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Lexicon :: Strong's H3671 - kānāp̄

Aa
כָּנָף
Transliteration
kānāp̄
Pronunciation
kaw-nawf'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1003a

Strong’s Definitions

כָּנָף kânâph, kaw-nawf'; from H3670; an edge or extremity; specifically (of a bird or army) a wing, (of a garment or bedclothing) a flap, (of the earth) a quarter, (of a building) a pinnacle:— bird, border, corner, end, feather(-ed), × flying, (one an-) other, overspreading, × quarters, skirt, × sort, uttermost part, wing(-ed).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 108x

The KJV translates Strong's H3671 in the following manner: wing (74x), skirt (14x), borders (2x), corners (2x), ends (2x), feathered (2x), sort (2x), winged (2x), miscellaneous (8x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 108x
The KJV translates Strong's H3671 in the following manner: wing (74x), skirt (14x), borders (2x), corners (2x), ends (2x), feathered (2x), sort (2x), winged (2x), miscellaneous (8x).

  1. wing, extremity, edge, winged, border, corner, shirt

    1. wing

    2. extremity

      1. skirt, corner (of garment)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
כָּנָף kânâph, kaw-nawf'; from H3670; an edge or extremity; specifically (of a bird or army) a wing, (of a garment or bedclothing) a flap, (of the earth) a quarter, (of a building) a pinnacle:— bird, border, corner, end, feather(-ed), × flying, (one an-) other, overspreading, × quarters, skirt, × sort, uttermost part, wing(-ed).
STRONGS H3671: Abbreviations
כָּנָף 109 noun feminine 1 Kings 6:27 (masculine Ezekiel 7:2 Kt, but compare Qr and Co; also apparently 2 Chronicles 3:11, 13, but see Be), wing, extremity (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic כַּנְפָֿא, bdb048902; Zinjirli אחז בכנף מראה, figurative for attached himself to the party of his lord, PanammuInscr. l. 11, compare Zechariah 8:23 (2a below); DHMSendsch. 58; Arabic bdb048903, Assyrian kappu, Ethiopic bdb048904); — absolute כ׳ Genesis 1:21 +; construct כְּנַף 1 Kings 6:24 +; suffix כְּנָפִי Ezekiel 16:8, כְּנָפֶ֑ךָ Ruth 3:9, כְּנָפוֺ Haggai 2:12; dual כְּנָפַיִם 1 Kings 8:7 + (even of more than two, Isaiah 6:2 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 1:6, 21); construct כַּנְפֵי Exodus 19:4; suffix כְּנָפֶיךָ Ezekiel 5:3, כְּנָפַיִךְ Jeremiah 2:34, כְּנָפָיו Isaiah 8:8 +; כְּנָפֶיהָ Hosea 4:19; Malachi 3:20; כַּנְפֵיהֶם 1 Kings 6:27 +; כַנְפֵיהֶן Ezekiel 1:24, 25; plural construct כַּנְפוֺת Deuteronomy 22:12 + 4 times; —
1. wing,
†a. of birds Isaiah 10:14 (in figurative), Exodus 19:4 (E ? R ? figurative) Deuteronomy 32:11 (in simile), Zechariah 5:9; Leviticus 1:17 (P), Job 39:13, 26; Psalm 68:14; in figure of invading king Jeremiah 48:40; Jeremiah 49:22; Ezekiel 17:3, 7; so apparently Isaiah 8:8 of invader as overflowing river (but Du Che separate וְהָיָה מֻטּוֺת כְּנָפָיו from preceding); of riches, as flying away Proverbs 23:5; in phrase כָּנָף צִפּוֹר = winged birds Deuteronomy 4:17; Psalm 148:10, כָּל־כ'(עֵיט)צִפּוֹר Ezekiel 39:4, 17, כָּל־כ'צִפּוֹר כֹּל Genesis 7:14 (P), Ezekiel 17:23, עוֺף כ׳ Genesis 1:21 (P), Psalm 78:27; also בַּעַל כ׳ Proverbs 1:17 = winged thing, compare בַּעַלהֿ֯כְּנָפַיִם Ecclesiastes 10:20.
†b. of insects (probably), אֶרֶץ צִלְצַל כְּנָפָ֑יִם Isaiah 18:1 buzzing, or humming of wings, i.e. Ethiopia, so called from its swarms of flies, with especial reference possibly to the tsetse-fly (so Du, compare Che; id., in general, Hi De; > Kn Di of the tropical shadow falling both ways; Thes1167b of noise of the wings of an army; reference to sails as wings — compare Isaiah 18:2 — would be suitable, but צִלְצַל does not favour this).
c. of cherubim 1 Kings 6:24 (4 times in verse) + 8 times Kings, compare 2 Chronicles 3:11 (4 times in verse) + 6 times Chronicles; Ezekiel 1:6 + 17 times Ezekiel; Exodus 25:20 (twice in verse); Exodus 39:9 (twice in verse) (all P).
†d. of seraphim Isaiah 6:2 (twice in verse).
†e. of women in Zechariah's vision Zechariah 5:9 (twice in verse).
†f. figurative of the wind, Hosea 4:19; Psalm 18:11 = 2 Samuel 22:11; Psalm 104:3.
†g. figurative of the dawn (winged sun-disc ?) Psalm 139:9, compare of sun of righteousness Malachi 3:20.
†h. figurative of י׳, as protector of his people Psalm 17:8; Psalm 36:8; Psalm 57:2; Psalm 61:5; Psalm 63:3; Psalm 91:4; Ruth 2:12.
†2. extremity: —
a. of garment = skirt, corner, or loose flowing end, 1 Samuel 15:27; 1 Samuel 24:5; 1 Samuel 24:6; 1 Samuel 24:12 (twice in verse); Deuteronomy 22:12; Deuteronomy 23:1; Deuteronomy 27:20; Jeremiah 2:34 (figurative), Ezekiel 5:3; Ezekiel 16:8 (in figurative), Haggai 2:12 (twice in verse); Zechariah 8:23; Numbers 15:38 (twice in verse) (P; compare RSSem, i. 416, 2nd ed. 437).
b. of the earth, מִכְּנַף הָאָרֶץ Isaiah 24:16 from the end of the earth; elsewhere plural כַּנְפוֺת הָא׳ Job 37:3; Job 38:13, and, def. הא׳ אַרְבַּע כ׳ Isaiah 11:12 the four corners of the earth; so of the holy land Ezekiel 7:2. — עַלכְּֿנַף שִׁקּוּצִים מְשׁוֺמֵם Daniel 9:27 is obscure; Meinh reads, after Vrss., כָּנָף, on the corner (of the altar) is a devastating abomination; < KueOnderzoek 2, ii. 472 Bev, who read עַלכַּֿנּוֺ in its place, instead of it.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

