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Lexicon :: Strong's H3671 - kānāp̄

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כָּנָף
Transliteration
kānāp̄
Pronunciation
kaw-nawf'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1003a

Strong’s Definitions

כָּנָף kânâph, kaw-nawf'; from H3670; an edge or extremity; specifically (of a bird or army) a wing, (of a garment or bedclothing) a flap, (of the earth) a quarter, (of a building) a pinnacle:— bird, border, corner, end, feather(-ed), × flying, (one an-) other, overspreading, × quarters, skirt, × sort, uttermost part, wing(-ed).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 108x

The KJV translates Strong's H3671 in the following manner: wing (74x), skirt (14x), borders (2x), corners (2x), ends (2x), feathered (2x), sort (2x), winged (2x), miscellaneous (8x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 108x
The KJV translates Strong's H3671 in the following manner: wing (74x), skirt (14x), borders (2x), corners (2x), ends (2x), feathered (2x), sort (2x), winged (2x), miscellaneous (8x).

  1. wing, extremity, edge, winged, border, corner, shirt

    1. wing

    2. extremity

      1. skirt, corner (of garment)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
כָּנָף kânâph, kaw-nawf'; from H3670; an edge or extremity; specifically (of a bird or army) a wing, (of a garment or bedclothing) a flap, (of the earth) a quarter, (of a building) a pinnacle:— bird, border, corner, end, feather(-ed), × flying, (one an-) other, overspreading, × quarters, skirt, × sort, uttermost part, wing(-ed).
STRONGS H3671: Abbreviations
כָּנָף 109 noun feminine 1 Kings 6:27 (masculine Ezekiel 7:2 Kt, but compare Qr and Co; also apparently 2 Chronicles 3:11, 13, but see Be), wing, extremity (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic כַּנְפָֿא, bdb048902; Zinjirli אחז בכנף מראה, figurative for attached himself to the party of his lord, PanammuInscr. l. 11, compare Zechariah 8:23 (2a below); DHMSendsch. 58; Arabic bdb048903, Assyrian kappu, Ethiopic bdb048904); — absolute כ׳ Genesis 1:21 +; construct כְּנַף 1 Kings 6:24 +; suffix כְּנָפִי Ezekiel 16:8, כְּנָפֶ֑ךָ Ruth 3:9, כְּנָפוֺ Haggai 2:12; dual כְּנָפַיִם 1 Kings 8:7 + (even of more than two, Isaiah 6:2 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 1:6, 21); construct כַּנְפֵי Exodus 19:4; suffix כְּנָפֶיךָ Ezekiel 5:3, כְּנָפַיִךְ Jeremiah 2:34, כְּנָפָיו Isaiah 8:8 +; כְּנָפֶיהָ Hosea 4:19; Malachi 3:20; כַּנְפֵיהֶם 1 Kings 6:27 +; כַנְפֵיהֶן Ezekiel 1:24, 25; plural construct כַּנְפוֺת Deuteronomy 22:12 + 4 times; —
1. wing,
†a. of birds Isaiah 10:14 (in figurative), Exodus 19:4 (E ? R ? figurative) Deuteronomy 32:11 (in simile), Zechariah 5:9; Leviticus 1:17 (P), Job 39:13, 26; Psalm 68:14; in figure of invading king Jeremiah 48:40; Jeremiah 49:22; Ezekiel 17:3, 7; so apparently Isaiah 8:8 of invader as overflowing river (but Du Che separate וְהָיָה מֻטּוֺת כְּנָפָיו from preceding); of riches, as flying away Proverbs 23:5; in phrase כָּנָף צִפּוֹר = winged birds Deuteronomy 4:17; Psalm 148:10, כָּל־כ'(עֵיט)צִפּוֹר Ezekiel 39:4, 17, כָּל־כ'צִפּוֹר כֹּל Genesis 7:14 (P), Ezekiel 17:23, עוֺף כ׳ Genesis 1:21 (P), Psalm 78:27; also בַּעַל כ׳ Proverbs 1:17 = winged thing, compare בַּעַלהֿ֯כְּנָפַיִם Ecclesiastes 10:20.
†b. of insects (probably), אֶרֶץ צִלְצַל כְּנָפָ֑יִם Isaiah 18:1 buzzing, or humming of wings, i.e. Ethiopia, so called from its swarms of flies, with especial reference possibly to the tsetse-fly (so Du, compare Che; id., in general, Hi De; > Kn Di of the tropical shadow falling both ways; Thes1167b of noise of the wings of an army; reference to sails as wings — compare Isaiah 18:2 — would be suitable, but צִלְצַל does not favour this).
c. of cherubim 1 Kings 6:24 (4 times in verse) + 8 times Kings, compare 2 Chronicles 3:11 (4 times in verse) + 6 times Chronicles; Ezekiel 1:6 + 17 times Ezekiel; Exodus 25:20 (twice in verse); Exodus 39:9 (twice in verse) (all P).
†d. of seraphim Isaiah 6:2 (twice in verse).
†e. of women in Zechariah's vision Zechariah 5:9 (twice in verse).
†f. figurative of the wind, Hosea 4:19; Psalm 18:11 = 2 Samuel 22:11; Psalm 104:3.
†g. figurative of the dawn (winged sun-disc ?) Psalm 139:9, compare of sun of righteousness Malachi 3:20.
†h. figurative of י׳, as protector of his people Psalm 17:8; Psalm 36:8; Psalm 57:2; Psalm 61:5; Psalm 63:3; Psalm 91:4; Ruth 2:12.
†2. extremity: —
a. of garment = skirt, corner, or loose flowing end, 1 Samuel 15:27; 1 Samuel 24:5; 1 Samuel 24:6; 1 Samuel 24:12 (twice in verse); Deuteronomy 22:12; Deuteronomy 23:1; Deuteronomy 27:20; Jeremiah 2:34 (figurative), Ezekiel 5:3; Ezekiel 16:8 (in figurative), Haggai 2:12 (twice in verse); Zechariah 8:23; Numbers 15:38 (twice in verse) (P; compare RSSem, i. 416, 2nd ed. 437).
b. of the earth, מִכְּנַף הָאָרֶץ Isaiah 24:16 from the end of the earth; elsewhere plural כַּנְפוֺת הָא׳ Job 37:3; Job 38:13, and, def. הא׳ אַרְבַּע כ׳ Isaiah 11:12 the four corners of the earth; so of the holy land Ezekiel 7:2. — עַלכְּֿנַף שִׁקּוּצִים מְשׁוֺמֵם Daniel 9:27 is obscure; Meinh reads, after Vrss., כָּנָף, on the corner (of the altar) is a devastating abomination; < KueOnderzoek 2, ii. 472 Bev, who read עַלכַּֿנּוֺ in its place, instead of it.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

