Word Study · Strong's H8598 · Hebrew
תַּפּוּחַ
tappuach
tap-poo'-akh
Strong's 1890 spelling: tappûwach
“an apple (from its fragrance), i.e. the fruit or the tree (probably includ. others of the pome order, as the quince, the orange, etc.)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
an apple (from its fragrance), i.e. the fruit or the tree (probably includ. others of the pome order, as the quince, the orange, etc.)
Rendered in the KJV as
apple (tree). See also H1054 (בֵּית תַּפּוּחַ).
- 6occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 6inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 6 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 6
- בַּתַּפּוּחִ֑ים1
- הַתַּפּ֙וּחַ֙1
- וְתַפּ֗וּחַ1
- כְּתַפּ֙וּחַ֙1
- כַּתַּפּוּחִֽים׃1
- תַּפּוּחֵ֣י1
How it is rendered · 6
- and [the] apple tree1
- apples of1
- like an apple tree1
- like the apples1
- the apple tree1
- with the apples1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 5
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine plural2
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular1
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)1
- preposition + noun · masculine singular1
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HRd/Ncmpa · 2
- HC/Ncmsa · 1
- HNcmpc · 1
- HR/Ncmsa · 1
- HTd/Ncmsa · 1
All 6, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Song of Solomon carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Proverbs1 occurrence
Song of Solomon4 occurrences
- Song of Solomon 2:3כְּתַפּ֙וּחַ֙ketapuachpreposition + noun · masculine singularLike an apple tree among the trees of the forest is my beloved among the young men. I delight to sit in his shade, and his fruit is sweet to my taste.here: like an apple tree
- Song of Solomon 2:5בַּתַּפּוּחִ֑יםbatapuchimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine pluralSustain me with raisins; refresh me with apples, for I am faint with love.here: with the apples
- Song of Solomon 7:8כַּתַּפּוּחִֽים׃katapuchimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine pluralI said, “I will climb the palm tree; I will take hold of its fruit.” May your breasts be like clusters of the vine, the fragrance of your breath like apples,here: like the apples
- Song of Solomon 8:5הַתַּפּ֙וּחַ֙hatapuachthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularWho is this coming up from the wilderness, leaning on her beloved? I roused you under the apple tree; there your mother conceived you; there she travailed and brought you forth.here: the apple tree
Same headword in Strong's