Lexicon kaphaph: to bend, bend down, be bent or bowed Original Word: כָּפַףPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: kaphaph Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-faf') Short Definition: down NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origina prim. root Definitionto bend, bend down, be bent or bowed NASB Translationbow (1), bowed down (3), bowing (1).
Brown-Driver-Briggs כָּפַף verb bend, bend down, be bent, bowed (Late Hebrew bend, overturn, Assyrian kapâpu, bend, bow, Dl HWB 347; Arabic  fell a seam, also turn back, avert,  selvage,  circuit, rim; Aramaic כְפַף  bend, curve; Palmyrene כפתא niche, from כפף curve according to Vog No. 70, p. 50); — Qal Perfect נַפְשִׁי ׳כ Psalm 57:7 my soul is bowed down; Infinitive construct (transitive) לָכֹף כְּאַגְמֹן ראֹשׁוֺ Isaiah 58:5 to bend down, like a rush, his head. Passive participle (הַ)כְּפוּפִים those bowed down, in distress, humiliation, etc., Psalm 145:14; Psalm 146:8. Niph`al Imperfect1singular מָרוֺם אִכַּף לֵאלֹהֵי Micah 6:6 with what shall I bow myself (in worship) toward the high God ?
Strong's bow down self A primitive root; to curve -- bow down (self). |
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