Strong's Lexicon

H7087

H7087 — קָפָא

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

Hebrewqaphanoun mascOccurrences: 5TWOT: 2048

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H7087
Word:	קָפָא
Part of Speech:	noun masc
Etymology:	a primitive root
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	5
Transliteration:	qapha
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	kaw-faw'
Meaning:	1. to shrink, i.e. thicken (as unracked wine, curdled milk, clouded sky, frozen water)
KJV Renderings:	congeal, curdle, dark, settle.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB7508

[קָפָא] verb thicken, condense, congeal (compare Syriac [untranscribed source text 4799] heap up, collect); —

Qal Perfect 3 plural קָֽפְאוּ תְהֹמֹת Exod 15:8 (song) the deeps were condensed, became firm walls; Imperfect יקפאון Zech 14:6 Kt (i.e. יִקְפָּא֑וּן [possible is also יִקָּפֵא֑וּן Niph`al]) Thes and others glorious(?) ones [stars] shall contract (dwindle), but read Qr וְפָּאוֺן see following Participle הַקֹּפְאִים עַלאשִׁמְרַיהֶם Zeph 1:12 the men who are thickening on their lees (easy-going men, under figure of undisturbed wine).

Hiph`il Imperfect 2 masculine singular suffix תַּקְפִּיאֵנִי Job 10:10 didst thou not curdle me like cheese (of formation of foetus) ?

BDB7509

קִפָּאוֺן noun [masculine] congelation; — Zech 14:6 Qr [ > Kt see √ Qal Imperfect], so ᵐ5 ᵑ6 Symm We Now (with other change, but see GASm ), see יָקָר . p 429

Other Resources

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