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Lexicon :: Strong's H2945 - ṭap̄

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טַף
Transliteration
ṭap̄
Pronunciation
taf
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From טָפַף (H2952) (perhaps referring to the tripping gait of children)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 821a

Strong’s Definitions

טַף ṭaph, taf; from H2952 (perhaps referring to the tripping gait of children); a family (mostly used collectively in the singular):—(little) children (ones), families.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 42x

The KJV translates Strong's H2945 in the following manner: little ones (29x), children (12x), families (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 42x
The KJV translates Strong's H2945 in the following manner: little ones (29x), children (12x), families (1x).

  1. children, little children, little ones

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
טַף ṭaph, taf; from H2952 (perhaps referring to the tripping gait of children); a family (mostly used collectively in the singular):—(little) children (ones), families.
STRONGS H2945: Abbreviations
טַף 42 noun masculine collective children (as going with quick, tripping steps; Ethiopic bdb038112 Di1251) — טַף Jeremiah 41:16 + 11 times; טָ֑ף Jeremiah 40:7 + 5 times; suffix טַפֵּנוּ Genesis 43:8 + 5 times; טַפְּכֶם Genesis 45:19 + 10 times; טַפָּם Genesis 34:29 + 6 times; never construct and never plural (in Genesis 47:24 omitted by Greek Version of the LXX, compare Di); — children, little ones, Genesis 34:29 (E) + 18 times J E (Genesis Exodus Numbers), also Deuteronomy 1:39 + 8 times D (including Joshua 1:14; Joshua 8:35); P only Numbers 31:9, 17, 18, where note זָכָר בַּטָּ֑ף Numbers 31:17 = young boys, and הַטַף בַּנָּשִׁים Numbers 31:18 = young girls; also Judges 18:21; Judges 21:10; 2 Samuel 15:22; Jeremiah 40:7; Jeremiah 41:16; Jeremiah 43:6; Ezekiel 9:6; 2 Chronicles 20:13; 31:18; Ezra 8:21; Esther 3:13; Esther 8:11; the words מְתִים וְנָשִׁים וְהַטָ֑ף Deuteronomy 2:34; Deuteronomy 3:6 including all inhabitants; so אֲנָשִׁים וְהַנָּשִׁים וְהַטָּף Deuteronomy 31:12; Jeremiah 40:7; Jeremiah 43:6; טַף distinguished from בָּחוּר וּבְּתוּלָה Ezekiel 9:6; also from בְּנֵיהֶם 2 Chronicles 20:13, and from בְנֵיהֶם וּבְנוֺתֵיהֶם 2 Chronicles 31:18. **Note that the word includes (or implies) women as well as children, in following: Genesis 47:12; Exodus 12:37 (E), Exodus 10:10; Exodus 10:24 (J), Numbers 32:16; Numbers 32:17 (J E; compare Di on Numbers 32:26).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

34:29; 34:29; 43:8; 45:19; 47:12; 47:24

Exodus

10:10; 10:24; 12:37

Numbers

31:9; 31:17; 31:17; 31:18; 31:18; 32:16; 32:17; 32:26

Deuteronomy

1:39; 2:34; 3:6; 31:12

Joshua

1:14; 8:35

Judges

18:21; 21:10

2 Samuel

15:22

2 Chronicles

20:13; 20:13; 31:18; 31:18

Ezra

8:21

Esther

3:13; 8:11

Jeremiah

40:7; 40:7; 40:7; 41:16; 41:16; 43:6; 43:6

Ezekiel

9:6; 9:6

H2945

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2945 matches the Hebrew טַף (ṭap̄),
which occurs 42 times in 42 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 34:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:29 - they looted all their wealth, and [took captive] all their children and their wives, even everything that was in the houses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:8 - Judah said to Israel his father, “Send the young man with me and we will get up and go [buy food], so that we may live and not die [of starvation], we as well as you and our little ones.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 45:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:19 - “Now you [brothers of Joseph] are ordered [by Pharaoh], ‘Do this: take wagons from the land of Egypt for your little ones and for your wives, and bring your father and come.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 46:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:5 -

So Jacob set out from Beersheba; and the sons of Israel carried their father Jacob and their children and their wives in the wagons that Pharaoh had sent to carry him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 47:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:12 - Joseph provided and supplied his father and his brothers and all his father’s household with food, according to [the needs of] their children.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 47:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:24 - “At harvest time [when you reap the increase] you shall give one-fifth of it to Pharaoh, and four-fifths will be your own to use for seed for the field and as food for you and those of your households and for your little ones.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 50:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:8 - and all the household of Joseph and his brothers and his father’s household. They left only their little ones and their flocks and herds in the land of Goshen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 50:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:21 - “So now, do not be afraid; I will provide for you and support you and your little ones.” So he comforted them [giving them encouragement and hope] and spoke [with kindness] to their hearts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:10 - Pharaoh said to them, “The LORD be with you [to help you], if I ever let you go with your children [because you will never return]! Look [be forewarned], [fn]you have an [fn]evil plan in mind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 10:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:24 - Then Pharaoh called to Moses, and said, “Go, serve the LORD; only your flocks and your herds must be left behind. Even your children may go with you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 12:37

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:37 -

Now the Israelites journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand men on foot, besides [the women and] the children.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:3 - “Why is the LORD bringing us to this land [of Canaan], to fall by the sword? Our wives and [fn]children will become plunder. Would it not be better for us to return to Egypt?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:31 - ‘But your children whom you said would become plunder, I will bring in, and they will know the land which you have despised and rejected.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:27 - So they got back from around the tents of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram; and Dathan and Abiram came out and stood at the doorway of their tents with their wives and their sons and their little children.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:9 - The sons of Israel captured the women of Midian and their children; and all their cattle, all their livestock, and all their property they took as spoil [of war].

