Word Study · Strong's H3710 · Hebrew

כֵּף

keph

kafe

Strong's 1890 spelling: kêph

“a hollow rock”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

a hollow rock

Rendered in the KJV as

rock.

2
occurrencesin the Old Testament
2 of 39
Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
2
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 2 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 2

וּבַכֵּפִ֖ים1
וְכֵפִֽים׃1

How it is rendered · 2

and on the rocks1
and rocks1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 2

conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural1
conjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · masculine plural1

Show the grammar codes as tagged

HC/Ncmpa · 1
HC/Rd/Ncmpa · 1

All 2, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Job1 of 2 · 50%
Jeremiah1 of 2 · 50%

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Job1 occurrence

Job 30:6וְכֵפִֽים׃vekhefimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine pluralso that they lived on the slopes of the wadis, among the rocks and in holes in the ground.here: and rocks

Jeremiah1 occurrence

Jeremiah 4:29וּבַכֵּפִ֖יםuvakefimconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · masculine pluralEvery city flees at the sound of the horseman and archer. They enter the thickets and climb among the rocks. