hands 1

in his hand 3

in my hand 5

in my hands 3

in the hand 1

into his hand 2

into the hand 2

into the palm 1

is a handful 1

is in their hands 1

it into his hands 1

it into the palm 1

me out of the hand 1

my hand 1

my hands 6

my hands unto thee 1

not his hand 1

of her hands 1

of his hands 1

of his own hands 1

of my hands 3

of the hands 1

of the soles 1

of the spoons 1

of thee by thy hand 1

of thy hands 3

of you out of the hand 1

our hands 1

out of the hand 4

out thy hands toward him 1

spoon 12

spoons 2

that is in his hand 2

that is in his hands 1

that it may be handled 1

that the sole 1

the hollow 1

the palms 1

the sole 1

the whole upon the hands 2

thee from the hand 1

thee out of the hand 1

thee upon the palms of my hands 1

thee with my hand 1

their hand 1

their hands 7

them from off their hands 1

them under the soles 1

them upon the hands 1

thereof, and the spoons 2

thy hand 2

thy hand upon me 1

thy hands 3

to my hands 1

together 1

under the soles 1

upon his hands 1

upon its paws 1

upon the handles 1

us from the hand 1

us into the hand 1

us out of the hand 4

was like the sole 1

whereon the sole 1

which is upon the hollow 1

while it is yet in his hand 1

with her hands 1

with his hands 1

with our hands 1

with the hand 1

with thy hand 1

your hands 2

BSB (179)

a hand 1

a handful 1

and 1

and cups 1

and dishes 2

and from the hand 1

and hand 1

and hands 1

and he struck his hands 1

and the palms 1

and the soles 1

are in their hands 1

are the hands 2

both hands 1

dish 12

dishes 6

feet 1

for the sole 1

for the soles 1

from the grasp 2

from the hand 11

from the hands 2

from the sole 2

from the soles 2

hand 4

hands 6

hands in pledge 1

her arms 1

her foot 1

her hand 1

her hands 1

her hands to say 1

his feet 1

his hands 9

his palm 2

in hand 1

in his hand 3

in his hands 2

in my hands 2

in my own hands 1

in the hand 1

in the palm 1

into the hand 1

into the hands 1

its hands 1

ladles 2

like stones 1

my hands 12

my hands together 1

of my hands 2

of their hands 1

of your hands 3

on my hands 1

our hands 1

palm 6

pans 1

socket 2

the branches 1

the fruit 1

the grasp 1

the hand 3

the handles 1

the hands 4

the palms of my hands 1

the socket 1

the sole 3

the soles 1

their hands 6

their paws 1

then i will take my hand 1

to my hands 1

were like the hooves 1

when my hands 1

when the feet 1

whose hand 1

with her fingers 1

with his hands 1

with my hand 1

with the soles 2

with their hands 2

your feet 1

your hand 2

your hands 5

your hands in prayer 1

your hands together 1

CSB (154)

and our hands 1

bowl 12

bowls 3

cups 3

danger 1

dishes 1

fronds 1

hand 13

hands 30

hands together 1

her hands 1

his hand 1

his hands 3

its hands 1

ladles 3

my hands 7

my hands together 1

my own hands 1

of their hands 1

our hands 1

palm 8

pans 1

paws 1

socket 3

the dishes 1

the grasp 4

the hand 9

the handles 1

the hands 5

the palm 1

the palms 2

the power 6

the sole 8

the soles 5

their hands 5

with their hands 1

your hand 2

your hands 5

ESV (176)

apiece 1

branches 1

dish 11

dishes 7

golden dish 1

grasp 2

hand 52

hands 64

incense 5

palm 2

palms 4

paws 1

pledge 1

power 1

reach 1

socket 3

sole 12

soles 6

their 1

KJV (189)

* 1

apiece 1

branches 1

breadth 1

clouds 1

hand 55

handful 3

handles 1

hands 68

hands * 1

hands together 1

hands upon his hands 1

hollow 3

middle 1

palm 2

palms 3

paws 1

power 1

sole 12

soles 7

spoon 12

spoons 12

LEB (179)

