טַף
ṭaph · taf
a family (mostly used collectively in the singular)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H2952 (טָפַף) (perhaps referring to the tripping gait of children);
a family (mostly used collectively in the singular)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (little) children (ones), families.
Letters
- טTet9
Picture: a basket, or something coiled
- Concrete
- basket · coil · snake · container
- Extended
- to surround · to contain · to store · to twist
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to surround and contain › to speak, the word
To surround and contain that works to speak, the word.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of טַף above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
42 occurrences · 42 OT · 0 NT · 37 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and children4 · 11%
- for your little ones3 · 8%
- and the little ones3 · 8%
- and their little ones2 · 5%
- and your little ones2 · 5%
- children2 · 5%
- your little ones2 · 5%
- and the children2 · 5%
- and all their little ones1 · 3%
- both we, and thou, and also our little ones1 · 3%
- to their families1 · 3%
- only their little ones1 · 3%
- you, and your little ones1 · 3%
- let your little ones1 · 3%
- and our children1 · 3%
- but your little ones1 · 3%
- and their little children1 · 3%
- among the little ones1 · 3%
- for our little ones1 · 3%
- and our little ones1 · 3%
- our little ones1 · 3%
- moreover your little ones1 · 3%
- the little ones1 · 3%
- and all the little ones1 · 3%
- their little ones1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.