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Lexicon :: Strong's H3802 - kāṯēp̄

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כָּתֵף
Transliteration
kāṯēp̄
Pronunciation
kaw-thafe'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root meaning to clothe
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TWOT Reference: 1059

Strong’s Definitions

כָּתֵף kâthêph, kaw-thafe'; from an unused root meaning to clothe; the shoulder (proper, i.e. upper end of the arm; as being the spot where the garments hang); figuratively, side-piece or lateral projection of anything:—arm, corner, shoulder(-piece), side, undersetter.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 67x

The KJV translates Strong's H3802 in the following manner: side (34x), shoulders (22x), shoulderpieces (4x), undersetters (4x), corner (2x), arm (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 67x
The KJV translates Strong's H3802 in the following manner: side (34x), shoulders (22x), shoulderpieces (4x), undersetters (4x), corner (2x), arm (1x).

  1. shoulder, shoulder-blade, side, slope

    1. shoulder, shoulder-blade (of man)

    2. shoulder, shoulder-pieces (of animals)

    3. side, slope (of mountain)

    4. supports (of laver)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
כָּתֵף kâthêph, kaw-thafe'; from an unused root meaning to clothe; the shoulder (proper, i.e. upper end of the arm; as being the spot where the garments hang); figuratively, side-piece or lateral projection of anything:—arm, corner, shoulder(-piece), side, undersetter.
STRONGS H3802: Abbreviations
† כָּתֵף noun feminineExodus 27:15 shoulder, shoulder-blade, side (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic כַּתְפָּא, bdb050905 Arabic bdb050906); — absolute כ׳ Zechariah 7:11 +; construct כֶּתֶף 1 Kings 6:8 +, app. כָּתֵף Isaiah 11:14 (but regard as apposition, or read כֶּתֶף); suffix כְּתֵפִי Job 31:22; כְּתֵפָם 1 Chronicles 15:15; plural absolute כְּתֵפֹת Exodus 28:7 +, כְּתֵפוֺת 1 Kings 7:30, 34; construct כִּתְפֹת Exodus 28:12 +, כִּתְפוֺת Ezekiel 41:2 +; dual suffix כִּתֵפָיו Deuteronomy 33:12 + 3 times, כְּתֵפֶיהָ 1 Kings 7:34; —
1.
a. of man, shoulder, shoulder-blade (while שְׁכֶם, which see = neck and shoulders), כְּידוֺן נְחשֶׁת בֵּין כְּתֵפָיו 1 Samuel 17:6; compare figurative of י׳'s dwelling between the shoulders of Benjamin Deuteronomy 33:12 (see Dr); תִפּוֹל מִשִּׁכְמָה כְּתֵפִי Job 31:22 my shoulder-blade, from the shoulder let it fall; as support for burdens Judges 16:3; Ezekiel 12:6, 7, 12; Isaiah 46:7; Isaiah 49:22 (in figurative), Exodus 28:12; Numbers 7:9 (both P), 1 Chronicles 15:15; 2 Chronicles 35:3; compare מְרוּטָה כָּלכֿ׳ Ezekiel 29:18 every shoulder was rubbed bare (of Nebuchadnezzar's soldiers chafed by armour and toil); as aim of bird of prey Isaiah 11:14 (figurative); compare shoulder of Moab Ezekiel 25:9 (figurative, i.e. the side of M. exposed to invasion): Ezekiel 29:7b read probably כַּף (Greek Version of the LXX. Syriac Version Sm Co, compare Ezekiel 29:7a).
b. of beasts, Isaiah 30:6 (carrying), Ezekiel 34:21 (thrusting, in figure), סֹרָ֑רֶת כ׳ Zechariah 7:11 a refractory shoulder (refusing the yoke, figurative), so Nehemiah 9:29; of choice meat Ezekiel 24:4 (|| יָרֵךְ).
c. = shoulder-pieces (always plural) of ephod Exodus 28:7, 12, 25, 27 = Exodus 39:4; Exodus 39:7; Exodus 39:18; Exodus 39:20 (P).
2.
a. slope side, of mountain, כֶּתֶף יָםכִּֿנֶּרֶת Numbers 34:11, i.e. the mountain-slopes northeast of the lake, compare Joshua 15:8, 10, 11; Joshua 18:12, 13, 16, 18, 19 (all P).
b. opposite side(s), that is, of door or entrance, of tabernacle-court Exodus 27:14, 15 = Exodus 38:14, 15 (all P), of temple 1 Kings 6:8; 1 Kings 7:39 (3 times in verse) = 2 Chronicles 4:10; 2 Kings 11:11 (twice in verse) = 2 Chronicles 23:10 (twice in verse); compare Ezekiel 40:18, 40 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 40:41, 44 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 41:2, 26; Ezekiel 46:19; Ezekiel 47:1, 2.
3. supports of the bases for the lavers beside the temple 1 Kings 7:30 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 7:34 (twice in verse).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

