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Lexicon :: Strong's H6998 - qāṭap̄

Aa
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 BoxDeu 23:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:25 -

“When you enter your neighbor’s standing grain, then you may pluck H6998 the heads with your hand, but you shall not wield a sickle in your neighbor’s standing grain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:12 -

“While it is still green and not cut H6998 down H6998,

Yet it dries up before any other [fn]plant.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:4 -

Who pluck H6998 [fn]mallow by the bushes,

And whose food is the root of the broom tree.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:4 - “He plucked H6998 off H6998 the topmost of its young twigs and brought it to a land of merchants; he set it in a city of traders.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:22

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Thus says Lord Yahweh, “I will also take a sprig from the lofty top of the cedar and set it out; I will pluck H6998 from the topmost of its young twigs a tender one, and I will plant it on an exalted and lofty mountain.

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