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HebrewH7087Verb

קָפָא

qa.pah

4Occurrences
H7087Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

to shrink, i.e. thicken (as unracked wine, curdled milk, clouded sky, frozen water)

a primitive root;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
v 1) to thicken, condense, congeal, settle, become dense 1a) (Qal) to be condensed 1a1) thickening (participle) 1b) (Hiphil) to cause to curdle

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

H:V

Full Description

Hebrew Verb

Occurrences

קָפָא appears 4 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Exodus
1
Job
1
Zechariah
1
Zephaniah
1

Key Passages

Exodus 15:8BSB

At the blast of Your nostrilsthe waters piled up;like a wall the currents stood firm;the depths congealed in the heart of the sea.

Job 10:10BSB

Did You not pour me out like milk,and curdle me like cheese?

Zechariah 14:6BSB

On that day there will be no light, no cold or frost.

Zephaniah 1:12BSB

And at that time I will search Jerusalem with lampsand punish the men settled in complacency,who say to themselves,‘The LORD will do nothing,either good or bad.’

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.