H3709: כַּף
kaph · pronounced kaf · “palm”
Definition
the hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal, of the sole, and even of the bowl of a dish or sling, the handle of a bolt, the leaves of a palm-tree); figuratively, power
KJV translates it as: branch, [phrase] foot, hand((-ful), -dle, (-led)), hollow, middle, palm, paw, power, sole, spoon.
Word origin: from H3721 (כָּפַף);
Extended definition
1) palm, hand, sole, palm of the hand, hollow or flat of the hand
1a) palm, hollow or flat of the hand
1b) power
1c) sole (of the foot)
1d) hollow, objects, bending objects, bent objects
1d1) of thigh-joint
1d2) pan, vessel (as hollow)
1d3) hollow (of sling)
1d4) hand-shaped branches or fronds (of palm trees)
1d5) handles (as bent)
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H3709 is translated
- his ×27
- my ×25
- the hand of ×21
- the sole of ×14
- a pan ×12
- your ×12
- the palm of ×8
- pans ×8
- her ×7
- the soles of ×6
- a palm ×6
- the palms of ×5
Bible verses with H3709 (kaph)
Kaph appears in 179 verses; the first 25 are shown below.
- Genesis 8:9
But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark.
- Genesis 20:5
Said he not unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have I done this.
- Genesis 31:42
Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight.
- Genesis 32:25
And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob’s thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him.
- Genesis 32:32
Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob’s thigh in the sinew that shrank.
- Genesis 40:11
And Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand: and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh’s cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh’s hand.
- Genesis 40:21
And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh’s hand:
- Exodus 4:4
And the Lord said unto Moses, Put forth thine hand, and take it by the tail. And he put forth his hand, and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand:
- Exodus 9:29
And Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will spread abroad my hands unto the Lord; and the thunder shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail; that thou mayest know how that the earth is the Lord’s.
- Exodus 9:33
And Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread abroad his hands unto the Lord: and the thunders and hail ceased, and the rain was not poured upon the earth.
- Exodus 25:29
And thou shalt make the dishes thereof, and spoons thereof, and covers thereof, and bowls thereof, to cover withal: of pure gold shalt thou make them.
- Exodus 29:24
And thou shalt put all in the hands of Aaron, and in the hands of his sons; and shalt wave them for a wave offering before the Lord.
- Exodus 33:22
And it shall come to pass, while my glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a clift of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand while I pass by:
- Exodus 33:23
And I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts: but my face shall not be seen.
- Exodus 37:16
And he made the vessels which were upon the table, his dishes, and his spoons, and his bowls, and his covers to cover withal, of pure gold.
- Leviticus 8:27
And he put all upon Aaron’s hands, and upon his sons’ hands, and waved them for a wave offering before the Lord.
- Leviticus 8:28
And Moses took them from off their hands, and burnt them on the altar upon the burnt offering: they were consecrations for a sweet savour: it is an offering made by fire unto the Lord.
- Leviticus 9:17
And he brought the meat offering, and took an handful thereof, and burnt it upon the altar, beside the burnt sacrifice of the morning.
- Leviticus 11:27
And whatsoever goeth upon his paws, among all manner of beasts that go on all four, those are unclean unto you: whoso toucheth their carcase shall be unclean until the even.
- Leviticus 14:15
And the priest shall take some of the log of oil, and pour it into the palm of his own left hand:
- Leviticus 14:16
And the priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that is in his left hand, and shall sprinkle of the oil with his finger seven times before the Lord:
- Leviticus 14:17
And of the rest of the oil that is in his hand shall the priest put upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot, upon the blood of the trespass offering:
- Leviticus 14:18
And the remnant of the oil that is in the priest’s hand he shall pour upon the head of him that is to be cleansed: and the priest shall make an atonement for him before the Lord.
