קָפָא
qâphâʼ · kaw-faw'
to shrink, i.e. thicken (as unracked wine, curdled milk, clouded sky, frozen water)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to shrink, i.e. thicken (as unracked wine, curdled milk, clouded sky, frozen water)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: congeal, curdle, dark, settle.
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
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
what comes behind, the returning cycle › to speak, the word › strength, the leader
What comes behind, the returning cycle that works to speak, the word of strength, the leader.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of קָפָא 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
4 occurrences · 4 OT · 0 NT · 4 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- nor dark2 · 40%
- were congealed1 · 20%
- and curdled1 · 20%
- that are settled1 · 20%
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.