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Strong's H3709 כַּף (kaph)

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

Same number, other testament: Strong's G3709 — orge (“anger”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H3709
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 179
Books 30

Strong's H3709 Quick Answer

Strong's H3709 כַּף (kaph) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. kaph (kaf) n-f. 1. the hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal, of the sole, and even of the bowl of a dish or sling, the handle of a bolt, the leaves of a palm-tree) 2. (figuratively) power It has 179 linked Bible usages across 30 books. Visible English usage signals include hands, hand, sole, bowls, and hollow. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
kaph (kaf) n-f. 1. the hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal, of the sole, and even of the bowl of a dish or sling, the handle of a bolt, the leaves of a palm-tree) 2. (figuratively) power
Usage
179 linked usages
Books
30 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
hands, hand, sole, bowls, and hollow

Meaning and Definition

kaph (kaf) n-f. 1. the hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal, of the sole, and even of the bowl of a dish or sling, the handle of a bolt, the leaves of a palm-tree) 2. (figuratively) power [from H3721] KJV: branch, + foot, hand((-ful), -dle, (-led)), hollow, middle, palm, paw, power, sole, spoon. Root(s): H3721

Original Word
כַּף
Transliteration
kaph
Derivation
Root: כפף First root strongs: 3721
Morphology
noun fem

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H3709. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

palm

Usage: : palm/hand 1) palm, hand, sole, palm of the hand, hollow or flat of the hand 1a) palm, hollow or flat of the hand 1b) power 1c) sole (of the foot) 1d) hollow, objects, bending objects, bent objects 1d1) of thigh-joint 1d2) pan, vessel (as hollow) 1d3) hollow (of sling) 1d4) hand-shaped branches or fronds (of palm trees) 1d5) handles (as bent)

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How Strong's H3709 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render kaph, 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.

hands Genesis 20:5 39× hand Exodus 4:4 37× sole Genesis 8:9 bowls Exodus 25:29 even Deuteronomy 11:24 hollow Genesis 32:25 palm Leviticus 23:40 paws Leviticus 11:27 sling 1 Samuel 25:29

How Strong's H3709 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 179 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H3709 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 H3709 in the Old Testament

179 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 8:9 KJV

But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark.

Genesis 20:5 KJV

Said he not unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have I done this.

Genesis 31:42 KJV

Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight.

Usage Excerpts

First 120 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H3709.