1:21; 1:21; 7:14

Exodus

19:4; 19:4; 25:20; 39:9

Leviticus

1:17

Numbers

15:38

Deuteronomy

4:17; 22:12; 22:12; 23:1; 27:20; 32:11

Ruth

2:12; 3:9

1 Samuel

15:27; 24:5; 24:6; 24:12

2 Samuel

22:11

1 Kings

6:24; 6:24; 6:27; 6:27; 8:7

2 Chronicles

3:11; 3:11; 3:13

Job

37:3; 38:13; 39:13; 39:26

Psalms

17:8; 18:11; 36:8; 57:2; 61:5; 63:3; 68:14; 78:27; 91:4; 104:3; 139:9; 148:10

Proverbs

1:17; 23:5

Ecclesiastes

10:20

Isaiah

6:2; 6:2; 8:8; 8:8; 10:14; 11:12; 18:1; 18:2; 24:16

Jeremiah

2:34; 2:34; 48:40; 49:22

Ezekiel

1:6; 1:6; 1:21; 1:24; 1:25; 5:3; 5:3; 7:2; 7:2; 16:8; 16:8; 17:3; 17:7; 17:23; 39:4; 39:17

Daniel

9:27

Hosea

4:19; 4:19

Haggai

2:12; 2:12

Zechariah

5:9; 5:9; 8:23; 8:23

H3671

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Strong's Number H3671 matches the Hebrew כָּנָף (kānāp̄),
which occurs 109 times in 85 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:21 - And God made great [fn]whales, and [fn]every living reptile, which the waters brought forth according to their kinds, and every creature that flies with wings according to its kind, and God saw that they were good.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:14 - And all the wild beasts after their kind, and all cattle after their kind, and every reptile moving itself on the earth after its kind, and every flying bird after its kind,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:4 - Ye have seen all that I have done to the Egyptians, and I took you up as upon eagles' wings, and I brought you near to myself.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:20 - The cherubs shall stretch forth their wings above, overshadowing the propitiatory with their wings; and their faces shall be toward each other, the faces of the cherubs shall be toward the propitiatory.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:9 - (LXX 38:8) overshadowing the propitiatory with their wings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:17 - And he shall break it off from the wings and shall not separate it, and the priest shall put it on the altar on the wood which is on the fire: it is a burnt-offering, a sacrifice, a sweet-smelling savour to the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:38 - Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt tell them; and let them make for themselves fringes upon the borders of their garments throughout their generations: and ye shall put upon the fringes of the borders a lace of blue.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:17 - the likeness of any beast of those that are on the earth, the likeness of any winged bird which flies under heaven,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:12 - Thou shalt make fringes on the four borders of thy garments, with which soever thou mayest be clothed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:30

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:30 - (LXX 23:1) A man shall not take his father's wife, and shall not uncover his father's skirt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:20 - Cursed is he that lies with his father's wife, because he has uncovered his father's skirt: and all the people shall say, So be it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:11 - As an eagle would watch over his brood, and yearns over his young, receives them having spread his wings, and takes them up on his back:

