כַּף
kaph · kaf
the hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal, of the sole, and even of the bowl of a dish or sling, the handle of a bolt, the leaves of a palm-tree); figuratively, power
Lexicon
Derivation: from H3721 (כָּפַף);
the hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal, of the sole, and even of the bowl of a dish or sling, the handle of a bolt, the leaves of a palm-tree); figuratively, power
- the hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal, of the sole, and even of the bowl of a dish or sling, the handle of a bolt, the leaves of a palm-tree)
- figuratively, power
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: branch, [phrase] foot, hand((-ful), -dle, (-led)), hollow, middle, palm, paw, power, sole, spoon.
Letters
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
- 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 › to speak, the word
The open hand that covers that works to speak, the word.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of כַּף 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
193 occurrences · 193 OT · 0 NT · 117 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- spoon12 · 12%
- his hands9 · 9%
- hand8 · 8%
- and the spoons6 · 6%
- my hands6 · 6%
- out of the hand5 · 5%
- hands5 · 5%
- their hands5 · 5%
- us out of the hand4 · 4%
- from the sole4 · 4%
- in his hand3 · 3%
- of my hands3 · 3%
- of thine hands3 · 3%
- thine hand3 · 3%
- in mine hands2 · 2%
- and with the sole2 · 2%
- and out of the hand2 · 2%
- in mine hand2 · 2%
- in my hand2 · 2%
- in my hands2 · 2%
- are the hands2 · 2%
- into his hand2 · 2%
- her hand2 · 2%
- spoons2 · 2%
- that is in his hand2 · 2%
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.