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Strong's #3721 - כָּפַף

Transliteration
kâphaph
Phonetics
kaw-faf'
Origin
a primitive root
Parts of Speech
Verb
TWOT
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Definition   
Brown-Driver-Briggs'

1) to bend, bend down, bow down, be bent, be bowed

1a) (Qal) to bend down, bow down

1b) (Niphal) to bow oneself down

Greek Equivalent Words:
Strong #: 482 ‑ ἀντιλαμβάνω (an‑tee‑lam‑ban'‑om‑ahee);  
Frequency Lists
Verse Results
KJV (5)
Psalms 3
Isaiah 1
Micah 1
NAS (8)
Psalms 6
Isaiah 1
Micah 1
HCS (5)
Psalms 3
Isaiah 1
Micah 1
BSB (5)
Psalms 3
Isaiah 1
Micah 1
ESV (5)
Psalms 3
Isaiah 1
Micah 1
WEB (5)
Psalms 3
Isaiah 1
Micah 1
Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

1247) pk (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) pk (כפ KP) AC: ? CO: Palm AB: ?: Any curved or hollowed out object.

Nf) pk (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)

Nf1) epk (כפה KPH) - Palm: The branch of a palm tree. KJV (3): branch - Strongs: H3712 (כִּפָּה)

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

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

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

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

Nm) pka (אכפ AKP) - Pressure: KJV (1): hand - Strongs: H405 (אֶכֶף)

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

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

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Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
 כָּפַף verb bend, bend down, be bent, bowed (Late Hebrew bend, overturn, Assyrian kapâpu, bend, bow, Dl HWB 347; Arabic fell a seam, also turn back, avert, selvage, circuit, rim; Aramaic כְפַף bend, curve; Palmyrene כפתא niche, from כפף curve according to Vog No. 70, p. 50); —

Qal Perfect נַפְשִׁי׳כ Psalm 57:7 my soul is bowed down; Infinitive construct (transitive) לָכֹף כְּאַגְמֹן ראֹשׁוֺ Isaiah 58:5 to bend down, like a rush, his head. Passive participle (הַ)כְּפוּפִים those bowed down, in distress, humiliation, etc., Psalm 145:14; Psalm 146:8.

Niph`al Imperfect 1 singular מָרוֺם אִכַּף לֵאלֹהֵי Micah 6:6 with what shall I bow myself (in worship) toward the high God ?


Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

כָּפַף to bend, to bow down. (This stock is widely extended, together with its cognates, in the Phœnicio-Shemitic and western languages, both in the signification of bending, and also in the kindred one of being hollow, or arched; see the roots כָּפָה ; גָּבַב No. 1. כַּו hollow, and קָבַב, قبَّ to hollow, to vault; יָקַב to dig out; נָקַב to bore out; and compare the Gr. κάμπω, κάμπτο, γνάμπτω, also κύπτω, κύβη, κύμβη, Lacon. κύββα, cask; Persian كفتن to bend over, كو hollow, a cavern; Lat. cubo, cumbo, also cavus; old Germ. Gaff=כַּף kippen, um kippen, in the sense of folding.) Isaiah 58:5 Intrans. to bend oneself, Psalms 57:7. Part. כְּפוּפִים those who are bowed down, Psalms 145:14, 146:8.

Niphal, to submit oneself to any one, Micah 6:6 followed by לְ (Aram. id.).

Derived nouns כַּף, כִּפָּה.


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List of Word Forms
אִכַּ֖ף אכף הֲלָכֹ֨ף הַכְּפוּפִֽים׃ הכפופים׃ הלכף כְּפוּפִ֑ים כָּפַ֪ף כפופים כפף ’ik·kap̄ ’ikkap̄ hă·lā·ḵōp̄ hak·kə·p̄ū·p̄îm hakkefuFim hakkəp̄ūp̄îm halaChof hălāḵōp̄ ikKaf kā·p̄ap̄ kaFaf kāp̄ap̄ kə·p̄ū·p̄îm kefuFim kəp̄ūp̄îm
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