Kasaph כָּסַף

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Kasaph
כָּסַף
Transliterationkasaph
Strong's numberH3700
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechverb
Glossto long
Occurrences6 in 5 verses
Most frequent inPsalms (2)

Kasaph (Hebrew כָּסַף, Strong's H3700) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to long”. It occurs 6 times in 5 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

1) to long for, yearn for, long after
1a) (Qal) to long for
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to long for (deeply)
1b2) being longed for (participle)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVsore longedst (1), desire (1), greedy (1), longeth (1), desired (1)
BSByou long (1), you will desire (1), greedy (1), longs (1)

Verses

Every verse with Kasaph, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

Job

Psalms

Zephaniah

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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