קָפַץ
qâphats · kaw-fats'
to draw together, i.e. close; by implication, to leap (by contracting the limbs); specifically, to die (from gathering up the feet)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to draw together, i.e. close; by implication, to leap (by contracting the limbs); specifically, to die (from gathering up the feet)
- to draw together, i.e. close
- by implication, to leap (by contracting the limbs)
- specifically, to die (from gathering up the feet)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: shut (up), skip, stop, take out of the way.
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
- צTsade90
Picture: a person lying on their side (or a fish hook)
- Concrete
- hook · trail · side · a man bowed
- Extended
- to hunt · to pursue · need · righteousness as a straight path
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
what comes behind, the returning cycle › to speak, the word › to pursue the straight path
What comes behind, the returning cycle that works to speak, the word that works to pursue the straight path.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of קָפַץ 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
7 occurrences · 7 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- nor shut1 · 14%
- stoppeth1 · 14%
- they are taken out1 · 14%
- shut up1 · 14%
- shall stop1 · 14%
- skipping1 · 14%
- shall shut1 · 14%
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.