Hebrew word study

כָּתֵףkâthêph the shoulder (proper, i.e. upper end of the arm

Pronounced “kaw-thafe'

the shoulder (proper, i.e. upper end of the arm; as being the spot where the garments hang); figuratively, side-piece or lateral projection of anything

Translated in the King James as: arm, corner, shoulder(-piece), side, undersetter.

Appears 64 times in Scripture

Origin: from an unused root meaning to clothe;

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Where it appears

Exodus 13×
Exodus 27:14Exodus 27:15Exodus 28:7Exodus 28:12Exodus 28:25Exodus 28:27Exodus 38:14Exodus 38:15Exodus 39:4Exodus 39:7Exodus 39:18Exodus 39:20+ 1 more in Exodus
Numbers 2×
Numbers 7:9Numbers 34:11
Deuteronomy 1×
Deuteronomy 33:12
Joshua 8×
Joshua 15:8Joshua 15:10Joshua 15:11Joshua 18:12Joshua 18:13Joshua 18:16Joshua 18:18Joshua 18:19
Judges 1×
Judges 16:3
1 Samuel 1×
1 Sam 17:6
1 Kings 7×
1 Ki 6:81 Ki 7:301 Ki 7:341 Ki 7:39+ 3 more in 1 Kings
2 Kings 2×
2 Ki 11:11+ 1 more in 2 Kings
1 Chronicles 1×
1 Chr 15:15
2 Chronicles 4×
2 Chr 4:102 Chr 23:102 Chr 35:3+ 1 more in 2 Chronicles
Nehemiah 1×
Nehemiah 9:29
Isaiah 4×
Isaiah 11:14Isaiah 30:6Isaiah 46:7Isaiah 49:22
Ezekiel 18×
Ezekiel 12:6Ezekiel 12:7Ezekiel 12:12Ezekiel 24:4Ezekiel 25:9Ezekiel 29:7Ezekiel 29:18Ezekiel 34:21Ezekiel 40:18Ezekiel 40:40Ezekiel 40:44Ezekiel 41:2Ezekiel 41:26Ezekiel 46:19Ezekiel 47:1Ezekiel 47:2+ 2 more in Ezekiel
Zechariah 1×
Zech 7:11

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