Hebrew · Strong's H3700
כָּסַף
kasaphkaw-saf'
properly, to become pale, i.e. (by implication) to pine after
1890 spelling: kâçaph
Gematria 160· 880 mispar gadol
Strong's Dictionary · 1890
properly, to become pale, i.e. (by implication) to pine after; also to fear
Rendered in the KJV as
(have) desire, be greedy, long, sore.
- 6occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 4 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 6inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 6 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 6
- יִכְס֣וֹף1
- נִכְסֹ֥ף1
- נִכְסָֽף׃1
- נִכְסְפָ֬ה1
- נִכְסַ֖פְתָּה1
- תִכְסֹֽף׃1
How it is rendered · 6
- [which] it longs1
- ashamed1
- certainly to long for1
- it has longed1
- you longed1
- you will long1
The sense the word carries at each spot: how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 6
- verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive absolute1
- verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 2nd person masculine singular1
- verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person feminine singular1
- verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular1
- verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singular1
- verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HVNaa · 1
- HVNp2ms · 1
- HVNp3fs · 1
- HVNrmsa · 1
- HVqi2ms · 1
- HVqi3ms · 1
All 6, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Genesis carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Genesis2 occurrences
- Genesis 31:30נִכְסֹ֥ףnikhsofverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive absoluteNow you have gone off because you long for your father’s house. But why have you stolen my gods?”here: certainly to long for
- Genesis 31:30נִכְסַ֖פְתָּהnikhsaftahverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 2nd person masculine singularNow you have gone off because you long for your father’s house. But why have you stolen my gods?”here: you longed
Psalms2 occurrences
- Psalms 17:12יִכְס֣וֹףyikhsofverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularlike a lion greedy for prey, like a young lion lurking in ambush.here: [which] it longs
- Psalms 84:2נִכְסְפָ֬הnikhsefahverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person feminine singularMy soul longs, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.here: it has longed