⌊her hand⌋ 1

⌊her hands⌋ 1

⌊yourself⌋ 1

and her palms 1

and his palms 1

and its ladles 1

and my hand 1

and the palms of 3

and the sole of 1

and the soles of 1

are in their hands 1

as the hand of 1

branches of 1

by the hand⌋ 1

by the sole of 1

dish 12

dishes 4

for the sole of 2

hand 1

hands 5

her hand 1

her hands 1

her palm 1

him your hands 1

his hand 1

his hands 10

his palm 3

his palms 2

in his hand 3

in his palm.) 1

in my hand 1

in my hands 1

in the hand 1

in the hand of 1

into ⌊the palm of your neighbor 1

into his hand 2

into the hand of 1

is ⌊in danger⌋ 1

is in his hands 1

is the hand of 1

is the palm of 1

its hands 1

its ladles 1

its paws 1

my ⌊hands⌋ 1

my hand 2

my hands 8

my palms 3

of 1

on my hands 2

one handful 1

our hands 2

palm 6

palms 2

socket 2

the bowls for the incense 1

the dishes 3

the hand of 19

the handles of 1

the hands of 1

the palm of 1

the palms of 2

the palms of my hands 1

the pans 2

the pocket of 1

the socket of 2

the sole of 6

the soles of 5

their hand 1

their hands 4

their hands for joy 1

their palms 1

us into the palm of 1

was like the sole of 1

when the soles of 1

with his palms 1

with the sole of 1

you with my hand 1

you with the hand 1

your hand 3

your hands 7

LSB (184)

branches 1

grasp 2

hand 47

handles 1

hands 74

hollow 1

palm 8

palms 3

pan 12

pans 9

paws 1

power 1

socket 4

sole 11

soles 6

spoons 3

N95 (159)

branches 1

grasp 1

hand 43

handles 1

hands 53

hollow 1

palm 8

palms 3

pan 12

pans 9

paws 1

pledge 1

power 1

socket 4

sole 11

soles 6

spoons 3

NAS (179)

branches 1

grasp 2

hand 40

handed 1

handles 1

hands 75

hollow 1

ladles 1

palm 8

palms 3

pan 12

pans 9

paws 1

power 1

socket 4

sole 10

soles 7

spoons 2

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (186)

and her hands 1

and his hands 1

and on the palms 1

and out of the hand 2

and spoons 1

and the hollow 1

and the palms 1

and the sole 1

and the soles 1

and the spoons 2

and with the sole 2

are the hands 1

at the soles 1

away my hand 1

branches 1

for the sole 1

for your hands 1

from the hand 2

from the sole 4

hand 8

hands 7

her 1

her arms 1

her hand 1

her hands 1

him out of the hand 1

his hand 2

his hands 9

in her hands 1

in his hand 3

in my hand 5

in my hands 3

in the hand 1

into his hand 2

into the hand 2

into the palm 1

is a handful 1

is in their hands 1

it into his hands 1

it into the palm 1

its spoons 2

ladle 11

ladles 2

me out of the hand 1

my hand 2

my hands 6

my hands to you 1

now in your hand 1

of her hands 1

of his hands 1

of his own hands 1

of my hands 3

of the hands 1

of the ladles 1

of the soles 1

of you by your hand 1

of you out of the hand 1

of your hands 3

on his hands 1

on its paws 1

on the handles 1

our hands 1

out my hands 1

out of the hand 3

out your hands toward him 1

shekels apiece 1

spoon 1

that is in his hand 2

that is in his hands 1

that it may be handled 1

that the sole 1

the hollow 1

the palms 1

the sole 1

the spoons 4

their hand 1

their hands 7

them from their hands 1

them on the hands 1

them under the soles 1

to my hands 1

together 1

under the soles 1

us from the hand 1

us into the hand 1

us out of the hand 4

was like the sole 1

whereon the sole 1

which is on the hollow 1

which someone picks 1

with her hands 1

with his hands 2

with our hands 1

with the hand 1

with your hand 1

you from the hand 1

you on the palms of my hands 1

you out of the hand 1

you with my hand 1

your hand 2

your hand on me 1

your hands 5

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

1247) p k (כפ KP) AC: Press CO: Palm AB: Tame: The pictograph k is a picture of the palm of the hand, the p is a picture of an open mouth. Combined these mean "palm open". The curved shape of the open palm. (eng: cap - as a bowl shaped covering; cuff - as at the palm)

A) p k (כפ KP) AC: ? CO: Palm AB: ?: Any curved or hollowed out object.

