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Strong's H2945 טַף (taph)

Taph means “families” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G2945 — kykloi (“round about”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H2945
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 42
Books 12

Strong's H2945 Quick Answer

Strong's H2945 טַּף (taph) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. taph (taf) n-m. 1. a family (mostly used collectively in the singular) [from H2952 (perhaps referring to the tripping gait of children)] It has 42 linked Bible usages across 12 books. Visible English usage signals include children and little. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
taph (taf) n-m. 1. a family (mostly used collectively in the singular) [from H2952 (perhaps referring to the tripping gait of children)]
Usage
42 linked usages
Books
12 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
children and little

Meaning and Definition

taph (taf) n-m. 1. a family (mostly used collectively in the singular) [from H2952 (perhaps referring to the tripping gait of children)] KJV: (little) children (ones), families. Root(s): H2952

Original Word
טַּף
Transliteration
taph
Derivation
Root: טפף First root strongs: 2952
Morphology
noun masc

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H2945. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

How Strong's H2945 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render taph, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

children Exodus 12:37 16× little Genesis 34:29

How Strong's H2945 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 42 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H2945 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H2945 in the Old Testament

42 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 34:29 KJV

And all their wealth, and all their little ones, and their wives took they captive, and spoiled even all that was in the house.

Genesis 43:8 KJV

And Judah said unto Israel his father, Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go; that we may live, and not die, both we, and thou, and also our little ones.

Genesis 45:19 KJV

Now thou art commanded, this do ye; take you wagons out of the land of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your father, and come.

Usage Excerpts

First 42 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H2945.

