טַף taph

Hebrew word for “child” · Strong’s H2945 · used 42 times in 42 verses

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Meaning

children, little children, little ones

How it is translated

Glosses given for taph in context, with how often each is used:

• little ones 41
• among the little ones 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Numbers 32 (4), Numbers 31 (3), Genesis 47 (2), Genesis 50 (2), Exodus 10 (2), Numbers 14 (2), Deuteronomy 3 (2), Genesis 34 (1), Genesis 43 (1), Genesis 45 (1)

Forms

• טפם 6
• והטף 6
• הטף 5
• טפכם 5
• טפנו 3
• לטפכם 3
• וטפכם 3
• וטף 3
• טף 2
• מטף 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with taph more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• אִשָּׁה ishshah “woman” 26
• מִקְנֶה miqneh “livestock” 6
• חַיִל chayil “strength” 7
• בָּזַז bazaz “to plunder” 5
• עִיר ir “city” 9
• כֶם khem “you” 6
• רַק raq “except” 4
• אֲחִיקָם achiqam “Ahikam” 3
• בַּז baz “plunder” 3
• הָרַג harag “to kill” 4
• גְּדַלְיָהוּ gedalyah “Gedaliah” 3
• אֱנוֹשׁ enosh “human” 5

Key verses

The verses using taph that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 43:8 — And Judah said unto Israel his father, Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go; that we may live, and not die, both we, and thou, and also our little…
• Genesis 47:12 — And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father’s household, with bread, according to their families.
• Exodus 12:37 — And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, beside children.
• Numbers 14:31 — But your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have despised.
• Deuteronomy 2:34 — And we took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed the men, and the women, and the little ones, of every city, we left none to remain:
• Deuteronomy 20:14 — But the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take unto thyself; and thou shalt eat…
• Deuteronomy 29:11 — Your little ones, your wives, and thy stranger that is in thy camp, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water:
• Deuteronomy 31:12 — Gather the people together, men, and women, and children, and thy stranger that is within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear the…
• Ezra 8:21 — Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little…
• Esther 3:13 — And the letters were sent by posts into all the king’s provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children…
• Esther 8:11 — Wherein the king granted the Jews which were in every city to gather themselves together, and to stand for their life, to destroy, to slay, and to cause to…
• Ezekiel 9:6 — Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.