כָּנָף kanaph

Hebrew word for “wing” · Strong’s H3671 · used 109 times in 85 verses

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Meaning

1) wing, extremity, edge, winged, border, corner, shirt; 1a) wing; 1b) extremity; 1b1) skirt, corner (of garment)

How it is translated

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

• wings 61
• wing 24
• skirt 11
• corners 6
• skirts 2
• corner 1
• extremity 1
• skirt of garment 1
• like the wings 1
• will be in wings 1

Where it is used

Also in 10 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Ezekiel 1 (7), Ezekiel 10 (6), 1 Samuel 24 (3), 2 Chronicles 3 (3), Ezekiel 17 (3), Deuteronomy 22 (2), 1 Kings 6 (2), 1 Kings 8 (2), 2 Chronicles 5 (2), Job 39 (2)

Forms

• כנף 24
• כנפי 14
• כנפים 13
• כנפיו 9
• כנפיהם 9
• כנפיך 5
• כנפות 4
• וכנפיהם 4
• בכנפיהם 3
• בכנף 3

Words used with it

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

• כְּרוּב keruv “cherub” 18
• פָּרַשׂ paras “to spread” 12
• נֶשֶׁר nesher “eagle” 7
• מַעַל maal “above” 8
• תַּחַת tachat “underneath” 10
• צִפּוֹר tsippor “bird” 6
• נָשָׂא nasa “to lift” 10
• אוֹפָן ophan “wheel” 5
• אֶבְרָה evrah “pinion” 4
• עוּף uph “to fly” 5
• חָסָה chasah “to seek refuge” 5
• אֶחָד echad “one” 9

Key verses

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

• Ruth 2:12 — The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.
• Psalms 36:7 — How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.
• Psalms 57:1 — [To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, Michtam of David, when he fled from Saul in the cave.] Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul…
• Proverbs 23:5 — Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
• Isaiah 6:2 — Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.
• Isaiah 24:16 — From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs, even glory to the righteous. But I said, My leanness, my leanness, woe unto me! the treacherous…
• Jeremiah 2:34 — Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents: I have not found it by secret search, but upon all these.
• Ezekiel 7:2 — Also, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD unto the land of Israel; An end, the end is come upon the four corners of the land.
• Ezekiel 16:8 — Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness: yea, I…
• Daniel 9:27 — And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the…
• Zechariah 8:23 — Thus saith the LORD of hosts; In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of…
• Malachi 4:2 — But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.

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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.