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Strong's H3802 כָּתֵף (katheph)

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

Same number, other testament: Strong's G3802 — pagideuo (“entangle”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H3802
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 58
Books 15

Strong's H3802 Quick Answer

Strong's H3802 כָּתֵף (katheph) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. katheph (kaw-thafe') n-f. 1. the shoulder (proper, i.e. upper end of the arm 2. as being the spot where the garments hang) It has 58 linked Bible usages across 15 books. Visible English usage signals include shoulders, shoulder, was, were, and end. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
katheph (kaw-thafe') n-f. 1. the shoulder (proper, i.e. upper end of the arm 2. as being the spot where the garments hang)
Usage
58 linked usages
Books
15 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
shoulders, shoulder, was, were, and end

Meaning and Definition

katheph (kaw-thafe') n-f. 1. the shoulder (proper, i.e. upper end of the arm 2. as being the spot where the garments hang) 3. (figuratively) side-piece or lateral projection of anything [from an unused root meaning to clothe] KJV: arm, corner, shoulder(-piece), side, undersetter.

Original Word
כָּתֵף
Transliteration
katheph
Morphology
noun fem

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H3802. 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)

shoulder

Usage: 1) shoulder, shoulder-blade, side, slope 1a) shoulder, shoulder-blade (of man) 1b) shoulder, shoulder-pieces (of animals) 1c) side, slope (of mountain) 1d) supports (of laver)

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How Strong's H3802 Is Translated

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

shoulders Exodus 28:12 12× shoulder Nehemiah 9:29 10× was Exodus 39:4 were Exodus 38:14 end Joshua 15:8 be Exodus 27:14 ends Exodus 28:25 is Joshua 15:10 are Ezekiel 25:9

How Strong's H3802 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 58 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H3802 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 H3802 in the Old Testament

58 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Exodus 27:14 KJV

The hangings of one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three.

Exodus 27:15 KJV

And on the other side shall be hangings fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three.

Exodus 28:7 KJV

It shall have the two shoulderpieces thereof joined at the two edges thereof; and so it shall be joined together.

Usage Excerpts

First 58 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H3802.

