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Lexicon :: Strong's H6998 - qāṭap̄

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קָטַף
Transliteration
qāṭap̄
Pronunciation
kaw-taf'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 2010

Strong’s Definitions

קָטַף qâṭaph, kaw-taf'; a primitive root; to strip off:—crop off, cut down (up), pluck.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x

The KJV translates Strong's H6998 in the following manner: crop off (2x), pluck (1x), cut up (1x), cut down (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x
The KJV translates Strong's H6998 in the following manner: crop off (2x), pluck (1x), cut up (1x), cut down (1x).

  1. to pluck off or out, cut off

    1. (Qal) to pluck off

    2. (Niphal) to be plucked off

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
קָטַף qâṭaph, kaw-taf'; a primitive root; to strip off:—crop off, cut down (up), pluck.
STRONGS H6998: Abbreviations
[קָטַף] verb pluck off (twigs, etc.), or out (Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; Arabic bdb088201 pluck grapes; Targum קְטַף, Syriac bdb088202; compare Assyrian ḳatâpu, apparently pluck off); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singularקָטָ֑ף Ezekiel 17:4 he [i.e. eagle, in figure] plucked off twigs; 2nd person masculine singular וְקָטַפְתָּ֫ Deuteronomy 23:26 [Deuteronomy 23:25] (ears of grain, בְּיָדֶ֑ךָ); Imperfect 1st person singular אֶקְטֹף Ezekiel 17:22 (subject י׳; accusative +מִן from); Participle masculine plural הַקֹּטְפִים Job 30:4 they who pluck out the mallow.
Niph. Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יָקָּטֵב Job 8:12 it is not plucked off.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Deuteronomy

23:25

Job

8:12; 30:4

Ezekiel

17:4; 17:22

H6998

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6998 matches the Hebrew קָטַף (qāṭap̄),
which occurs 5 times in 5 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 23:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:25 - If you go into your neighbor’s standing grain, you may pluck the ears with your hand, but you shall not put a sickle to your neighbor’s standing grain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 8:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:12 - While yet in flower and not cut down,
they wither before any other plant.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 30:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:4 - they pick saltwort and the leaves of bushes,
and the roots of the broom tree for their food.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 17:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:4 - He broke off the topmost of its young twigs and carried it to a land of trade and set it in a city of merchants.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 17:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:22 - Thus says the Lord GOD: “I myself will take a sprig from the lofty top of the cedar and will set it out. I will break off from the topmost of its young twigs a tender one, and I myself will plant it on a high and lofty mountain.
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