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Wednesday, April 24th, 2024
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Bible Lexicons
Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary Hebrew Lexicon
Strong's #3719 - כָּפַן
Transliteration
kâphan
Phonetics
kaw-fan'
Root Word (Etymology)
a primitive root
Parts of Speech
Verb
TWOT
1020
Definition
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
- Strong
Brown-Driver-Briggs'
1) (Qal) to hunger, be hungry, hungrily desire
2) (CLBL) to twist, bend
Frequency Lists
- Book
- Word
Verse Results
KJV (1)
Ezekiel
1
NAS (1)
Ezekiel
1
HCS (1)
Ezekiel
1
BSB (1)
Ezekiel
1
ESV (1)
Ezekiel
1
WEB (1)
Ezekiel
1
Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions
2281) npk (כפנ KPN) AC: Bend CO: Famine AB: ?: [from: pk- from the bent shape of the palm]
V) npk (כפנ KPN) - Bend: KJV (1): (vf: Paal) bend - Strongs: H3719 (כָּפַן)
Nm) npk (כפנ KPN) - Famine: One bent with hunger. KJV (2): famine - Strongs: H3720 (כָּפָן)
AHL Definitions Copyright: ©1999-2024
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
[כָּפַן] verb be hungry, hunger, perhaps also hungrily desire (Aramaic loan-word; compare Aramaic כְּפֵין, כְּפַן, 
be hungry; Arabic 
is spin wool, wrap a corpse in the shroud); — only
be hungry; Arabic is spin wool, wrap a corpse in the shroud); — only Qal Perfect 3 feminine singular כָּֽפְנָה עַל Ezekiel 17:7 (si vera lectio) this vine stretched its roots hungrily towards ׅ "" ( שִׁלְּחָה לְ.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
List of Word Forms
כָּֽפְנָ֧ה כפנה kā·p̄ə·nāh kafeNah kāp̄ənāh
