Strong's Lexicon

H3729

H3729 — כְּפַת

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

Aramaickphathverb-stemOccurrences: 4TWOT: 2798

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H3729
Word:	כְּפַת
Part of Speech:	verb-stem
Etymology:	(Aramaic) a root of uncertain correspondence
Language:	Aramaic
Occurrences:	4
Transliteration:	kphath
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	kef-ath'
Meaning:	1. to fetter
KJV Renderings:	bind.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB9620

כְּפַת verb bind ( ᵑ7 id.; Late Hebrew כָּפַת; Syriac [untranscribed source text 6049] form knots, [untranscribed source text 6050] twist into a knot, Arabic [untranscribed source text 6051] draw together, Assyrian [ kapâtu ] II. bring together); —

Pe`il Perfect 3 masculine plural כְּ פִ֫תוּ, (W^{CG
224}) Dan 3:21 they were bound.

Pa`el bind: Infinitive לְכַפָּתָךְ Dan 3:20 ( ל accusative of person); Passive participle plural מְכַפְּתִין bound Dan 3:23 Dan 3:24.

Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

כפת (kah-phath)

Exodus 96:9

EHCC: and shalt double the sixth curtain

Exodus 89:9

EHCC: they made the breastplate double :

Ezekiel 21:14

KJV: Thou therefore, son of man, prophesy, and smite thine hands together, and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of the slain: it is the sword of the great men that are slain, which entereth into their privy chambers.hands…: Heb. hand to hand

EHCC: (19). and let the sword be doubled