Genesis 8:9 Old Testament, KJV
But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark.
Genesis 20:5 Old Testament, KJV
Said he not unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have I done this.
Genesis 31:42 Old Testament, KJV
Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight.
Genesis 32:25 Old Testament, KJV
And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him.
Genesis 32:32 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew that shrank.
Genesis 40:11 Old Testament, KJV
And Pharaoh's cup was in my hand: and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh's cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand.
Genesis 40:21 Old Testament, KJV
And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand:
Exodus 4:4 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD said unto Moses, Put forth thine hand, and take it by the tail. And he put forth his hand, and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand:
Exodus 9:29 Old Testament, KJV
And Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will spread abroad my hands unto the LORD; and the thunder shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail; that thou mayest know how that the earth is the LORD's.
Exodus 9:33 Old Testament, KJV
And Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread abroad his hands unto the LORD: and the thunders and hail ceased, and the rain was not poured upon the earth.
Exodus 25:29 Old Testament, KJV
And thou shalt make the dishes thereof, and spoons thereof, and covers thereof, and bowls thereof, to cover withal: of pure gold shalt thou make them.
Exodus 29:24 Old Testament, KJV
And thou shalt put all in the hands of Aaron, and in the hands of his sons; and shalt wave them for a wave offering before the LORD.
Exodus 33:22 Old Testament, KJV
And it shall come to pass, while my glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a clift of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand while I pass by:
Exodus 33:23 Old Testament, KJV
And I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts: but my face shall not be seen.
Exodus 37:16 Old Testament, KJV
And he made the vessels which were upon the table, his dishes, and his spoons, and his bowls, and his covers to cover withal, of pure gold.
Leviticus 8:27 Old Testament, KJV
And he put all upon Aaron's hands, and upon his sons' hands, and waved them for a wave offering before the LORD.
Leviticus 8:28 Old Testament, KJV
And Moses took them from off their hands, and burnt them on the altar upon the burnt offering: they were consecrations for a sweet savour: it is an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
Leviticus 9:17 Old Testament, KJV
And he brought the meat offering, and took an handful thereof, and burnt it upon the altar, beside the burnt sacrifice of the morning.
Leviticus 11:27 Old Testament, KJV
And whatsoever goeth upon his paws, among all manner of beasts that go on all four, those are unclean unto you: whoso toucheth their carcase shall be unclean until the even.
Leviticus 14:15 Old Testament, KJV
And the priest shall take some of the log of oil, and pour it into the palm of his own left hand:
Leviticus 14:16 Old Testament, KJV
And the priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that is in his left hand, and shall sprinkle of the oil with his finger seven times before the LORD:
Leviticus 14:17 Old Testament, KJV
And of the rest of the oil that is in his hand shall the priest put upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot, upon the blood of the trespass offering:
Leviticus 14:18 Old Testament, KJV
And the remnant of the oil that is in the priest's hand he shall pour upon the head of him that is to be cleansed: and the priest shall make an atonement for him before the LORD.
Leviticus 14:26 Old Testament, KJV
And the priest shall pour of the oil into the palm of his own left hand:
Leviticus 14:27 Old Testament, KJV
And the priest shall sprinkle with his right finger some of the oil that is in his left hand seven times before the LORD:
Leviticus 14:28 Old Testament, KJV
And the priest shall put of the oil that is in his hand upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot, upon the place of the blood of the trespass offering:
Leviticus 14:29 Old Testament, KJV
And the rest of the oil that is in the priest's hand he shall put upon the head of him that is to be cleansed, to make an atonement for him before the LORD.
Leviticus 23:40 Old Testament, KJV
And ye shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God seven days.
Numbers 4:7 Old Testament, KJV
And upon the table of shewbread they shall spread a cloth of blue, and put thereon the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls, and covers to cover withal: and the continual bread shall be thereon:
Numbers 5:18 Old Testament, KJV
And the priest shall set the woman before the LORD, and uncover the woman's head, and put the offering of memorial in her hands, which is the jealousy offering: and the priest shall have in his hand the bitter water that causeth the curse:
Numbers 6:19 Old Testament, KJV
And the priest shall take the sodden shoulder of the ram, and one unleavened cake out of the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and shall put them upon the hands of the Nazarite, after the hair of his separation is shaven:
Numbers 7:14 Old Testament, KJV
One spoon of ten shekels of gold, full of incense:
Numbers 7:20 Old Testament, KJV
One spoon of gold of ten shekels, full of incense:
Numbers 7:26 Old Testament, KJV
One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
Numbers 7:32 Old Testament, KJV
One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
Numbers 7:38 Old Testament, KJV
One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
Numbers 7:44 Old Testament, KJV
One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
Numbers 7:50 Old Testament, KJV
One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
Numbers 7:56 Old Testament, KJV
One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
Numbers 7:62 Old Testament, KJV
One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
Numbers 7:68 Old Testament, KJV
One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
Numbers 7:74 Old Testament, KJV
One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
Numbers 7:80 Old Testament, KJV
One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
Numbers 7:84 Old Testament, KJV
This was the dedication of the altar, in the day when it was anointed, by the princes of Israel: twelve chargers of silver, twelve silver bowls, twelve spoons of gold:
Numbers 7:86 Old Testament, KJV
The golden spoons were twelve, full of incense, weighing ten shekels apiece, after the shekel of the sanctuary: all the gold of the spoons was an hundred and twenty shekels.
Numbers 24:10 Old Testament, KJV
And Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam, and he smote his hands together: and Balak said unto Balaam, I called thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast altogether blessed them these three times.
Deuteronomy 2:5 Old Testament, KJV
Meddle not with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as a foot breadth; because I have given mount Seir unto Esau for a possession.
Deuteronomy 11:24 Old Testament, KJV
Every place whereon the soles of your feet shall tread shall be yours: from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even unto the uttermost sea shall your coast be.
Deuteronomy 25:12 Old Testament, KJV
Then thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall not pity her.
Deuteronomy 28:35 Old Testament, KJV
The LORD shall smite thee in the knees, and in the legs, with a sore botch that cannot be healed, from the sole of thy foot unto the top of thy head.
Deuteronomy 28:56 Old Testament, KJV
The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter,
Deuteronomy 28:65 Old Testament, KJV
And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but the LORD shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind:
Joshua 1:3 Old Testament, KJV
Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given unto you, as I said unto Moses.
Joshua 3:13 Old Testament, KJV
And it shall come to pass, as soon as the soles of the feet of the priests that bear the ark of the LORD, the LORD of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of Jordan, that the waters of Jordan shall be cut off from the waters that come down from above; and they shall stand upon an heap.
Joshua 4:18 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, when the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD were come up out of the midst of Jordan, and the soles of the priests' feet were lifted up unto the dry land, that the waters of Jordan returned unto their place, and flowed over all his banks, as they did before.
Judges 6:13 Old Testament, KJV
And Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the LORD be with us, why then is all this befallen us? and where be all his miracles which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not the LORD bring us up from Egypt? but now the LORD hath forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites.
Judges 6:14 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy might, and thou shalt save Israel from the hand of the Midianites: have not I sent thee?
Judges 8:6 Old Testament, KJV
And the princes of Succoth said, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thine army?
Judges 8:15 Old Testament, KJV
And he came unto the men of Succoth, and said, Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, with whom ye did upbraid me, saying, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thy men that are weary?
Judges 12:3 Old Testament, KJV
And when I saw that ye delivered me not, I put my life in my hands, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and the LORD delivered them into my hand: wherefore then are ye come up unto me this day, to fight against me?
