Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H3700: כָּסַף

kâçaph · pronounced kaw-saf' · “to long”

Definition

properly, to become pale, i.e. (by implication) to pine after; also to fear

KJV translates it as: (have) desire, be greedy, long, sore.

Word origin: a primitive root;

Extended definition

1) to long for, yearn for, long after
1a) (Qal) to long for
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to long for (deeply)
1b2) being longed for (participle)

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H3700 is translated

  • certainly to long for ×1
  • you longed ×1
  • you will long ×1
  • which it longs ×1
  • it has longed ×1
  • ashamed ×1

Bible verses with H3700 (kâçaph)

Kâçaph appears in 5 verses.

  • Genesis 31:30

    And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore longedst after thy father’s house, yet wherefore hast thou stolen my gods?

  • Job 14:15

    Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands.

  • Psalms 17:12

    Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.

  • Psalms 84:2

    My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the Lord: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.

  • Zephaniah 2:1

    Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation not desired;

Words derived from H3700