Strong's Lexicon

H3721

H3721 — כָּפַף

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

HebrewkaphaphverbOccurrences: 5TWOT: 1022

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H3721
Word:	כָּפַף
Part of Speech:	verb
Etymology:	a primitive root
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	5
Transliteration:	kaphaph
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	kaw-faf'
Meaning:	1. to curve
KJV Renderings:	bow down (self).

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB4150

כָּפַף verb bend, bend down, be bent, bowed (Late Hebrew bend, overturn, Assyrian kapâpu, bend , bow, Dl^{HWB 347}; Arabic [untranscribed source text 2610] fell a seam, also turn back, avert, [untranscribed source text 2611] selvage, [untranscribed source text 2612] circuit, rim; Aramaic כְפַף [untranscribed source text 2613] bend, curve; Palmyrene כפתא niche, from כפף curve according to Vog^{No. 70, p. 50}); —

Qal Perfect נַפְשִׁי ׳ כ Ps 57:7 my soul is bowed down; Infinitive construct (transitive) לָכֹף כְּאַגְמֹן ראֹשׁוֺ Isa 58:5 to bend down, like a rush, his head. Passive participle (הַ)כְּפוּפִים those bowed down, in distress, humiliation, etc., Ps 145:14; Ps 146:8.

Niph`al Imperfect 1 singular מָרוֺם אִכַּף לֵאלֹהֵי Mic 6:6 with what shall I bow myself (in worship) toward the high God ?

Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

כפף (kah-phaph’)

Psalms 145:14

KJV: The Lord upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all those that be bowed down.

EHCC: all (those that be) bowed down.

Psalms 146:8

KJV: The Lord openeth the eyes of the blind: the Lord raiseth them that are bowed down: the Lord loveth the righteous:

EHCC: them that are bowed down:

Micah 6:6

KJV: Wherewith 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?of a…: Heb. sons of a year?

EHCC: (and) bow myself before the high Gol? |