Judges 14:9 Old Testament, KJV
And he took thereof in his hands, and went on eating, and came to his father and mother, and he gave them, and they did eat: but he told not them that he had taken the honey out of the carcase of the lion.
1 Samuel 4:3 Old Testament, KJV
And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Wherefore hath the LORD smitten us to day before the Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of Shiloh unto us, that, when it cometh among us, it may save us out of the hand of our enemies.
1 Samuel 5:4 Old Testament, KJV
And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of the LORD; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off upon the threshold; only the stump of Dagon was left to him.
1 Samuel 19:5 Old Testament, KJV
For he did put his life in his hand, and slew the Philistine, and the LORD wrought a great salvation for all Israel: thou sawest it, and didst rejoice: wherefore then wilt thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause?
1 Samuel 25:29 Old Testament, KJV
Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as out of the middle of a sling.
1 Samuel 28:21 Old Testament, KJV
And the woman came unto Saul, and saw that he was sore troubled, and said unto him, Behold, thine handmaid hath obeyed thy voice, and I have put my life in my hand, and have hearkened unto thy words which thou spakest unto me.
2 Samuel 14:16 Old Testament, KJV
For the king will hear, to deliver his handmaid out of the hand of the man that would destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God.
2 Samuel 14:25 Old Testament, KJV
But in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty: from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.
2 Samuel 18:12 Old Testament, KJV
And the man said unto Joab, Though I should receive a thousand shekels of silver in mine hand, yet would I not put forth mine hand against the king's son: for in our hearing the king charged thee and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Beware that none touch the young man Absalom.
2 Samuel 18:14 Old Testament, KJV
Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee. And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak.
2 Samuel 19:9 Old Testament, KJV
And all the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, The king saved us out of the hand of our enemies, and he delivered us out of the hand of the Philistines; and now he is fled out of the land for Absalom.
2 Samuel 22:1 Old Testament, KJV
And David spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul:
1 Kings 5:3 Old Testament, KJV
Thou knowest how that David my father could not build an house unto the name of the LORD his God for the wars which were about him on every side, until the LORD put them under the soles of his feet.
1 Kings 7:50 Old Testament, KJV
And the bowls, and the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the censers of pure gold; and the hinges of gold, both for the doors of the inner house, the most holy place, and for the doors of the house, to wit, of the temple.
1 Kings 8:22 Old Testament, KJV
And Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven:
1 Kings 8:38 Old Testament, KJV
What prayer and supplication soever be made by any man, or by all thy people Israel, which shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house:
1 Kings 8:54 Old Testament, KJV
And it was so, that when Solomon had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication unto the LORD, he arose from before the altar of the LORD, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread up to heaven.
1 Kings 17:12 Old Testament, KJV
And she said, As the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.
1 Kings 18:44 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man's hand. And he said, Go up, say unto Ahab, Prepare thy chariot, and get thee down that the rain stop thee not.
2 Kings 4:34 Old Testament, KJV
And he went up, and lay upon the child, and put his mouth upon his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his hands: and stretched himself upon the child; and the flesh of the child waxed warm.
2 Kings 9:35 Old Testament, KJV
And they went to bury her: but they found no more of her than the skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands.
2 Kings 11:12 Old Testament, KJV
And he brought forth the king's son, and put the crown upon him, and gave him the testimony; and they made him king, and anointed him; and they clapped their hands, and said, God save the king.
2 Kings 16:7 Old Testament, KJV
So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, saying, I am thy servant and thy son: come up, and save me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, which rise up against me.
2 Kings 18:21 Old Testament, KJV
Now, behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt, on which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him.
2 Kings 19:24 Old Testament, KJV
I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places.
2 Kings 20:6 Old Testament, KJV
And I will add unto thy days fifteen years; and I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.
2 Kings 25:14 Old Testament, KJV
And the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away.
1 Chronicles 12:17 Old Testament, KJV
And David went out to meet them, and answered and said unto them, If ye be come peaceably unto me to help me, mine heart shall be knit unto you: but if ye be come to betray me to mine enemies, seeing there is no wrong in mine hands, the God of our fathers look thereon, and rebuke it.
2 Chronicles 4:22 Old Testament, KJV
And the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the censers, of pure gold: and the entry of the house, the inner doors thereof for the most holy place, and the doors of the house of the temple, were of gold.
2 Chronicles 6:12 Old Testament, KJV
And he stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands:
2 Chronicles 6:13 Old Testament, KJV
For Solomon had made a brasen scaffold of five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court: and upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon his knees before all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven.
2 Chronicles 6:29 Old Testament, KJV
Then what prayer or what supplication soever shall be made of any man, or of all thy people Israel, when every one shall know his own sore and his own grief, and shall spread forth his hands in this house:
2 Chronicles 24:14 Old Testament, KJV
And when they had finished it, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, whereof were made vessels for the house of the LORD, even vessels to minister, and to offer withal, and spoons, and vessels of gold and silver. And they offered burnt offerings in the house of the LORD continually all the days of Jehoiada.
2 Chronicles 30:6 Old Testament, KJV
So the posts went with the letters from the king and his princes throughout all Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment of the king, saying, Ye children of Israel, turn again unto the LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and he will return to the remnant of you, that are escaped out of the hand of the kings of Assyria.
2 Chronicles 32:11 Old Testament, KJV
Doth not Hezekiah persuade you to give over yourselves to die by famine and by thirst, saying, The LORD our God shall deliver us out of the hand of the king of Assyria?
Ezra 8:31 Old Testament, KJV
Then we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go unto Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of such as lay in wait by the way.
Ezra 9:5 Old Testament, KJV
And at the evening sacrifice I arose up from my heaviness; and having rent my garment and my mantle, I fell upon my knees, and spread out my hands unto the LORD my God,
Job 2:7 Old Testament, KJV
So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.
Job 9:30 Old Testament, KJV
If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;
Job 10:3 Old Testament, KJV
Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?
Job 11:13 Old Testament, KJV
If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;
Job 13:14 Old Testament, KJV
Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine hand?
Job 13:21 Old Testament, KJV
Withdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me afraid.
Job 16:17 Old Testament, KJV
Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure.
Job 22:30 Old Testament, KJV
He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands.
Job 27:23 Old Testament, KJV
Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.
Job 29:9 Old Testament, KJV
The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.
Job 31:7 Old Testament, KJV
If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands;
Job 36:32 Old Testament, KJV
With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it not to shine by the cloud that cometh betwixt.
Job 41:8 Old Testament, KJV
Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more.
Psalms 7:3 Old Testament, KJV
O LORD my God, If I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands;
Psalms 9:16 Old Testament, KJV
The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.
Psalms 24:4 Old Testament, KJV
He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
Psalms 26:6 Old Testament, KJV
I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O LORD:
Psalms 44:20 Old Testament, KJV
If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;
Psalms 47:1 Old Testament, KJV
O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph.
Psalms 63:4 Old Testament, KJV
Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name.
Psalms 71:4 Old Testament, KJV
Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.
Psalms 73:13 Old Testament, KJV
Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.
Psalms 78:72 Old Testament, KJV
So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H3709, grouped by book.