27:14; 27:15; 27:15; 28:7; 28:7; 28:12; 28:12; 28:12; 28:25; 28:27; 38:14; 38:15; 39:4; 39:7; 39:18; 39:20

Numbers

7:9; 34:11

Deuteronomy

33:12; 33:12

Joshua

15:8; 15:10; 15:11; 18:12; 18:13; 18:16; 18:18; 18:19

Judges

16:3

1 Samuel

17:6

1 Kings

6:8; 6:8; 7:30; 7:30; 7:34; 7:34; 7:34; 7:39

2 Kings

11:11

1 Chronicles

15:15; 15:15

2 Chronicles

4:10; 23:10; 35:3

Nehemiah

9:29

Job

31:22; 31:22

Isaiah

11:14; 11:14; 30:6; 46:7; 49:22

Ezekiel

12:6; 12:7; 12:12; 24:4; 25:9; 29:7; 29:7; 29:18; 34:21; 40:18; 40:40; 40:41; 40:44; 41:2; 41:2; 41:26; 46:19; 47:1; 47:2

Zechariah

7:11; 7:11

H3802

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Strong's Number H3802 matches the Hebrew כָּתֵף (kāṯēp̄),
which occurs 67 times in 58 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Exo 27:14–Eze 40:40)

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:14 - The hangings for the one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:15 - And for the other side shall be hangings of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:7 - It shall have two shoulder-pieces joined to the two ends thereof, that it may be joined together.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:12 - And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulder-pieces of the ephod, to be stones of memorial for the children of Israel: and Aaron shall bear their names before Jehovah upon his two shoulders for a memorial.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:25 - And the other two ends of the two wreathen chains thou shalt put on the two settings, and put them on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod in the forepart thereof.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:27 - And thou shalt make two rings of gold, and shalt put them on the two shoulder-pieces of the ephod underneath, in the forepart thereof, close by the coupling thereof, above the skilfully woven band of the ephod.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:14 - The hangings for the one side of the gate were fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:15 - and so for the other side: on this hand and that hand by the gate of the court were hangings of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:4 - They made shoulder-pieces for it, joined together; at the two ends was it joined together.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:7 - And he put them on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod, to be stones of memorial for the children of Israel; as Jehovah commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:18 - And the other two ends of the two wreathen chains they put on the two settings, and put them on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod, in the forepart thereof.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:20 - And they made two rings of gold, and put them on the two shoulder-pieces of the ephod underneath, in the forepart thereof, close by the coupling thereof, above the skilfully woven band of the ephod.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:9 - But unto the sons of Kohath he gave none, because the service of the sanctuary belonged unto them; they bare it upon their shoulders.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:11 - and the border shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain; and the border shall go down, and shall reach unto the side of the sea of Chinnereth eastward;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:12 - Of Benjamin he said,
The beloved of Jehovah shall dwell in safety by him;
He covereth him all the day long,
And he dwelleth between his shoulders.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:8 - and the border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom unto the side of the Jebusite southward (the same is Jerusalem); and the border went up to the top of the mountain that lieth before the valley of Hinnom westward, which is at the uttermost part of the vale of Rephaim northward;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:10 - and the border turned about from Baalah westward unto mount Seir, and passed along unto the side of mount Jearim on the north (the same is Chesalon), and went down to Beth-shemesh, and passed along by Timnah;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:11 - and the border went out unto the side of Ekron northward; and the border extended to Shikkeron, and passed along to mount Baalah, and went out at Jabneel; and the goings out of the border were at the sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:12 - And their border on the north quarter was from the Jordan; and the border went up to the side of Jericho on the north, and went up through the hill-country westward; and the goings out thereof were at the wilderness of Beth-aven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:13 - And the border passed along from thence to Luz, to the side of Luz (the same is Beth-el), southward; and the border went down to Ataroth-addar, by the mountain that lieth on the south of Beth-horon the nether.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:16 - and the border went down to the uttermost part of the mountain that lieth before the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is in the vale of Rephaim northward; and it went down to the valley of Hinnom, to the side of the Jebusite southward, and went down to En-rogel;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:18 - and it passed along to the side over against the Arabah northward, and went down unto the Arabah;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:19 - and the border passed along to the side of Beth-hoglah northward; and the goings out of the border were at the north bay of the Salt Sea, at the south end of the Jordan: this was the south border.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:3 - And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and laid hold of the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and plucked them up, bar and all, and put them upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of the mountain that is before Hebron.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:6 - And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a javelin of brass between his shoulders.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:8 - The door for the middle side-chambers was in the right side of the house: and they went up by winding stairs into the middle story, and out of the middle into the third.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:30 - And every base had four brazen wheels, and axles of brass; and the four feet thereof had undersetters: beneath the laver were the undersetters molten, with wreaths at the side of each.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:34 - And there were four undersetters at the four corners of each base: the undersetters thereof were of the base itself.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:39 - And he set the bases, five on the right side of the house, and five on the left side of the house: and he set the sea on the right side of the house eastward, toward the south.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 11:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:11 - And the guard stood, every man with his weapons in his hand, from the right side of the house to the left side of the house, along by the altar and the house, by the king round about.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 15:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:15 - And the children of the Levites bare the ark of God upon their shoulders with the staves thereon, as Moses commanded according to the word of Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 4:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:10 - And he set the sea on the right side of the house eastward, toward the south.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 23:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:10 - And he set all the people, every man with his weapon in his hand, from the right side of the house to the left side of the house, along by the altar and the house, by the king round about.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 35:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:3 - And he said unto the Levites that taught all Israel, that were holy unto Jehovah, Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel did build; there shall no more be a burden upon your shoulders. Now serve Jehovah your God, and his people Israel;

