Qataph קָטַף
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| קָטַף | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | qataph |
| Strong's number | H6998 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Gloss | to pluck |
| Occurrences | 5 in 5 verses |
| Most frequent in | Job (2) |
Qataph (Hebrew קָטַף, Strong's H6998) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to pluck”. It occurs 5 times in 5 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) to pluck off or out, cut off
1a) (Qal) to pluck off
1b) (Niphal) to be plucked off
1a) (Qal) to pluck off
1b) (Niphal) to be plucked off
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | off (2), pluck (1), down (1), up (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | you may pluck (1), they plucked (1), he plucked off (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Qataph, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Deuteronomy
- Deuteronomy 23:25When thou comest into the standing corn of thy neighbour, then thou mayest pluck the ears with thine hand; but thou shalt not move a sickle unto thy neighbour’s standing corn.When you enter your neighbor’s grainfield, you may pluck the heads of grain with your hand, but you must not put a sickle to your neighbor’s grain.
Job
- Job 8:12Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb.While the shoots are still uncut, they dry up quicker than grass.
- Job 30:4Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their meat.They plucked mallow among the shrubs, and the roots of the broom tree were their food.
Ezekiel
- Ezekiel 17:4He cropped off the top of his young twigs, and carried it into a land of traffick; he set it in a city of merchants.He plucked off its topmost shoot, carried it to the land of merchants, and planted it in a city of traders.
- Ezekiel 17:22Thus saith the Lord God; I will also take of the highest branch of the high cedar, and will set it; I will crop off from the top of his young twigs a tender one, and will plant it upon an high mountain and eminent:This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will take a shoot from the lofty top of the cedar, and I will set it out. I will pluck a tender sprig from its topmost shoots, and I will plant it on a high and lofty mountain.
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).