Strong's Lexicon

H2210

H2210 — זָקַף

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewzaqaphverb-stemOccurrences: 2TWOT: 575

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H2210
Word:זָקַף
Part of Speech:verb-stem
Etymology:a primitive root
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:2
Transliteration:zaqaph
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:zaw-kaf'
Meaning:1. to life, i.e. (figuratively) comfort
KJV Renderings:raise (up).

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB2438

[זָקַף] verb (late) raise up (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic זְקַף, [untranscribed source text 1543]; Assyrian za‡âpu , AsrbHunting Inscr. IR 7, ix. A, 3; ZMG 1886, 725 suggests Arabic [untranscribed source text 1544] carry off (†am.), originally lift up ) — only

Qal Participle active and only figurative of ׳ י's dealing with prostrate men: — וְזוֺקֵף לְכָלהַֿכְּפוּפִים Ps 145:14 (|| סוֺמֵךְ); זֹקֵף כְּפוּפִים Ps 146:8 ׳ י raiseth up prostrate ones.


BDB9498

[זְקַף] verb raise, lift up ( ᵑ7 Syriac; compare Biblical Hebrew (late; rare)); —

Pe`al Passive participle וּזְקִיף יִתְמְחֵא עֲל֑וֺהִי Ezra 6:11 and, lifted up, he be fastened upon it (sc, the timber erected; red. probably to impalement, see Ryle Berthol).


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

זקף (zāh-kaph’)

Concordance entry

EHCC: Entry present in source; no clean verse row could be parsed.
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