N^f) p k (כפ KP) - Palm: Also the sole of the feet or other palm shaped object such as a spoon. KJV (193): hand, spoon, sole, palm, hollow, handful, apiece, branch, cloud - Strongs: H3709 (כַּף), H3710 (כֵּף)

N^f1) e p k (כפה KPH) - Palm: The branch of a palm tree. KJV (3): branch - Strongs: H3712 (כִּפָּה)

B) p p k (כפפ KPP) AC: Bow CO: ? AB: ?: A bowing down of the body.

V) p p k (כפפ KPP) - Bow: KJV (5): (vf: Paal, Niphal) bow - Strongs: H3721 (כָּפַף)

C) p k a (אכפ AKP) AC: Press CO: ? AB: ?: The placing of the palm on something and pressing down or pushing.

V) p k a (אכפ AKP) - Press: KJV (1): (vf: Paal) crave - Strongs: H404 (אָכַף)

N^m) p k a (אכפ AKP) - Pressure: KJV (1): hand - Strongs: H405 (אֶכֶף)

H) e p k (כפה KPH) AC: Tame CO: ? AB: ?: The bending of the will of an animal.

V) e p k (כפה KPH) - Tame: To bend the will of another. KJV (1): (vf: Paal) pacify - Strongs: H3711 (כָּפָה)

Adopted Roots:

A2078 N p c (Bend, Grapevine)
A2281 N p k (Bend, Famine)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

כַּף₁₉₂ noun feminine^{1 Kings 8:54} hollow, or flat of the hand, palm, sole of foot, pan (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic id.,

Assyrian kappu, hand, pan, kippatu, hollow; Arabic

palm, hand) — absolute ׳כ Job 29:9 +, so read probably also Ezekiel 29:7b for ᵑ0כָּתֵף (ᵐ5ᵑ6 Sm Co, compare v^a); כָּ֑ף 2 Kings 11:12 +; more often construct כַּף Genesis 40:11 +; suffix כַּמִּי Judges 12:3, כַּמְּךָ Job 13:31, etc.; in Ezekiel 29:7 read כַּף Qr for כפך Kt (so Ew Hi Sm Co Da); dual כַּמַּיִם Isaiah 49:16 +; construct כַּמֵּי Exodus 29:24 (twice in verse) + 3t.; suffix כַּמַּי Genesis 20:5 +, כַּמָּיו Numbers 24:10 +, כַּמֵּיהֶם Isaiah 59:6 2t., כַּמֵּימוֺ Job 27:23, etc.; plural כַּמּוֺת (especially of soles, and in metaphor senses) absolute Numbers 4:7 +; construct 2 Kings 9:35 +, suffix כַּפֹתָיו Exodus 25:29; Exodus 37:16; —

1. a. of human beings, hollow or flat of hand, palm, (c. 116t.) 2 Kings 4:34 (twice in verse); ׳נָתַן אֵת הַכּוס עַלכּכַּף פ Genesis 40:11,21 (E), set the cup upon the palm of Pharaoh (compare Genesis 40:11 a וְכוֺס מַּרְעֹה בְּיָדִי), similarly Leviticus 8:27 (twice in verse) (P) +; הַשֶּׁמֶן אֲשֶׁר עַלכּכַּמּוֺ Leviticus 14:16,17,18,27,28; as distinguished from wrist and arm, Deuteronomy 25:12; rarely with ידים (always כַּכּוֺת), שְׁתֵּי כַּמּוֺת ידיו 1 Samuel 5:4 (of Dagon), הַיָּדַיִם׳כ 2 Kings 9:35, compare Daniel 10:10; כַּף הַשְּׂמָאלִית Leviticus 14:15,26; note especially קֶמַח׳מְלֹא כ 1 Kings 17:12 a handful of meal (literally palmful), compare Ecclesiastes 4:6 (where distinguished from מלא חָפְנַיִם a double fistful; in both these passages of a very small quantity); compare וַיְמַלֵּא כַּמּוֺ מִן Leviticus 9:17 (reference to מְלֹא קֻמְצוֺ Leviticus 2:2; Leviticus 5:12; compare Leviticus 6:8). In Exodus 4:4 (JE), Proverbs 31:19; Ezekiel 21:16; Psalm 129:7, etc., the thought is that of grasping.