Genesis 7 usages, Old Testament
Exodus 8 usages, Old Testament
Leviticus 13 usages, Old Testament
Numbers 18 usages, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 6 usages, Old Testament
Joshua 3 usages, Old Testament
Judges 6 usages, Old Testament
1 Samuel 5 usages, Old Testament
2 Samuel 6 usages, Old Testament
1 Kings 7 usages, Old Testament
2 Kings 8 usages, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 7 usages, Old Testament
Ezra 2 usages, Old Testament
Job 13 usages, Old Testament
Psalms 20 usages, Old Testament
Proverbs 9 usages, Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 1 usage, Old Testament
Song of Solomon 1 usage, Old Testament
Isaiah 13 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 5 usages, Old Testament
Lamentations 3 usages, Old Testament
Ezekiel 9 usages, Old Testament
Daniel 1 usage, Old Testament
Jonah 1 usage, Old Testament
Micah 2 usages, Old Testament
Nahum 1 usage, Old Testament
Habakkuk 1 usage, Old Testament
Haggai 1 usage, Old Testament
Malachi 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H3709 FAQ

What does kaph (כַּף) mean?

Kaph (Strong's H3709) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "hollow". kaph (kaf) n-f. 1. the hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal, of the sole, and even of the bowl of a dish or sling, the handle of a bolt, the leaves of a palm-tree) 2. (figuratively) power

How many times is kaph (כַּף) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 179 linked usages for Strong's H3709 across 30 books.

Where can I study kaph (כַּף) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H3709 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate kaph (כַּף)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as hands, hand, sole, bowls, hollow, and even. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.