טַף
taph
“child”
Definition
a family (mostly used collectively in the singular)
from H2952 (טָפַף) (perhaps referring to the tripping gait of children);
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
טַף appears 41 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Meanwhile all the men of Judah, with their wives and children and little ones, were standing before the LORD.
Assemble the people—men, women, children, and the foreigners within your gates—so that they may listen and learn to fear the LORD your God and to follow carefully all the words of this law.
They carried off all their possessions and women and children, and they plundered everything in their houses.
Putting their small children, their livestock, and their possessions in front of them, they turned and departed.
But I will bring your children, whom you said would become plunder, into the land you have rejected—and they will enjoy it.
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