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:12 - The Lord recompense thy work: may a full reward be given thee of the Lord God of Israel, to whom thou hast come to trust under his wings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:9 - And he said, Who art thou? and she said, I am thine handmaid Ruth; spread therefore thy skirt over thine handmaid, for thou art a near relation.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:27 - And Samuel turned his face to depart, and Saul caught hold of the skirt of his [fn]garment, and tore it.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:4 - (LXX 24:5) And the men of David said to him, Behold, this is the day of which the Lord spoke to thee, that he would deliver thine enemy into thy hands; and thou shalt do to him as it is good in thy sight. So David arose and [fn]cut off the skirt of Saul's garment secretly.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:5 - (LXX 24:6) And it came to pass after this that David's heart smote him, because he had cut off the skirt of his garment.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:11 - (LXX 24:12) And behold, the skirt of thy mantle is in my hand, I cut off the skirt, and did not slay thee: know then and see to-day, there is no evil in my hand, nor impiety, nor rebellion; and I have not sinned against thee, yet thou [fn]layest snares for my soul to take it.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:11 - And he rode upon the cherubs and did fly, and was seen upon the wings of the wind.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:24 - And the wing of one cherub was five cubits, and his other wing was five cubits; ten cubits [fn]from the tip of one wing to the tip of the other wing.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:27 - And both the cherubs were in the midst of the innermost part of the house; and they spread out their wings, and one wing touched the wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall; and their wings in the midst of the house touched each other.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:6 - And the priests bring in the ark into its place, into the oracle of the house, even into the holy of holies, under the wings of the cherubs.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:7 - For the cherubs [fn]spread out their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubs covered the ark and its holy things above.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:11 - And the wings of the cherubs were twenty cubits in length: and one wing of five cubits touched the wall of the house: and the other wing of five cubits touched the wing of the other cherub.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:13 - And the wings of these cherubs expanded were of the length of twenty cubits: and they stood upon their feet, and their faces were toward the house.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:7 - And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the Lord into its place, into the oracle of the house, even into the holy of holies, under the wings of the cherubs.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:8 - And the cherubs stretched out their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubs covered the ark, and its staves above.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:3 - His dominion is under the whole heaven, and his light is at the extremities of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:13 - to lay hold of the extremities of the earth, to cast out the ungodly out of it?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:13 - The peacock has a beautiful wing: if the stork and the ostrich conceive, it is worthy of notice,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:26 - And does the hawk remain steady by thy wisdom, having spread out her wings unmoved, looking toward the region of the south?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:8 - (LXX 16:8) Keep me as the apple of the eye from those that resist thy right hand: thou shalt screen me by the covering of thy wings,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:10 - (LXX 17:11) And he mounted on cherubs and flew: he flew on the wings of winds.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:7 - (LXX 35:8) How hast thou multiplied thy mercy, O God! so the children of men shall trust in the shelter of thy wings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:1 - (LXX 56:1) For the end. Destroy not: by David, for a memorial, when he fled from the presence of Saul to the cave. (56:2) Have mercy, upon me, O God, have mercy upon me: for my soul has trusted in thee: and in the shadow of thy wings will I hope, until the iniquity have passed away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 61:4 - (LXX 60:5) I will dwell in thy tabernacle for ever; I will shelter myself under the shadow of thy wings. Pause.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 63:7 - (LXX 62:8) For thou hast been my helper, and in the shelter of thy wings will I rejoice.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:13 - (LXX 67:14) Even if ye should lie among the lots, ye shall have the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her breast with [fn]yellow gold.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:27 - (LXX 77:27) And he rained upon them flesh like dust, and feathered birds like the sand of the seas.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:4 - (LXX 90:4) He shall overshadow thee with his shoulders, and thou shalt trust under his wings: his truth shall cover thee with a shield.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:3 - (LXX 103:3) Who covers his chambers with waters; who makes the clouds his chariot; who walks on the wings of the wind.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:9 - (LXX 138:9) If I should spread my wings to fly [fn]straight forward, and sojourn at the extremity of the sea, it would be vain,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 148:10 - wild beasts, and all cattle; reptiles, and winged birds:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:17 - for nets are not without cause spread for birds.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:5 - If thou shouldest fix thine eye upon him, he will disappear; for wings like an eagle's are prepared for him, and he returns to the house of his master.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:20 - Even in thy conscience, curse not the king; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry thy voice, and that which has wings shall report thy speech.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:2 - And seraphs stood round about him: each one had six wings: and with two they covered their face, and with two they covered their feet, and with two they flew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:8 - and he shall take away from Juda every man who shall be able to lift up his head, and every one able to accomplish anything; and his camp shall fill the breadth of thy land, O [fn]God with us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:14 - And I will shake the inhabited cities: and I will take with my hand all the world as a nest: and I will even take them as eggs that have been left; and there is none that shall escape me, or contradict me.

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