כָּנָף
kânâph · kaw-nawf'
an edge or extremity; specifically (of a bird or army) a wing, (of a garment or bedclothing) a flap, (of the earth) a quarter, (of a building) a pinnacle
Lexicon
Derivation: from H3670 (כָּנַף);
an edge or extremity; specifically (of a bird or army) a wing, (of a garment or bedclothing) a flap, (of the earth) a quarter, (of a building) a pinnacle
- an edge or extremity
- specifically, (of a bird or army) a wing, (of a garment or bedclothing) a flap, (of the earth) a quarter, (of a building) a pinnacle
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: [phrase] bird, border, corner, end, feather(-ed), [idiom] flying, [phrase] (one an-) other, overspreading, [idiom] quarters, skirt, [idiom] sort, uttermost part, wing(-ed).
Letters
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- 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)
the open hand that covers › the seed, life continuing › to speak, the word
The open hand that covers of the seed, life continuing that works to speak, the word.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of כָּנָף 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
109 occurrences · 109 OT · 0 NT · 68 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- wings10 · 15%
- their wings8 · 12%
- of thy wings5 · 7%
- wing5 · 7%
- and their wings4 · 6%
- the skirt3 · 4%
- upon the wings3 · 4%
- skirt3 · 4%
- the wings3 · 4%
- to the wing2 · 3%
- her wings2 · 3%
- his wings2 · 3%
- place, even under the wings2 · 3%
- corners2 · 3%
- with their wings2 · 3%
- under their wings2 · 3%
- of every sort2 · 3%
- under whose wings1 · 1%
- quarters1 · 1%
- of any winged1 · 1%
- of the borders1 · 1%
- in the borders1 · 1%
- it with the wings1 · 1%
- forth their wings1 · 1%
- and every winged1 · 1%
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.