b. anthropomorph. of׳י covering Moses over with his palm, וְשַׂכֹּתִי כַמִּי עָלֶיךָ Exodus 33:22 (J), and so figurative (with שׁית) Psalm 139:5; withdrawing ( הֵסִירׅ his hand Exodus 33:23 (J); removing ( הִרְהִּיק ׅ his afficting hand Job 13:21; עַלכּכַּמַּיִם כִּסָּה אוֺר Job 36:32, i.e. he (God) hath filled his palms with light.

c. once of animals, הוֺלֵךְ עַלכּכַּמָּיו Leviticus 11:27 going upon their palms, i.e. paws (cats, dogs, etc.).

d. phrases are: — (I) הִכָּה כַּף = clap the hands, in applause 2 Kings 11:12 so ׳תָּקַע כ Psalm 47:2, ׳מָחָא כ Isaiah 55:12 (figurative of trees), Psalm 98:8 (figurative of rivers); but especially in scorn, contempt, etc., סָפַק אֶתכַּֿמָּיו Numbers 24:10 (J), יִשְׂמֹּק עָלֵימוֺ כַמֵּ֑ימוֺ Job 27:23; so תָּקַע כַּף עלֿ Nahum 3:19, הִכָּה כַמִּי אֶלֿ Ezekiel 22:13 (of ׳י); absolute, בְכַמְּךָהִכָּה Ezekiel 6:11 (as מחא יד Ezekiel 25:6), הִכָּה כַּף אֶלכַּֿף Ezekiel 21:19, אַכֶּה כַמִּי אֶלכַּֿמִּי Ezekiel 21:22 (of ׳י). (2) תָּפַשׂ בַּכַּף grasp, seize with the hand Ezekiel 29:7 compare Ezekiel 29:7 (on text see above) (3) of hand-grasp as pledge לַזָּר כַּמֶּיךָתָּקַעְתָּ Proverbs 6:1 ( if) thou hast smitten thy palms (given a double hand-grasp), for another (so De; "" עָרַבְתָּ לְרֵעֶ֑ךָ); so absolute תקע כף Proverbs 17:18; Proverbs 22:26 (compare תקע ליד Job 17:3). (4) often of hand spread out in prayer, as sign of longing to receive, with מָּרַשׂ אֶלֿ Exodus 9:29,33 (J), 1 Kings 8:38 2 Chronicles 6:29, etc. (see יד Psalm 143:6; Lamentations 1:17 and יָד 1 d, above; also פרשׂ, נשׂא, שׁטח). (5) שׂים כַּף לְפֶה, in respectful silence, Job 29:9. (6) figurative בְכַמִּיוָאָשִׂימָה נַפְשִׁי Judges 12:3 = I have taken my life in my hand (i.e. hazarded it), Song of Solomon 1Samuel 19:5; 1 Samuel 28:21; Job 13:14 and (without verb) Psalm 119:109. (7) ׳נִקְיֹן כ Genesis 20:5 cleanness of palms is figurative for purity of Acts , compare Psalm 26:6, also Job 9:30; Job 22:30; Psalm 24:4; Psalm 73:13; conversely, ( לֹא ) חָמָס בְּכַמָּ֑י Job 16:17; 1 Chronicles 12:18; Isaiah 59:6; Jonah 3:8, compare Isaiah 59:3 (so ידים Isaiah 1:15), Job 31:7; Psalm 7:4. — In many cases כַּף is not to be distinguished from יָד; so in phrase ׳יְגִיעַ כ toil of the hands Genesis 31:42; Haggai 1:11; Job 10:3; Psalm 128:2; ׳מֹּעַל כ Psalm 9:17, ׳חֵפֶץ כ Proverbs 31:13; ׳תְּבוּנוֺת כ Psalm 78:72, ׳מְּרִי כ Proverbs 31:16; compare Micah 7:3.

