כַּף kaph

Hebrew word for “palm” · Strong’s H3709 · used 193 times in 180 verses

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Meaning

: palm/hand; 1) palm, hand, sole, palm of the hand, hollow or flat of the hand;

Senses in the lexicon

• palm (141)
• palm: dish (31)
• palm: sole (21)

How it is translated

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

• hands 45
• palm 37
• hand 34
• palms 18
• pan 13
• sole 13
• pans 12
• soles 6
• socket 4
• ¿ is the hand 2
• palms of hands 2
• like the hand 1

Where it is used

Also in 18 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Numbers 7 (14), Leviticus 14 (8), Proverbs 31 (4), Ezekiel 21 (4), Deuteronomy 28 (3), 1 Kings 8 (3), 2 Chronicles 6 (3), Genesis 32 (2), Genesis 40 (2), Exodus 9 (2)

Forms

• כף 37
• כפי 22
• מכף 19
• כפיו 14
• בכף 11
• כפות 10
• כפים 8
• בכפי 7
• בכפו 6
• כפו 6

Words used with it

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

• רֶגֶל regel “foot” 22
• פָּרַשׂ paras “to spread” 15
• זָהָב zahav “gold” 20
• קְטֹרֶת qetoret “incense” 14
• מָלֵא male “full” 13
• עֶשֶׂר eser “ten” 13
• נָצַל natsal “to rescue” 12
• שֶׁמֶן shemen “oil” 11
• אֶחָד echad “one” 14
• כֹּהֵן kohen “priest” 12
• נֶפֶשׁ nephesh “soul” 12
• זֹאת zot “this” 11

Key verses

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

• 2 Kings 11:12 — And he brought forth the king’s son, and put the crown upon him, and gave him the testimony; and they made him king, and anointed him; and they clapped their…
• Psalms 9:16 — The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.
• Psalms 18:1 — [To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, the servant of the LORD, who spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD delivered him from…
• Psalms 24:4 — He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
• Isaiah 1:15 — And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
• Isaiah 33:15 — He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth…
• Isaiah 55:12 — For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the…
• Isaiah 60:14 — The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet; and…
• Jeremiah 4:31 — For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, and the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, that…
• Lamentations 2:15 — All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of…
• Ezekiel 43:7 — And he said unto me, Son of man, the place of my throne, and the place of the soles of my feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel for…
• Micah 7:3 — That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire:…

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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.