Qaphats means “draw together” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Strong's H7092 קָפַץ (qaphats) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. qaphats (kaw-fats') v. 1. to draw together, i.e. close 2. (by implication) to leap (by contracting the limbs) It has 7 linked Bible usages across 5 books. Visible English usage signals include shut and leaping. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
qaphats (kaw-fats') v. 1. to draw together, i.e. close 2. (by implication) to leap (by contracting the limbs) 3. (specifically) to die (from gathering up the feet) [a primitive root] KJV: shut (up), skip, stop, take out of the way.
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H7092. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
to gather
Usage: 1) to draw together, close, shut, shut up, stop up 1a) (Qal) to shut 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to draw oneself together (of death) 1b2) to be shut up to death 1c) (Piel) springing, skipping (participle)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render qaphats, 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.
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.
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7 indexed usages in Old Testament.
If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother:
So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all other, and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.
First 7 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H7092.
If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother:
So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all other, and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.
Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah.
The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.
The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.
So shall he sprinkle many nations; the kings shall shut their mouths at him: for that which had not been told them shall they see; and that which they had not heard shall they consider.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H7092, grouped by book.
Qaphats (Strong's H7092) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "draw together". qaphats (kaw-fats') v. 1. to draw together, i.e. close 2. (by implication) to leap (by contracting the limbs)
This page currently indexes 7 linked usages for Strong's H7092 across 5 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H7092 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as shut and leaping. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.