Genesis 34:29 Old Testament, KJV
And all their wealth, and all their little ones, and their wives took they captive, and spoiled even all that was in the house.
Genesis 43:8 Old Testament, KJV
And Judah said unto Israel his father, Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go; that we may live, and not die, both we, and thou, and also our little ones.
Genesis 45:19 Old Testament, KJV
Now thou art commanded, this do ye; take you wagons out of the land of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your father, and come.
Genesis 46:5 Old Testament, KJV
And Jacob rose up from Beersheba: and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him.
Genesis 47:12 Old Testament, KJV
And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father's household, with bread, according to their families.
Genesis 47:24 Old Testament, KJV
And it shall come to pass in the increase, that ye shall give the fifth part unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your households, and for food for your little ones.
Genesis 50:8 Old Testament, KJV
And all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and his father's house: only their little ones, and their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen.
Genesis 50:21 Old Testament, KJV
Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them.
Exodus 10:10 Old Testament, KJV
And he said unto them, Let the LORD be so with you, as I will let you go, and your little ones: look to it; for evil is before you.
Exodus 10:24 Old Testament, KJV
And Pharaoh called unto Moses, and said, Go ye, serve the LORD; only let your flocks and your herds be stayed: let your little ones also go with you.
Exodus 12:37 Old Testament, KJV
And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, beside children.
Numbers 14:3 Old Testament, KJV
And wherefore hath the LORD brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey? were it not better for us to return into Egypt?
Numbers 14:31 Old Testament, KJV
But your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have despised.
Numbers 16:27 Old Testament, KJV
So they gat up from the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side: and Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood in the door of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their little children.
Numbers 31:9 Old Testament, KJV
And the children of Israel took all the women of Midian captives, and their little ones, and took the spoil of all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods.
Numbers 31:17 Old Testament, KJV
Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him.
Numbers 31:18 Old Testament, KJV
But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.
Numbers 32:16 Old Testament, KJV
And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones:
Numbers 32:17 Old Testament, KJV
But we ourselves will go ready armed before the children of Israel, until we have brought them unto their place: and our little ones shall dwell in the fenced cities because of the inhabitants of the land.
Numbers 32:24 Old Testament, KJV
Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth.
Numbers 32:26 Old Testament, KJV
Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle, shall be there in the cities of Gilead:
Deuteronomy 1:39 Old Testament, KJV
Moreover your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, and your children, which in that day had no knowledge between good and evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it.
Deuteronomy 2:34 Old Testament, KJV
And we took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed the men, and the women, and the little ones, of every city, we left none to remain:
Deuteronomy 3:6 Old Testament, KJV
And we utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children, of every city.
Deuteronomy 3:19 Old Testament, KJV
But your wives, and your little ones, and your cattle, (for I know that ye have much cattle,) shall abide in your cities which I have given you;
Deuteronomy 20:14 Old Testament, KJV
But the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take unto thyself; and thou shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies, which the LORD thy God hath given thee.
Deuteronomy 29:11 Old Testament, KJV
Your little ones, your wives, and thy stranger that is in thy camp, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water:
Deuteronomy 31:12 Old Testament, KJV
Gather the people together, men and women, and children, and thy stranger that is within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear the LORD your God, and observe to do all the words of this law:
Joshua 1:14 Old Testament, KJV
Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle, shall remain in the land which Moses gave you on this side Jordan; but ye shall pass before your brethren armed, all the mighty men of valour, and help them;
Joshua 8:35 Old Testament, KJV
There was not a word of all that Moses commanded, which Joshua read not before all the congregation of Israel, with the women, and the little ones, and the strangers that were conversant among them.
Judges 18:21 Old Testament, KJV
So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the cattle and the carriage before them.
Judges 21:10 Old Testament, KJV
And the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men of the valiantest, and commanded them, saying, Go and smite the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and the children.
2 Samuel 15:22 Old Testament, KJV
And David said to Ittai, Go and pass over. And Ittai the Gittite passed over, and all his men, and all the little ones that were with him.
2 Chronicles 20:13 Old Testament, KJV
And all Judah stood before the LORD, with their little ones, their wives, and their children.
2 Chronicles 31:18 Old Testament, KJV
And to the genealogy of all their little ones, their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, through all the congregation: for in their set office they sanctified themselves in holiness:
Ezra 8:21 Old Testament, KJV
Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.
Esther 3:13 Old Testament, KJV
And the letters were sent by posts into all the king's provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, even upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to take the spoil of them for a prey.
Esther 8:11 Old Testament, KJV
Wherein the king granted the Jews which were in every city to gather themselves together, and to stand for their life, to destroy, to slay and to cause to perish, all the power of the people and province that would assault them, both little ones and women, and to take the spoil of them for a prey,
Jeremiah 40:7 Old Testament, KJV
Now when all the captains of the forces which were in the fields, even they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the land, and had committed unto him men, and women, and children, and of the poor of the land, of them that were not carried away captive to Babylon;
Jeremiah 41:16 Old Testament, KJV
Then took Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, all the remnant of the people whom he had recovered from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, from Mizpah, after that he had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, even mighty men of war, and the women, and the children, and the eunuchs, whom he had brought again from Gibeon:
Jeremiah 43:6 Old Testament, KJV
Even men, and women, and children, and the king's daughters, and every person that Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had left with Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Jeremiah the prophet, and Baruch the son of Neriah.
Ezekiel 9:6 Old Testament, KJV
Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which were before the house.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H2945, grouped by book.

Genesis 8 usages, Old Testament
Exodus 3 usages, Old Testament
Numbers 10 usages, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 7 usages, Old Testament
Joshua 2 usages, Old Testament
Judges 2 usages, Old Testament
2 Samuel 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 2 usages, Old Testament
Ezra 1 usage, Old Testament
Esther 2 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 3 usages, Old Testament
Ezekiel 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H2945 FAQ

What does taph (טַף) mean?

Taph (Strong's H2945) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "families". taph (taf) n-m. 1. a family (mostly used collectively in the singular) [from H2952 (perhaps referring to the tripping gait of children)]

How many times is taph (טַף) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 42 linked usages for Strong's H2945 across 12 books.

Where can I study taph (טַף) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H2945 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate taph (טַף)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as children and little. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.