כָּתֵף kateph

Hebrew word for “shoulder” · Strong’s H3802 · used 67 times in 58 verses

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Meaning

1) shoulder, shoulder-blade, side, slope;

How it is translated

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

• side 22
• shoulder 18
• shoulder-pieces 9
• slope 8
• shoulders 4
• supports 4
• sides 2

Where it is used

Also in 3 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Joshua 18 (5), Exodus 28 (4), Exodus 39 (4), Ezekiel 40 (4), Joshua 15 (3), 1 Kings 7 (3), Ezekiel 12 (3), Exodus 27 (2), Exodus 38 (2), Ezekiel 29 (2)

Forms

• כתף 29
• כתפת 7
• מכתף 5
• כתפות 4
• הכתף 4
• כתפיו 3
• בכתף 3
• לכתף 2
• ולכתף 2
• כתיפיו 1

Words used with it

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

• צָפוֹן tsaphon “north” 11
• מוּל mul “opposite” 7
• נֶגֶב negev “south” 8
• יְמָנִי yemani “right” 6
• יָם yam “sea” 10
• אֵפוֹד ephod “ephod” 6
• גְּבוּל gevul “border” 8
• שַׁעַר shaar “gate” 8
• נָשָׂא nasa “to lift” 9
• שְׁנַיִם shenayim “two” 9
• קֶלַע qela “curtain” 4
• הַר har “mountain” 7

Key verses

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

• Exodus 28:12 — And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulders of the ephod for stones of memorial unto the children of Israel: and Aaron shall bear their names before…
• Numbers 34:11 — And the coast shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain; and the border shall descend, and shall reach unto the side of the sea of…
• Deuteronomy 33:12 — And of Benjamin he said, The beloved of the LORD shall dwell in safety by him; and the Lord shall cover him all the day long, and he shall dwell between his…
• Joshua 15:8 — And the border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom unto the south side of the Jebusite; the same is Jerusalem: and the border went up to the top of the…
• Joshua 18:16 — And the border came down to the end of the mountain that lieth before the valley of the son of Hinnom, and which is in the valley of the giants on the north,…
• Nehemiah 9:29 — And testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law: yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned…
• Isaiah 11:14 — But they shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines toward the west; they shall spoil them of the east together: they shall lay their hand upon Edom and…
• Isaiah 30:6 — The burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the young and old lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they…
• Isaiah 46:7 — They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yea, one shall cry unto him,…
• Isaiah 49:22 — Thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I will lift up mine hand to the Gentiles, and set up my standard to the people: and they shall bring thy sons in their arms,…
• Ezekiel 47:1 — Afterward he brought me again unto the door of the house; and, behold, waters issued out from under the threshold of the house eastward: for the forefront of…
• Zechariah 7:11 — But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.

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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.