The meaning of “קָטַף”
Understanding qâṭaph reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
crop off, cut down (up), pluck. - to strip off 1) to pluck off or out, cut off 1a) (Qal) to pluck off 1b) (Niphal) to be...
קָטַף
crop off, cut down (up), pluck. - to strip off 1) to pluck off or out, cut off 1a) (Qal) to pluck off 1b) (Niphal) to be plucked off
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Deuteronomy 23:25 | “When thou comest into the standing corn of thy neighbour, then thou mayest pluck the ears with thine hand; but thou shalt not move a sickle unto thy neighbour’s standing corn. ” Word: קָטַף (qâṭaph) | |
| Job 8:12 | “Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb.” Word: קָטַף (qâṭaph) | |
| Job 30:4 | “Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their meat.” Word: קָטַף (qâṭaph) | |
| Ezekiel 17:4 | “He cropped off the top of his young twigs, and carried it into a land of traffick; he set it in a city of merchants.” Word: קָטַף (qâṭaph) | |
| Ezekiel 17:22 | “Thus saith the Lord God; I will also take of the highest branch of the high cedar, and will set it; I will crop off from the top of his young twigs a tender one, and will plant it upon an high mountain and eminent:” Word: קָטַף (qâṭaph) |
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