Strong's Lexicon

H3711

H3711 — כָּפָה

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

Hebrewkaphahverb-stemOccurrences: 1TWOT: 1018

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H3711
Word:כָּפָה
Part of Speech:verb-stem
Etymology:a primitive root
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:1
Transliteration:kaphah
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:kaw-faw'
Meaning:1. (properly) to bend, i.e. (figuratively) to tame or subdue
KJV Renderings:pacify.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB4142

[כָּפָה] verb probably subdue (Late Hebrew overturn, hold under, compel; Aramaic כְּפָא, id.; [untranscribed source text 2599] incline (as face to ground), overturn; Assyrian kipû perhaps id., DlHWB 346; compare Arabic [untranscribed source text 2600] overturn, turn back); — only

Qal Imperfect מַתָּן בַּסֵּתֶר יִכְפֶּהאָֿ֑ף Prov 21:14 a gift in secret subdueth anger (so Thes Rob-Ges; Ew beugt: Fl De averteth, from the Arabic, is more remote; ᵐ5 ἀνατρέπει, compare Late Hebrew).


כִּפָּה see below כפף.


Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

כפה (kah-phah’)

Concordance entry

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