Keph כֵּף
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| כֵּף | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | keph |
| Strong's number | H3710 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | rock |
| Occurrences | 2 in 2 verses |
| Most frequent in | Job (1) |
Keph (Hebrew כֵּף, Strong's H3710) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “rock”. It occurs 2 times in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
rock, hollow of a rock
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | rocks (2) |
|---|---|
| BSB | among the rocks (2) |
Verses
Every verse with Keph, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Job
- Job 30:6To dwell in the clifts of the valleys, in caves of the earth, and in the rocks.so that they lived on the slopes of the wadis, among the rocks and in holes in the ground.
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 4:29The whole city shall flee for the noise of the horsemen and bowmen; they shall go into thickets, and climb up upon the rocks: every city shall be forsaken, and not a man dwell therein.Every city flees at the sound of the horseman and archer. They enter the thickets and climb among the rocks. Every city is abandoned; no inhabitant is left.
Notes
- 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.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).