תָּפַשׂ
tâphas · taw-fas'
to manipulate, i.e. seize; chiefly to capture, wield, specifically, to overlay; figuratively, to use unwarrantably
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to manipulate, i.e. seize; chiefly to capture, wield, specifically, to overlay; figuratively, to use unwarrantably
- to manipulate, i.e. seize
- chiefly to capture, wield, specifically, to overlay
- figuratively, to use unwarrantably
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: catch, handle, (lay, take) hold (on, over), stop, [idiom] surely, surprise, take.
Letters
- 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
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the mark, the covenant sign › to speak, the word › to consume, to destroy
The mark, the covenant sign that works to speak, the word that works to consume, to destroy.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of תָּפַשׂ 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
65 occurrences · 65 OT · 0 NT · 57 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and took4 · 10%
- took4 · 10%
- take3 · 8%
- upon him, and he shall be taken2 · 5%
- and they took2 · 5%
- and take2 · 5%
- and he took2 · 5%
- lay hold2 · 5%
- that handle2 · 5%
- and i took1 · 3%
- let them be taken1 · 3%
- between them that took1 · 3%
- against her, neither she be taken1 · 3%
- against it to take1 · 3%
- we shall catch1 · 3%
- unto them, take1 · 3%
- caught1 · 3%
- to take1 · 3%
- they took1 · 3%
- and it shall be, when ye have taken1 · 3%
- and lay hold1 · 3%
- so they took1 · 3%
- and she caught1 · 3%
- taketh hold1 · 3%
- of all such as handle1 · 3%
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.