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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 - All their wealth, all their little ones and their wives, all that was in the houses, they captured and plundered.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:8 - And Judah said to Israel his father, “Send the boy with me, and we will arise and go, that we may live and not die, both we and you and also our little ones.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 45:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:19 - And you, Joseph, are commanded to say, ‘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 - Then Jacob set out from Beersheba. The sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, their little ones, 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 - And Joseph provided his father, his brothers, and all his father’s household with food, according to the number of their dependents.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 47:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:24 - And at the harvests you shall give a fifth to Pharaoh, and four fifths shall be your own, as seed for the field and as food for yourselves and your households, and as food for your little ones.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 50:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:8 - as well as all the household of Joseph, his brothers, and his father’s household. Only their children, their flocks, and their herds were left in the land of Goshen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 50:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:21 - So do not fear; I will provide for you and your little ones.” Thus he comforted them and spoke kindly to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:10 - But he said to them, “The LORD be with you, if ever I let you and your little ones go! Look, you have some evil purpose in mind.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 10:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:24 - Then Pharaoh called Moses and said, “Go, serve the LORD; your little ones also may go with you; only let your flocks and your herds remain behind.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 12:37

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:37 - And the people of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand men on foot, besides women and children.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:3 - Why is the LORD bringing us into this land, to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will become a prey. Would it not be better for us to go back to Egypt?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:31 - But your little ones, who you said would become a prey, I will bring in, and they shall know the land that you have rejected.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:27 - So they got away from the dwelling of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. And Dathan and Abiram came out and stood at the door of their tents, together with their wives, their sons, and their little ones.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:9 - And the people of Israel took captive the women of Midian and their little ones, and they took as plunder all their cattle, their flocks, and all their goods.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:17 - Now therefore, kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known man by lying with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:18 - But all the young girls who have not known man by lying with him keep alive for yourselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 32:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:16 - Then they came near to him and said, “We will build sheepfolds here for our livestock, and cities for our little ones,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 32:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:17 - but we will take up arms, ready to go before the people of Israel, until we have brought them to their place. And our little ones shall 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 cities for your little ones and folds for your sheep, and do what you have promised.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 32:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:26 - Our little ones, our wives, our livestock, and all our cattle shall remain there in the cities of Gilead,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:39

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:39 - And as for your little ones, who you said would become a prey, and your children, who today have no knowledge of good or evil, they shall go in there. And to them I will give it, and they shall possess it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:34

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:34 - And we captured all his cities at that time and devoted to destruction[fn] every city, men, women, and children. We left no survivors.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:6 - And we devoted them to destruction,[fn] as we did to Sihon the king of Heshbon, devoting to destruction every city, men, women, and children.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 3:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:19 - Only your wives, your little ones, and your livestock (I know that you have much livestock) shall remain in the cities that I have given you,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 20:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:14 - but the women and the little ones, the livestock, and everything else in the city, all its spoil, you shall take as plunder for yourselves. And you shall enjoy 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 sojourner who is in your camp, from the one who chops your wood 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, men, women, and little ones, and the sojourner within your towns, that they may hear and learn to fear the LORD your God, and be careful to do all the words of this law,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:14 - Your wives, your little ones, and your livestock shall remain in the land that Moses gave you beyond the Jordan, but all the men of valor among you shall pass over armed before your brothers and shall help them,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 8:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:35 - There was not a word of all that Moses commanded that Joshua did not read before all the assembly of Israel, and the women, and the little ones, and the sojourners who lived[fn] among them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 18:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:21 - So they turned and departed, putting the little ones and the livestock and the goods in front of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 21:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:10 - So the congregation sent 12,000 of their bravest men there and commanded them, “Go and strike the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead with the edge of the sword; also the women and the little ones.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:22 - And David said to Ittai, “Go then, pass on.” So Ittai the Gittite passed on 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 - Meanwhile all Judah stood before the LORD, with their little ones, their wives, and their children.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 31:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:18 - They were enrolled with all their little children, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, the whole assembly, for they were faithful in keeping themselves holy.

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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, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek from him a safe journey for ourselves, our children, and all our goods.

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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 with instruction to destroy, to kill, and to annihilate all Jews, young and old, women and children, in one day, the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month of Adar, and to plunder their goods.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 8:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:11 - saying that the king allowed the Jews who were in every city to gather and defend their lives, to destroy, to kill, and to annihilate any armed force of any people or province that might attack them, children and women included, and to plunder their goods,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 40:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:7 - When all the captains of the forces in the open country and their men heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the land and had committed to him men, women, and children, those of the poorest of the land who had not been taken into exile 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 leaders of the forces with him took from Mizpah all the rest of the people whom he had recovered from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, after he had struck down Gedaliah the son of Ahikam—soldiers, women, children, and eunuchs, whom Johanan brought back from Gibeon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 43:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 43:6 - the men, the women, the children, the princesses, and every person whom Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had left with Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan; also Jeremiah the prophet and Baruch the son of Neriah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:6 - Kill old men outright, young men and maidens, little children and women, but touch no one on whom is the mark. And begin at my sanctuary.” So they began with the elders who were before the house.
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