Kaphaph כָּפַף
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| כָּפַף | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | kaphaph |
| Strong's number | H3721 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Gloss | to bend |
| Occurrences | 5 in 5 verses |
| Most frequent in | Psalms (3) |
Kaphaph (Hebrew כָּפַף, Strong's H3721) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to bend”. It occurs 5 times in 5 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) to bend, bend down, bow down, be bent, be bowed
1a) (Qal) to bend down, bow down
1b) (Niphal) to bow oneself down
1a) (Qal) to bend down, bow down
1b) (Niphal) to bow oneself down
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | down (4), bow (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | was despondent (1), who are bowed down (1), those who are weighed down (1), bow (1), i bow (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Kaphaph, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Psalms
- Psalm 57:6They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen themselves. Selah.They spread a net for my feet; my soul was despondent. They dug a pit before me, but they themselves have fallen into it! Selah
- Psalm 145:14The LORD upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all those that be bowed down.The LORD upholds all who fall and lifts up all who are bowed down.
- Psalm 146:8The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind: the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous:the LORD opens the eyes of the blind, the LORD lifts those who are weighed down, the LORD loves the righteous.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 58:5Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the Lord?Is this the fast I have chosen: a day for a man to deny himself, to bow his head like a reed, and to spread out sackcloth and ashes? Will you call this a fast and a day acceptable to the LORD?
Micah
- Micah 6:6Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old?With what shall I come before the LORD when I bow before the God on high? Should I come to Him with burnt offerings, with year-old calves?
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).