Exodus 27:14 Old Testament, KJV
The hangings of one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three.
Exodus 27:15 Old Testament, KJV
And on the other side shall be hangings fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three.
Exodus 28:7 Old Testament, KJV
It shall have the two shoulderpieces thereof joined at the two edges thereof; and so it shall be joined together.
Exodus 28:12 Old Testament, KJV
And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulders of the ephod for stones of memorial unto the children of Israel: and Aaron shall bear their names before the LORD upon his two shoulders for a memorial.
Exodus 28:25 Old Testament, KJV
And the other two ends of the two wreathen chains thou shalt fasten in the two ouches, and put them on the shoulderpieces of the ephod before it.
Exodus 28:27 Old Testament, KJV
And two other rings of gold thou shalt make, and shalt put them on the two sides of the ephod underneath, toward the forepart thereof, over against the other coupling thereof, above the curious girdle of the ephod.
Exodus 38:14 Old Testament, KJV
The hangings of the one side of the gate were fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.
Exodus 38:15 Old Testament, KJV
And for the other side of the court gate, on this hand and that hand, were hangings of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.
Exodus 39:4 Old Testament, KJV
They made shoulderpieces for it, to couple it together: by the two edges was it coupled together.
Exodus 39:7 Old Testament, KJV
And he put them on the shoulders of the ephod, that they should be stones for a memorial to the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses.
Exodus 39:18 Old Testament, KJV
And the two ends of the two wreathen chains they fastened in the two ouches, and put them on the shoulderpieces of the ephod, before it.
Exodus 39:20 Old Testament, KJV
And they made two other golden rings, and put them on the two sides of the ephod underneath, toward the forepart of it, over against the other coupling thereof, above the curious girdle of the ephod.
Numbers 7:9 Old Testament, KJV
But unto the sons of Kohath he gave none: because the service of the sanctuary belonging unto them was that they should bear upon their shoulders.
Numbers 34:11 Old Testament, KJV
And the coast shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain; and the border shall descend, and shall reach unto the side of the sea of Chinnereth eastward:
Deuteronomy 33:12 Old Testament, KJV
And of Benjamin he said, The beloved of the LORD shall dwell in safety by him; and the Lord shall cover him all the day long, and he shall dwell between his shoulders.
Joshua 15:8 Old Testament, KJV
And the border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom unto the south side of the Jebusite; 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 end of the valley of the giants northward:
Joshua 15:10 Old Testament, KJV
And the border compassed from Baalah westward unto mount Seir, and passed along unto the side of mount Jearim, which is Chesalon, on the north side, and went down to Bethshemesh, and passed on to Timnah:
Joshua 15:11 Old Testament, KJV
And the border went out unto the side of Ekron northward: and the border was drawn to Shicron, and passed along to mount Baalah, and went out unto Jabneel; and the goings out of the border were at the sea.
Joshua 18:12 Old Testament, KJV
And their border on the north side was from Jordan; and the border went up to the side of Jericho on the north side, and went up through the mountains westward; and the goings out thereof were at the wilderness of Bethaven.
Joshua 18:13 Old Testament, KJV
And the border went over from thence toward Luz, to the side of Luz, which is Bethel, southward; and the border descended to Atarothadar, near the hill that lieth on the south side of the nether Bethhoron.
Joshua 18:16 Old Testament, KJV
And the border came down to the end of the mountain that lieth before the valley of the son of Hinnom, and which is in the valley of the giants on the north, and descended to the valley of Hinnom, to the side of Jebusi on the south, and descended to Enrogel,
Joshua 18:18 Old Testament, KJV
And passed along toward the side over against Arabah northward, and went down unto Arabah:
Joshua 18:19 Old Testament, KJV
And the border passed along to the side of Bethhoglah northward: and the outgoings of the border were at the north bay of the salt sea at the south end of Jordan: this was the south coast.
Judges 16:3 Old Testament, KJV
And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and took the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and went away with them, bar and all, and put them upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of an hill that is before Hebron.
1 Samuel 17:6 Old Testament, KJV
And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a target of brass between his shoulders.
1 Kings 6:8 Old Testament, KJV
The door for the middle chamber was in the right side of the house: and they went up with winding stairs into the middle chamber, and out of the middle into the third.
1 Kings 7:30 Old Testament, KJV
And every base had four brasen wheels, and plates of brass: and the four corners thereof had undersetters: under the laver were undersetters molten, at the side of every addition.
1 Kings 7:34 Old Testament, KJV
And there were four undersetters to the four corners of one base: and the undersetters were of the very base itself.
1 Kings 7:39 Old Testament, KJV
And he put five bases 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 over against the south.
2 Kings 11:11 Old Testament, KJV
And the guard stood, every man with his weapons in his hand, round about the king, from the right corner of the temple to the left corner of the temple, along by the altar and the temple.
1 Chronicles 15:15 Old Testament, KJV
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 the LORD.
2 Chronicles 4:10 Old Testament, KJV
And he set the sea on the right side of the east end, over against the south.
2 Chronicles 23:10 Old Testament, KJV
And he set all the people, every man having his weapon in his hand, from the right side of the temple to the left side of the temple, along by the altar and the temple, by the king round about.
2 Chronicles 35:3 Old Testament, KJV
And said unto the Levites that taught all Israel, which were holy unto the LORD, Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel did build; it shall not be a burden upon your shoulders: serve now the LORD your God, and his people Israel,
Nehemiah 9:29 Old Testament, KJV
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 thy judgments, (which if a man do, he shall live in them;) and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.
Job 31:22 Old Testament, KJV
Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.
Isaiah 11:14 Old Testament, KJV
But they shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines toward the west; they shall spoil them of the east together: they shall lay their hand upon Edom and Moab; and the children of Ammon shall obey them.
Isaiah 30:6 Old Testament, KJV
The burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the young and old lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to a people that shall not profit them.
Isaiah 46:7 Old Testament, KJV
They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yea, one shall cry unto him, yet can he not answer, nor save him out of his trouble.
Isaiah 49:22 Old Testament, KJV
Thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I will lift up mine hand to the Gentiles, and set up my standard to the people: and they shall bring thy sons in their arms, and thy daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders.
Ezekiel 12:6 Old Testament, KJV
In their sight shalt thou bear it upon thy shoulders, and carry it forth in the twilight: thou shalt cover thy face, that thou see not the ground: for I have set thee for a sign unto the house of Israel.
Ezekiel 12:7 Old Testament, KJV
And I did so as I was commanded: I brought forth my stuff by day, as stuff for captivity, and in the even I digged through the wall with mine hand; I brought it forth in the twilight, and I bare it upon my shoulder in their sight.
Ezekiel 12:12 Old Testament, KJV
And the prince that is among them shall bear upon his shoulder in the twilight, and shall go forth: they shall dig through the wall to carry out thereby: he shall cover his face, that he see not the ground with his eyes.
Ezekiel 24:4 Old Testament, KJV
Gather the pieces thereof into it, even every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones.
Ezekiel 25:9 Old Testament, KJV
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, Bethjeshimoth, Baalmeon, and Kiriathaim,
Ezekiel 29:7 Old Testament, KJV
When they took hold of thee by thy hand, thou didst break, and rend all their shoulder: and when they leaned upon thee, thou brakest, and madest all their loins to be at a stand.
Ezekiel 29:18 Old Testament, KJV
Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve a great service against Tyrus: every head was made bald, and every shoulder was peeled: yet had he no wages, nor his army, for Tyrus, for the service that he had served against it:
Ezekiel 34:21 Old Testament, KJV
Because ye have thrust with side and with shoulder, and pushed all the diseased with your horns, till ye have scattered them abroad;
Ezekiel 40:18 Old Testament, KJV
And the pavement by the side of the gates over against the length of the gates was the lower pavement.
Ezekiel 40:40 Old Testament, KJV
And at the side without, as one goeth up to the entry of the north gate, were two tables; and on the other side, which was at the porch of the gate, were two tables.
Ezekiel 40:41 Old Testament, KJV
Four tables were on this side, and four tables on that side, by the side of the gate; eight tables, whereupon they slew their sacrifices.
Ezekiel 40:44 Old Testament, KJV
And without the inner gate were the chambers of the singers in the inner court, which was at the side of the north gate; and their prospect was toward the south: one at the side of the east gate having the prospect toward the north.
Ezekiel 41:2 Old Testament, KJV
And the breadth of the door was ten cubits; and the sides of the door were five cubits on the one side, and five cubits on the other side: and he measured the length thereof, forty cubits: and the breadth, twenty cubits.
Ezekiel 41:26 Old Testament, KJV
And there were narrow windows and palm trees on the one side and on the other side, on the sides of the porch, and upon the side chambers of the house, and thick planks.
Ezekiel 46:19 Old Testament, KJV
After he brought me through the entry, which was at the side of the gate, into the holy chambers of the priests, which looked toward the north: and, behold, there was a place on the two sides westward.
Ezekiel 47:1 Old Testament, KJV
Afterward he brought me again unto the door of the house; and, behold, waters issued out from under the threshold of the house eastward: for the forefront of the house stood toward the east, and the waters came down from under from the right side of the house, at the south side of the altar.
Ezekiel 47:2 Old Testament, KJV
Then brought he me out of the way of the gate northward, and led me about the way without unto the utter gate by the way that looketh eastward; and, behold, there ran out waters on the right side.
Zechariah 7:11 Old Testament, KJV
But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H3802, grouped by book.

Exodus 12 usages, Old Testament
Numbers 2 usages, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 1 usage, Old Testament
Joshua 8 usages, Old Testament
Judges 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Samuel 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Kings 4 usages, Old Testament
2 Kings 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 3 usages, Old Testament
Nehemiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Job 1 usage, Old Testament
Isaiah 4 usages, Old Testament
Ezekiel 17 usages, Old Testament
Zechariah 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H3802 FAQ

What does katheph (כָּתֵף) mean?

Katheph (Strong's H3802) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "arm". katheph (kaw-thafe') n-f. 1. the shoulder (proper, i.e. upper end of the arm 2. as being the spot where the garments hang)

How many times is katheph (כָּתֵף) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 58 linked usages for Strong's H3802 across 15 books.

Where can I study katheph (כָּתֵף) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H3802 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate katheph (כָּתֵף)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as shoulders, shoulder, was, were, end, and be. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.