כָּתֵף
kâthêph · kaw-thafe'
the shoulder (proper, i.e. upper end of the arm; as being the spot where the garments hang); figuratively, side-piece or lateral projection of anything
Lexicon
Derivation: from an unused root meaning to clothe;
the shoulder (proper, i.e. upper end of the arm; as being the spot where the garments hang); figuratively, side-piece or lateral projection of anything
- the shoulder (proper, i.e. upper end of the arm
- as being the spot where the garments hang)
- figuratively, side-piece or lateral projection of anything
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: arm, corner, shoulder(-piece), side, undersetter.
Letters
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- 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 mark, the covenant sign › to speak, the word
The open hand that covers of the mark, the covenant sign that works to speak, the word.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of כָּתֵף 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
67 occurrences · 67 OT · 0 NT · 47 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- side13 · 25%
- to the side4 · 8%
- upon the shoulders3 · 6%
- upon their shoulders3 · 6%
- shoulderpieces2 · 4%
- them on the shoulderpieces2 · 4%
- sides2 · 4%
- unto the side2 · 4%
- between his shoulders2 · 4%
- corner2 · 4%
- the shoulder2 · 4%
- which was at the side2 · 4%
- of one side1 · 2%
- shoulders1 · 2%
- of the one side1 · 2%
- them on the shoulders1 · 2%
- along unto the side1 · 2%
- toward the side1 · 2%
- them upon his shoulders1 · 2%
- thereof had undersetters1 · 2%
- were undersetters1 · 2%
- undersetters1 · 2%
- and the undersetters1 · 2%
- upon your shoulders1 · 2%
- then let mine arm1 · 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.