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Lexicon :: Strong's H3671 - kānāp̄

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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 - So God created great sea creatures and every living thing that moves, with which the waters abounded, according to their kind, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:14 - they and every beast after its kind, all cattle after their kind, every creeping thing that creeps on the earth after its kind, and every bird after its kind, every bird of every sort.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:4 - ‘You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles’ wings and brought you to Myself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:20 - “And the cherubim shall stretch out their wings above, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and they shall face one another; the faces of the cherubim shall be toward the mercy seat.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:9 - The cherubim spread out their wings above, and covered the mercy seat with their wings. They faced one another; the faces of the cherubim were toward the mercy seat.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:17 - ‘Then he shall split it at its wings, but shall not divide it completely; and the priest shall burn it on the altar, on the wood that is on the fire. It is a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, a sweet aroma to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:38 - “Speak to the children of Israel: Tell them to make tassels on the corners of their garments throughout their generations, and to put a blue thread in the tassels of the corners.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:17 - “the likeness of any animal that is on the earth or the likeness of any winged bird that flies in the air,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 22:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:12 - “You shall make tassels on the four corners of the clothing with which you cover yourself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 22:30

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:30 - “A man shall not take his father’s wife, nor uncover his father’s bed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 27:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:20 - ‘Cursed is the one who lies with his father’s wife, because he has uncovered his father’s bed.’ “And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:11 - As an eagle stirs up its nest,
Hovers over its young,
Spreading out its wings, taking them up,
Carrying them on its wings,

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:12 - “The LORD repay your work, and a full reward be given you by the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings you have come for refuge.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:9 - And he said, “Who are you?” So she answered, “I am Ruth, your maidservant. Take your maidservant under your wing,[fn] for you are a close relative.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:27 - And as Samuel turned around to go away, Saul seized the edge of his robe, and it tore.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 24:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:4 - Then the men of David said to him, “This is the day of which the LORD said to you, ‘Behold, I will deliver your enemy into your hand, that you may do to him as it seems good to you.’ ” And David arose and secretly cut off a corner of Saul’s robe.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:5 - Now it happened afterward that David’s heart troubled him because he had cut Saul’s robe.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 24:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:11 - “Moreover, my father, see! Yes, see the corner of your robe in my hand! For in that I cut off the corner of your robe, and did not kill you, know and see that there is neither evil nor rebellion in my hand, and I have not sinned against you. Yet you hunt my life to take it.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:11 - He rode upon a cherub, and flew;
And He was seen[fn] upon the wings of the wind.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:24 - One wing of the cherub was five cubits, and the other wing of the cherub five cubits: ten cubits from the tip of one wing to the tip of the other.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:27 - Then he set the cherubim inside the inner room;[fn] and they stretched out the wings of the cherubim so that the wing of the one touched one wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall. And their wings touched each other in the middle of the room.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:6 - Then the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD to its place, into the inner sanctuary of the temple, to the Most Holy Place, under the wings of the cherubim.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:7 - For the cherubim spread their two wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim overshadowed the ark and its poles.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 3:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:11 - The wings of the cherubim were twenty cubits in overall length: one wing of the one cherub was five cubits, touching the wall of the room, and the other wing was five cubits, touching the wing of the other cherub;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:12 - one wing of the other cherub was five cubits, touching the wall of the room, and the other wing also was five cubits, touching the wing of the other cherub.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:13 - The wings of these cherubim spanned twenty cubits overall. They stood on their feet, and they faced inward.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:7 - Then the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD to its place, into the inner sanctuary of the temple,[fn] to the Most Holy Place, under the wings of the cherubim.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:8 - For the cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim overshadowed the ark and its poles.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 37:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:3 - He sends it forth under the whole heaven,
His lightning to the ends of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:13 - That it might take hold of the ends of the earth,
And the wicked be shaken out of it?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:13 - “The wings of the ostrich wave proudly,
But are her wings and pinions like the kindly stork’s?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 39:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:26 - “Does the hawk fly by your wisdom,
And spread its wings toward the south?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 17:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:8 - Keep me as the apple of Your eye;
Hide me under the shadow of Your wings,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:10 - And He rode upon a cherub, and flew;
He flew upon the wings of the wind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 36:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:7 - How precious is Your lovingkindness, O God!
Therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of Your wings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 57:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:1 - To the Chief Musician. Set to “Do Not Destroy.”[fn] A Michtam of David when he fled from Saul into the cave.

Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me!
For my soul trusts in You;
And in the shadow of Your wings I will make my refuge,
Until these calamities have passed by.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 61:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 61:4 - I will abide in Your tabernacle forever;
I will trust in the shelter of Your wings. Selah

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 63:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 63:7 - Because You have been my help,
Therefore in the shadow of Your wings I will rejoice.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 68:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:13 - Though you lie down among the sheepfolds,
You will be like the wings of a dove covered with silver,
And her feathers with yellow gold.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:27 - He also rained meat on them like the dust,
Feathered fowl like the sand of the seas;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 91:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:4 - He shall cover you with His feathers,
And under His wings you shall take refuge;
His truth shall be your shield and buckler.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:3 - He lays the beams of His upper chambers in the waters,
Who makes the clouds His chariot,
Who walks on the wings of the wind,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 139:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:9 - If I take the wings of the morning,
And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 148:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 148:10 - Beasts and all cattle;
Creeping things and flying fowl;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:17 - Surely, in vain the net is spread
In the sight of any bird;

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 23:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:5 - Will you set your eyes on that which is not?
For riches certainly make themselves wings;
They fly away like an eagle toward heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:20 - Do not curse the king, even in your thought;
Do not curse the rich, even in your bedroom;
For a bird of the air may carry your voice,
And a bird in flight may tell the matter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:2 - Above it stood seraphim; each one had six wings: with two he covered his face, with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:8 - He will pass through Judah,
He will overflow and pass over,
He will reach up to the neck;
And the stretching out of his wings
Will fill the breadth of Your land, O Immanuel.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:14 - My hand has found like a nest the riches of the people,
And as one gathers eggs that are left,
I have gathered all the earth;
And there was no one who moved his wing,
Nor opened his mouth with even a peep.”

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