1:21; 1:21; 7:14

Exodus

19:4; 19:4; 25:20; 39:9

Leviticus

1:17

Numbers

15:38

Deuteronomy

4:17; 22:12; 22:12; 23:1; 27:20; 32:11

Ruth

2:12; 3:9

1 Samuel

15:27; 24:5; 24:6; 24:12

2 Samuel

22:11

1 Kings

6:24; 6:24; 6:27; 6:27; 8:7

2 Chronicles

3:11; 3:11; 3:13

Job

37:3; 38:13; 39:13; 39:26

Psalms

17:8; 18:11; 36:8; 57:2; 61:5; 63:3; 68:14; 78:27; 91:4; 104:3; 139:9; 148:10

Proverbs

1:17; 23:5

Ecclesiastes

10:20

Isaiah

6:2; 6:2; 8:8; 8:8; 10:14; 11:12; 18:1; 18:2; 24:16

Jeremiah

2:34; 2:34; 48:40; 49:22

Ezekiel

1:6; 1:6; 1:21; 1:24; 1:25; 5:3; 5:3; 7:2; 7:2; 16:8; 16:8; 17:3; 17:7; 17:23; 39:4; 39:17

Daniel

9:27

Hosea

4:19; 4:19

Haggai

2:12; 2:12

Zechariah

5:9; 5:9; 8:23; 8:23

H3671

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Strong's Number H3671 matches the Hebrew כָּנָף (kānāp̄),
which occurs 111 times in 85 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:21 - And God made great sea-beasts, and every sort of living and moving thing with which the waters were full, and every sort of winged bird: and God saw that it was good.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:14 - And with them, every sort of beast and cattle, and every sort of thing which goes on the earth, and every sort of bird.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:4 - You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I took you, as on eagles' wings, guiding you to myself.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:20 - And their wings are to be outstretched over the cover, and the winged ones are to be opposite one another, facing the cover.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:9 - And their wings were stretched out over the cover; the faces of the winged ones were opposite one another and facing the cover.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:17 - And let it be broken open at the wings, but not cut in two; and let it be burned on the altar by the priest on the wood which is on the fire; it is a burned offering; an offering made by fire for a sweet smell to the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:38 - Say to the children of Israel that through all their generations they are to put on the edges of their robes an ornament of twisted threads, and in every ornament a blue cord;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:17 - Or any beast of the earth, or winged bird of the air,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:12 - On the four edges of your robe, with which your body is covered, put ornaments of twisted threads.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:30