2 = power (i.e. grasp) of any one, נתן בכף Judges 6:13 = deliver into the power of, so Jeremiah 12:7, compare בּוֺא בכף Proverbs 6:3; usually הוֺשִׁיעַ, מּדָה, הִצִּיל etc., with מִכַּף = out of the power of Judges 6:14; 1 Samuel 4:3; 2 Samuel 14:16; 2 Samuel 19:10 (twice in verse); 2 Samuel 22:1 (twice in verse) = Psalm 18:1 (title), 2 Kings 16:7 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 20:6 = Isaiah 38:6; Micah 4:10; Jeremiah 15:21; 2 Chronicles 30:6; 32:11; Ezra 8:31; Psalm 71:4 (compare יָד 5g, p. 391above)

3רַגְלָהּכַּף, etc., = sole of foot, Genesis 8:9 (J), Joshua 3:13; Joshua 4:18 (both J E), 1 Kings 5:17; 2 Kings 19:24 = Isaiah 37:25; Deuteronomy 11:24; Deuteronomy 28:56,65; Joshua 1:3 (D) Ezekiel 43:7; Malachi 3:21; קָדְקֳדוֺמִכַּף רַגְלוֺ וְעַד 2 Samuel 14:25; Job 2:7, compare Isaiah 1:6 (figurative); ׳ר׳מִדְרַךְ כ Deuteronomy 2:5 treading-place for the sole of a foot; of the cherubim Ezekiel 1:7, of a calf, (in simile) Ezekiel 1:7., (according to MT; compare however Co).

4 of various hollow, bending or bent objects: —

a. hollow (i.e. socket), of the thigh-joint, יָרֵךְ׳כ b. pan, vessel (as hollow), used in ritual, Exodus 25:29; Exodus 37:16; Numbers 5:7; Numbers 7:14 15t. Numbers 7; 1 Kings 7:50 2 Chronicles 4:22; 2 Kings 25:14 = Jeremiah 52:18,19; 2 Chronicles 24:14.

c. hollow of sling, 1 Samuel 25:29.

d. כַּמּוֺת תְּמָרִים Leviticus 23:40 #NAME? hand-shaped branches (or fronds) of palm-trees.

e.כַּמּוֺת הַמַּנְעוּל Song of Solomon 5:5 the (bent) handles of the bolt.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

כַּף f. with suff. that which is curved, or hollow, from כָּפַף.

(1) the hollow of the hand, the palm, more rarely the whole hand. Deuteronomy 25:12, “thou shalt cut off her hand” (see כַּפּוֹת), [Arabic كَفُّ, Syriac ܟܰܦܬܳܐ]; used of the foot of animals (as of a bear) when resembling a hand; Leviticus 11:27. The phrases especially to be observed are

(a) מִכַּף פּ׳ out of the hand of any one, often after verbs of freeing, like מְיַּד 1 Samuel 4:3; 2 Samuel 14:16.

(b) Judges 12:3, וָאָשִׂימָה נַפְשִׁי בְנַפִּי “I put my life in my hand,” i.e. I exposed myself to most imminent danger, since what we bear in our hands may easily be dropped or cast away; and thus the idea is conveyed of want of safety. 1 Samuel 19:5, 28:21 Job 13:14, compare Psalms 119:109. By the same proverb, Xenarchus ap. Athenæum (Deipnosoph. xiii. p. 569 C), ἐν τῇ χειρὶ τὴν ψυχὴν ἔχων; and the Danes say of a man whose life is in danger, at gaae med Livet i Henderne, i.e. “to bear one’s life in one’s hands.”

(d) הִכָּה כַף, תָּקַע כַּף, מָחָא כַף to clap the hands, see under the respective verbs.

Dual כַּפַּיִם with suff. כַּפַּי, כַּפֶּיךָ, etc. both hands, Job 36:32 often also used for the plural.