- Leviticus 14:26
And the priest shall pour of the oil into the palm of his own left hand:
- Leviticus 14:27
And the priest shall sprinkle with his right finger some of the oil that is in his left hand seven times before the Lord:
All 179 references
- Leviticus 14:28
- Leviticus 14:29
- Leviticus 23:40
- Numbers 4:7
- Numbers 5:18
- Numbers 6:19
- Numbers 7:14
- Numbers 7:20
- Numbers 7:26
- Numbers 7:32
- Numbers 7:38
- Numbers 7:44
- Numbers 7:50
- Numbers 7:56
- Numbers 7:62
- Numbers 7:68
- Numbers 7:74
- Numbers 7:80
- Numbers 7:84
- Numbers 7:86
- Numbers 24:10
- Deuteronomy 2:5
- Deuteronomy 11:24
- Deuteronomy 25:12
- Deuteronomy 28:35
- Deuteronomy 28:56
- Deuteronomy 28:65
- Joshua 1:3
- Joshua 3:13
- Joshua 4:18
- Judges 6:13
- Judges 6:14
- Judges 8:6
- Judges 8:15
- Judges 12:3
- Judges 14:9
- 1 Samuel 4:3
- 1 Samuel 5:4
- 1 Samuel 19:5
- 1 Samuel 25:29
- 1 Samuel 28:21
- 2 Samuel 14:16
- 2 Samuel 14:25
- 2 Samuel 18:12
- 2 Samuel 18:14
- 2 Samuel 19:9
- 2 Samuel 22:1
- 1 Kings 5:3
- 1 Kings 7:50
- 1 Kings 8:22
- 1 Kings 8:38
- 1 Kings 8:54
- 1 Kings 17:12
- 1 Kings 18:44
- 2 Kings 4:34
- 2 Kings 9:35
- 2 Kings 11:12
- 2 Kings 16:7
- 2 Kings 18:21
- 2 Kings 19:24
- 2 Kings 20:6
- 2 Kings 25:14
- 1 Chronicles 12:17
- 2 Chronicles 4:22
- 2 Chronicles 6:12
- 2 Chronicles 6:13
- 2 Chronicles 6:29
- 2 Chronicles 24:14
- 2 Chronicles 30:6
- 2 Chronicles 32:11
- Ezra 8:31
- Ezra 9:5
- Job 2:7
- Job 9:30
- Job 10:3
- Job 11:13
- Job 13:14
- Job 13:21
- Job 16:17
- Job 22:30
- Job 27:23
- Job 29:9
- Job 31:7
- Job 36:32
- Job 41:8
- Psalms 7:3
- Psalms 9:16
- Psalms 24:4
- Psalms 26:6
- Psalms 44:20
- Psalms 47:1
- Psalms 63:4
- Psalms 71:4
- Psalms 73:13
- Psalms 78:72
- Psalms 81:6
- Psalms 88:9
- Psalms 91:12
- Psalms 98:8
- Psalms 119:48
- Psalms 119:109
- Psalms 128:2
- Psalms 129:7
- Psalms 139:5
- Psalms 141:2
- Proverbs 6:1
- Proverbs 6:3
- Proverbs 10:4
- Proverbs 17:18
- Proverbs 22:26
- Proverbs 31:13
- Proverbs 31:16
- Proverbs 31:19
- Proverbs 31:20
- Ecclesiastes 4:6
- Song of Solomon 5:5
- Isaiah 1:6
- Isaiah 1:15
- Isaiah 28:4
- Isaiah 33:15
- Isaiah 36:6
- Isaiah 37:25
- Isaiah 38:6
- Isaiah 49:16
- Isaiah 55:12
- Isaiah 59:3
- Isaiah 59:6
- Isaiah 60:14
- Isaiah 62:3
- Jeremiah 4:31
- Jeremiah 12:7
- Jeremiah 15:21
- Jeremiah 52:18
- Jeremiah 52:19
- Lamentations 2:15
- Lamentations 2:19
- Lamentations 3:41
- Ezekiel 1:7
- Ezekiel 6:11
- Ezekiel 21:11
- Ezekiel 21:14
- Ezekiel 21:17
- Ezekiel 21:24
- Ezekiel 22:13
- Ezekiel 29:7
- Ezekiel 43:7
- Daniel 10:10
- Jonah 3:8
- Micah 4:10
- Micah 7:3
- Nahum 3:19
- Habakkuk 2:9
- Haggai 1:11
- Malachi 4:3