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:17 - “Now therefore, kill every male among the children, and kill every woman who is not a virgin.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:18 - “But all the young girls who have not known a man intimately, keep alive for yourselves [to marry].

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 32:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:16 -

But the people of Reuben and Gad approached Moses and said, “We will build sheepfolds here for our flocks and [walled] cities for our children,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 32:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:17 - but we will be armed and ready to go to war before the [other tribes of the] Israelites, until we have brought them to their place, while our children live in the fortified cities because of the inhabitants of the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 32:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:24 - “Build yourselves cities for your children, and folds for your sheep, and do that of which you have spoken.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 32:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:26 - “Our children, our wives, our livestock, and all our cattle shall be there in the cities of Gilead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:39

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:39 - ‘Moreover, your little ones whom you said would become prey, and your sons, who today have no knowledge of good or evil, shall enter Canaan, and I will give it to them and they shall possess it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:34

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:34 - “At the same time we took all his cities and utterly destroyed every city—men, women and children. We left no survivor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:6 - “We utterly destroyed them, just as we did to Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying every city—the men, women, and children.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 3:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:19 - ‘But your wives and your children and your cattle—I know that you have much livestock—shall remain in your cities which I have given you,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 20:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:14 - “Only the women and the children and the animals and everything that is in the city, all its spoil, you shall take as plunder for yourself; and you shall use the spoil of your enemies which the LORD your God has given you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 29:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:11 - your little ones, your wives, and the stranger (resident alien, foreigner) who is in your camps, from [fn]the one who chops and gathers your firewood to the one who draws your water—

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 31:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:12 - “Assemble the people, the men and the women and children and the stranger (resident alien, foreigner) within your cities, so that they may hear and learn and fear the LORD your God [with awe-filled reverence and profound respect], and be careful to obey all the words of this law.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:14 - “Your wives, your [fn]children, and your cattle shall [be allowed to] stay in the land which Moses gave you on this [eastern] side of the Jordan, but you shall go across [the river] before your brothers (the other tribes) armed for battle, all your brave warriors, and you shall help them [conquer and take possession of their land],

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 8:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:35 - There was not a word of all that Moses had commanded which Joshua did not read before the entire assembly of Israel, including the women and the children and the foreigners who were living among them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 18:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:21 -

So they turned and left, and they put the children, the livestock, and the valuables and supplies in front of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 21:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:10 - And the congregation sent twelve thousand of the most courageous men there, and commanded them saying, “Go and strike the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead with the sword, including the women and the children.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:22 - So David said to Ittai, “Go on and cross over [the Brook Kidron].” So Ittai the Gittite crossed over with all his men and all the little ones who were with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 20:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:13 -

So all Judah stood before the LORD, with their infants, their wives, and their children.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 31:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:18 - The genealogical registration included all their little children, their wives, and their sons and daughters, for the whole assembly, because they consecrated themselves faithfully in holiness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 8:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:21 -

Then I proclaimed a fast there at the river Ahava, so that we might humble ourselves before our God to seek from Him a safe journey for us, our [fn]children, and all our possessions.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:13 - Letters were sent by couriers to all the king’s provinces to destroy, to kill and to annihilate all the Jews, both young and old, women and children, in one day, the thirteenth [day] of the twelfth month, which is the month of Adar (March 7, 473 B.C.), and to seize their belongings as plunder.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 8:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:11 - In it the king granted the Jews who were in every city the right to assemble and to defend their lives; to destroy, to kill, and to annihilate any armed force that might attack them, their little children, and women; and to take the enemies’ goods as plunder,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 40:7

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Now when all the commanders of the forces that were [scattered] in the open country [of Judah] and their men heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the land [of Judah] and had put him in charge of the men, women, and children, those of the poorest of the land who had not been exiled to Babylon,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 41:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:16 - Then Johanan the son of Kareah and all the commanders of the forces that were with him took from Mizpah all the people whom he had rescued from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, after Ishmael had killed Gedaliah the son of Ahikam: the soldiers, the women, the children, and the high officials whom Johanan had brought back from Gibeon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 43:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 43:6 - the men, women, and children, the king’s daughters (ladies of the court), and every person whom Nebuzaradan the captain of the bodyguard had left with Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan; he also took Jeremiah the prophet and Baruch the son of Neriah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:6 - “Utterly slay old men, young men, maidens, little children, and women; but do not touch or go near anyone on whom is the mark. Begin at My sanctuary.” So they began with the old men who were in front of the temple [who did not have the LORD’S mark on their foreheads].
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