Pl. כַּפּוֹת the palms of the hands, Daniel 10:10, used of hands when cut off and dead (see Lehrg. p. 539, 540), 1 Samuel 5:4; 2 Kings 9:35, elsewhere i.q. יָדוֹת the handles of a bolt, Song of Solomon 5:5.

(2) followed by רֶגֶל the sole of the foot, Deuteronomy 2:5, 11:24 28:65, מָנוֹחַ לְכַף־רַגְלֶךָ “rest for the sole of thy foot;” used of a quiet dwelling place, compare Genesis 8:9.-Pl. כַּפּוֹת soles, Joshua 3:13, 4:18 Isaiah 60:14, followed by פַּעַם; 2 Kings 19:24.

(3) a hollow vessel, a pan, a bowl, pl. כַּפּוֹת Exodus 25:29; Numbers 7:84, 86. Hence כַּף־הַקֶּלַע, the hollow of a sling; 1 Samuel 25:29, כַּף־הַיָרֵךְ, the socket of the hip or thigh; Genesis 32:26, 33 Ge3 2:33.

(4) כַּפּוֹת תְּמָרִים Levit. 23:40, palms, palm branches, so called from their bent or curved form (see כִּפָּה ).

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בְּכַ֥ף בְּכַף־ בְּכַפִּ֔י בְּכַפִּֽי׃ בְּכַפֵּיהֶֽם׃ בְּכַפַּ֔י בְּכַפָּ֑י בְּכַפָּֽי׃ בְּכַפּ֖וֹ בְּכַפּ֗וֹ בְּכַפּֽוֹ׃ בְכַף־ בְכַפְּךָ֜ בְכַפִּ֣י בְכַפִּי֙ בְכַפּ֖וֹ בְכַפּ֜וֹ בַּכַּ֖ף בַּכָּ֑ף בַכַּף֙ בכף בכף־ בכפו בכפו׃ בכפי בכפי׃ בכפיהם׃ בכפך הֲ֠כַף הַכַּ֖ף הַכַּפֹּת֙ הַכַּפּ֖וֹת הַכַּפּ֗וֹת הַכַּפּוֹת֙ הכף הכפות הכפת וְ֝כַ֗ף וְ֝כַפֶּ֗יהָ וְהַכַּפּ֥וֹת וְכַ֣ף וְכַפָּ֖יו וְכַפָּ֣יו וְכַפֹּתָ֗יו וְכַפּ֔וֹת וְכַפּ֥וֹת וּ֝בְכַפַּ֗י וּמִכַּ֤ף וּמִכַּ֥ף וּמִכַּף֙ ובכפי והכפות וכף וכפות וכפיה וכפיו וכפתיו ומכף כְּכַף֙ כְּכַף־ כַ֖ף כַ֝פֶּ֗יהָ כַּ֝פֵּ֗ינוּ כַּ֝פַּ֗י כַּ֝פָּ֗יו כַּ֣ף כַּ֥ף כַּ֭פְּךָ כַּ֭פֶּיךָ כַּ֭פָּהּ כַּ֭פָּיו כַּֽף־ כַּף־ כַּפִּ֔י כַּפֵּ֣י כַּפֵּיהֶ֔ם כַּפֵּיכֶ֗ם כַּפֶּ֑יהָ כַּפֶּ֑יךָ כַּפֶּ֑ךָ כַּפֶּ֗יהָ כַּפֶּֽיהָ׃ כַּפֶּֽיךָ׃ כַּפֶּֽךָ׃ כַּפֶּֽכָה׃ כַּפַּ֖י כַּפַּ֖יִם כַּפַּ֗יִךְ כַּפַּ֙יִם֙ כַּפַּ֛י כַּפַּ֥יִם כַּפַּי֙ כַּפָּ֑הּ כַּפָּ֑י כַּפָּ֑יו כַּפָּ֔יִם כַּפָּ֖יו כַּפָּ֗יו כַּפָּ֣יו כַּפָּֽיִם׃ כַּפָּֽי׃ כַּפָּֽיו׃ כַּפָּיו֙ כַּפֹּ֣ת כַּפֹּתָיו֙ כַּפּ֖וֹ כַּפּ֗וֹ כַּפּ֣וֹת כַּפּ֥וֹת כַּפּ֨וֹת