כָּפָה
kâphâh · kaw-faw'
properly, to bend, i.e. (figuratively) to tame or subdue
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
properly, to bend, i.e. (figuratively) to tame or subdue
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: pacify.
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
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the open hand that covers › to speak, the word › to reveal, behold
The open hand that covers that works to speak, the word that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of כָּפָה 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
1 occurrences · 1 OT · 0 NT · 1 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- pacifieth1 · 100%
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.