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:30 - A man may not take his father's wife or have sex relations with a woman who is his father's.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:20 - Cursed is he who has sex relations with his father's wife, for he has put shame on his father. And let all the people say, So be it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:11 - As an eagle, teaching her young to make their flight, with her wings outstretched over them, takes them up on her strong feathers:

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:12 - The Lord give you a reward for what you have done, and may a full reward be given to you by the Lord, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take cover.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:9 - And he said, Who are you? And she answering said, I am your servant Ruth: take your servant as wife, for you are a near relation.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:27 - And when Samuel was turning round to go away, Saul took the skirt of his robe in his hand, and the cloth came away.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:4 - And David's men said to him, Now is the time when the Lord says to you, I will give up your hater into your hands to do with him whatever seems good to you. Then David, getting up, took the skirt of Saul's robe in his hand, cutting off the end of it without his knowledge.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:5 - And later, David was full of regret for cutting off Saul's skirt.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:11 - And see, my father, see the skirt of your robe in my hand: for the fact that I took off the skirt of your robe and did not put you to death is witness that I have no evil purpose, and I have done you no wrong, though you are waiting for my life to take it.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:11 - And he went through the air, seated on a storm-cloud: going quickly on the wings of the wind.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:24 - With outstretched wings five cubits wide; the distance from the edge of one wing to the edge of the other was ten cubits.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:27 - These were placed inside the inner house, their outstretched wings touching the walls of the house, one touching one wall and one the other, while their other wings were touching in the middle.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:6 - And the priests took the ark of the agreement of the Lord and put it in its place in the inner room of the house, in the most holy place, under the wings of the winged ones.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:7 - For their wings were outstretched over the place where the ark was, covering the ark and its rods.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:11 - Their outstretched wings were twenty cubits across; one wing, five cubits long, touching the wall of the house, and the other, of the same size, meeting the wing of the other winged one.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:12 - And in the same way, the wings of the other, five cubits long, were stretched out, one touching the wall and the other meeting the wing of the first winged one.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:13 - Their outstretched wings were twenty cubits across; they were placed upright on their feet, facing the inner part of the house.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:7 - And the priests took the ark of the Lord's agreement and put it in its place, in the inner room of the house, in the most holy place, under the wings of the winged ones.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:8 - For their wings were outstretched over the place where the ark was, covering the ark and its rods.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:3 - He sends it out through all the heaven, and his thunder-flame to the ends of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:13 - So that it might take a grip of the skirts of the earth, shaking all the evil-doers out of it?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:13 - Is the wing of the ostrich feeble, or is it because she has no feathers,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:26 - Is it through your knowledge that the hawk takes his flight, stretching out his wings to the south?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:8 - Keep me as the light of your eyes, covering me with the shade of your wings,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:10 - And he went in flight through the air, seated on a storm-cloud: going quickly on the wings of the wind.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:7 - How good is your loving mercy, O God! the children of men take cover under the shade of your wings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:1 - <To the chief music-maker; put to Al-tashheth. Michtam. Of David. When he went in flight from Saul, in the hole of the rock.> Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy on me; for the hope of my soul is in you: I will keep myself safely under the shade of your wings, till these troubles are past.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 61:4 - I will make your tent my resting-place for ever: I will keep myself under the cover of your wings. (Selah.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 63:7 - Because you have been my help, I will have joy in the shade of your wings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:13 - Will you take your rest among the flocks? like the wings of a dove covered with silver, and its feathers with yellow gold.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:27 - He sent down meat on them like dust, and feathered birds like the sand of the sea,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:4 - You will be covered by his feathers; under his wings you will be safe: his good faith will be your salvation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:3 - The arch of your house is based on the waters; you make the clouds your carriage; you go on the wings of the wind:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:9 - If I take the wings of the morning, and go to the farthest parts of the sea;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 148:10 - Beasts and all cattle; insects and winged birds:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:17 - Truly, to no purpose is the net stretched out before the eyes of the bird:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:5 - Are your eyes lifted up to it? it is gone: for wealth takes to itself wings, like an eagle in flight up to heaven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:20 - Say not a curse against the king, even in your thoughts; and even secretly say not a curse against the man of wealth; because a bird of the air will take the voice, and that which has wings will give news of it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:2 - Over him were the winged ones: every one had six wings; two for covering his face, two for covering his feet, and two for flight.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:8 - And it will come on into Judah; rushing on and overflowing, till the waters are up to the neck; *** and his outstretched wings will be covering the land from side to side: for God is with us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:14 - And I have put my hands on the wealth of the peoples, as on the place where a bird has put her eggs; and as a man may take the eggs from which a bird has gone, so I have taken all the earth for myself: and not a wing was moved, and not a mouth gave out a sound.

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