Hebrew word study

כַּףkaph — the hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal, of t…

Pronounced “kaf”

the hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal, of the sole, and even of the bowl of a dish or sling, the handle of a bolt, the leaves of a palm-tree); figuratively, power

Translated in the King James as: branch, [phrase] foot, hand((-ful), -dle, (-led)), hollow, middle, palm, paw, power, sole, spoon.

Appears 192 times in Scripture

Origin: from H3721 (כָּפַף);

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Where it appears

Genesis — 9×

Genesis 8:9 Genesis 20:5 Genesis 31:42 Genesis 32:25 Genesis 32:32 Genesis 40:11 Genesis 40:21+ 2 more in Genesis

Exodus — 9×

Exodus 4:4 Exodus 9:29 Exodus 9:33 Exodus 25:29 Exodus 29:24 Exodus 33:22 Exodus 33:23 Exodus 37:16+ 1 more in Exodus

Leviticus — 14×

Leviticus 8:27 Leviticus 8:28 Leviticus 9:17 Leviticus 11:27 Leviticus 14:15 Leviticus 14:16 Leviticus 14:17 Leviticus 14:18 Leviticus 14:26 Leviticus 14:27 Leviticus 14:28 Leviticus 14:29 Leviticus 23:40+ 1 more in Leviticus

Numbers — 19×

Numbers 4:7 Numbers 5:18 Numbers 6:19 Numbers 7:14 Numbers 7:20 Numbers 7:26 Numbers 7:32 Numbers 7:38 Numbers 7:44 Numbers 7:50 Numbers 7:56 Numbers 7:62 Numbers 7:68 Numbers 7:74 Numbers 7:80 Numbers 7:84 Numbers 7:86 Numbers 24:10+ 1 more in Numbers

Deuteronomy — 6×

Deuteronomy 2:5 Deuteronomy 11:24 Deuteronomy 25:12 Deuteronomy 28:35 Deuteronomy 28:56 Deuteronomy 28:65

Joshua — 3×

Joshua 1:3 Joshua 3:13 Joshua 4:18

Judges — 6×

Judges 6:13 Judges 6:14 Judges 8:6 Judges 8:15 Judges 12:3 Judges 14:9

1 Samuel — 5×

1 Sam 4:3 1 Sam 5:4 1 Sam 19:5 1 Sam 25:29 1 Sam 28:21

2 Samuel — 8×

2 Sam 14:16 2 Sam 14:25 2 Sam 18:12 2 Sam 18:14 2 Sam 19:9 2 Sam 22:1+ 2 more in 2 Samuel

1 Kings — 7×

1 Ki 5:3 1 Ki 7:50 1 Ki 8:22 1 Ki 8:38 1 Ki 8:54 1 Ki 17:12 1 Ki 18:44

2 Kings — 10×

2 Ki 4:34 2 Ki 9:35 2 Ki 11:12 2 Ki 16:7 2 Ki 18:21 2 Ki 19:24 2 Ki 20:6 2 Ki 25:14+ 2 more in 2 Kings

1 Chronicles — 1×

1 Chr 12:17

2 Chronicles — 7×

2 Chr 4:22 2 Chr 6:12 2 Chr 6:13 2 Chr 6:29 2 Chr 24:14 2 Chr 30:6 2 Chr 32:11

Ezra — 2×

Ezra 8:31 Ezra 9:5

Job — 13×

Job 2:7 Job 9:30 Job 10:3 Job 11:13 Job 13:14 Job 13:21 Job 16:17 Job 22:30 Job 27:23 Job 29:9 Job 31:7 Job 36:32 Job 41:8

Psalms — 21×

Psalms 7:3 Psalms 9:16 Psalms 18:1 Psalms 24:4 Psalms 26:6 Psalms 44:20 Psalms 47:1 Psalms 63:4 Psalms 71:4 Psalms 73:13 Psalms 78:72 Psalms 81:6 Psalms 88:9 Psalms 91:12 Psalms 98:8 Psalms 119:48 Psalms 119:109 Psalms 128:2 Psalms 129:7 Psalms 139:5 Psalms 141:2

Proverbs — 9×

Proverbs 6:1 Proverbs 6:3 Proverbs 10:4 Proverbs 17:18 Proverbs 22:26 Proverbs 31:13 Proverbs 31:16 Proverbs 31:19 Proverbs 31:20

Ecclesiastes — 1×

Eccles 4:6

Song of Solomon — 1×

Song 5:5

Isaiah — 13×

Isaiah 1:6 Isaiah 1:15 Isaiah 28:4 Isaiah 33:15 Isaiah 36:6 Isaiah 37:25 Isaiah 38:6 Isaiah 49:16 Isaiah 55:12 Isaiah 59:3 Isaiah 59:6 Isaiah 60:14 Isaiah 62:3

Jeremiah — 5×

Jeremiah 4:31 Jeremiah 12:7 Jeremiah 15:21 Jeremiah 52:18 Jeremiah 52:19

Lamentations — 3×

Lam 2:15 Lam 2:19 Lam 3:41

Ezekiel — 12×

Ezekiel 1:7 Ezekiel 6:11 Ezekiel 21:11 Ezekiel 21:14 Ezekiel 21:17 Ezekiel 21:24 Ezekiel 22:13 Ezekiel 29:7 Ezekiel 43:7+ 3 more in Ezekiel

Daniel — 1×

Jonah — 1×

Micah — 2×

Nahum — 1×

Habakkuk — 1×

Haggai — 1×

Malachi — 1×

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