קָטַף
qâṭaph · kaw-taf'
to strip off
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to strip off
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: crop off, cut down (up), pluck.
Letters
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
- 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)
what comes behind, the returning cycle › to surround and contain › to speak, the word
What comes behind, the returning cycle that works to surround and contain that works to speak, the word.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of קָטַף 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
5 occurrences · 5 OT · 0 NT · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- then thou mayest pluck1 · 20%
- and not cut down1 · 20%
- who cut up1 · 20%
- he cropped off1 · 20%
- it; i will crop off1 · 20%
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.