כַּפּוֹת֙ כַף֙ כַף־ כַפִּ֔י כַפִּ֛י כַפִּי֙ כַפֵּ֑ימוֹ כַפֵּיכֶם֙ כַפַּ֖י כַפַּ֗י כַפַּ֗יִם כַפָּֽי׃ כַפּ֥וֹ כַפּוֹ֙ כָ֑ף כָ֔ף כָּ֑ף כָֽף׃ כַּפָּ֔יו ככף ככף־ כף כף־ כף׃ כפה כפו כפות כפי כפי׃ כפיה כפיה׃ כפיהם כפיו כפיו׃ כפיך כפיך׃ כפיכם כפים כפים׃ כפימו כפינו כפך כפך׃ כפכה׃ כפת כפתיו לְכַף־ לכף־ מִכַּ֖ף מִכַּ֣ף מִכַּ֤ף מִכַּ֥ף מִכַּף־ מכף מכף־ bak·kap̄ bak·kāp̄ ḇak·kap̄ bakKaf bakkap̄ bakkāp̄ ḇakkap̄ bə·ḵap̄ bə·ḵap̄- ḇə·ḵap̄- bə·ḵap·pay bə·ḵap·pāy bə·ḵap·pê·hem ḇə·ḵap·pə·ḵā bə·ḵap·pî ḇə·ḵap·pî bə·ḵap·pōw ḇə·ḵap·pōw bechaf bechapPai bechappeiHem bechapPi bechapPo bəḵap̄ bəḵap̄- ḇəḵap̄- bəḵappay bəḵappāy bəḵappêhem ḇəḵappəḵā bəḵappî ḇəḵappî bəḵappōw ḇəḵappōw chaf chapPai chapPayim chappeiChem chapPeiha chapPeimov chapPi chapPo hă·ḵap̄ Hachaf hak·kap̄ hak·kap·pō·wṯ hak·kap·pōṯ hăḵap̄ hakKaf hakkap̄ hakkapPot hakkappōṯ hakkappōwṯ kaf kap̄ kāp̄ ḵap̄ ḵāp̄ kap̄- ḵap̄- kap·pa·yiḵ kap·pa·yim kap·pā·yim ḵap·pa·yim kap·pāh kap·pāw kap·pay kap·pāy ḵap·pay ḵap·pāy kap·pê kap·pe·hā ḵap·pe·hā kap·pê·hem kap·pe·ḵā kap·pə·ḵā kap·pe·ḵāh kap·pê·ḵem ḵap·pê·ḵem ḵap·pê·mōw kap·pê·nū kap·pî ḵap·pî kap·pō·ṯāw kap·pō·wṯ kap·pōṯ kap·pōw ḵap·pōw kapPah kappāh kapPai kapPav kappāw kappay kappāy ḵappay ḵappāy kapPayich kappayiḵ kappayim kappāyim ḵappayim kappê kapPecha kapPechah kappehā ḵappehā kappêhem kapPei kapPeicha kappeiChem kapPeiha kappeiHem kapPeinu kappeḵā kappəḵā kappeḵāh kappêḵem ḵappêḵem ḵappêmōw kappênū kapPi kappî ḵappî kapPo kapPot kappōṯ kappoTav kappōṯāw kappōw ḵappōw kappōwṯ kə·ḵap̄ kə·ḵap̄- kechaf kəḵap̄ kəḵap̄- lə·ḵap̄- lechaf ləḵap̄- mik·kap̄ mik·kap̄- mikKaf mikkap̄ mikkap̄- ū·ḇə·ḵap·pay ū·mik·kap̄ ūḇəḵappay umikKaf ūmikkap̄ uvechapPai vakKaf veChaf vechapPav vechappeCha vechapPeiha vechapPi vechapPo vechapPot vechappoTav vehakkapPot wə·hak·kap·pō·wṯ wə·ḵap̄ wə·ḵap·pāw wə·ḵap·pe·hā wə·ḵap·pō·ṯāw wə·ḵap·pō·wṯ wəhakkappōwṯ wəḵap̄ wəḵappāw wəḵappehā wəḵappōṯāw wəḵappōwṯ