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:29 - and testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law. Yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned against thine ordinances (which if a man do, he shall live in them), and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:22 -
Then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder-blade,
And mine arm be broken from the bone.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:14 - And they shall fly down upon the shoulder of the Philistines on the west; together shall they despoil the children of the east: they shall put forth their hand upon Edom and Moab; and the children of Ammon shall obey them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:6 - The burden of the beasts of the South. Through the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the lioness and the lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures upon the humps of camels, to a people that shall not profit them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 46:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:7 - They bear it upon the shoulder, they carry it, and set it in its place, and it standeth, from its place shall it not remove: yea, one may cry unto it, yet can it not answer, nor save him out of his trouble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 49:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:22 - Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Behold, I will lift up my hand to the nations, and set up my ensign to the peoples; and they shall bring thy sons in their bosom, and thy daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:6 - In their sight shalt thou bear it upon thy shoulder, and carry it forth in the dark; thou shalt cover thy face, that thou see not the land: for I have set thee for a sign unto the house of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 12:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:7 - And I did so as I was commanded: I brought forth my stuff by day, as stuff for removing, and in the even I digged through the wall with my hand; I brought it forth in the dark, and bare it upon my shoulder in their sight.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 12:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:12 - And the prince that is among them shall bear upon his shoulder in the dark, and shall go forth: they shall dig through the wall to carry out thereby: he shall cover his face, because he shall not see the land with his eyes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 24:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:4 - gather the pieces thereof into it, even every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 25:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:9 - therefore, behold, I will open the side of Moab from the cities, from his cities which are on his frontiers, the glory of the country, Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 29:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:7 - When they took hold of thee by thy hand, thou didst break, and didst rend all their shoulders; and when they leaned upon thee, thou brakest, and madest all their loins to be at a stand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 29:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:18 - Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve a great service against Tyre: every head was made bald, and every shoulder was worn; yet had he no wages, nor his army, from Tyre, for the service that he had served against it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 34:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:21 - Because ye thrust with side and with shoulder, and push all the diseased with your horns, till ye have scattered them abroad;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:18 - And the pavement was by the side of the gates, answerable unto the length of the gates, even the lower pavement.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:40 - And on the one side without, as one goeth up to the entry of the gate toward the north, were two tables; and on the other side, which belonged to the porch of the gate, were two tables.

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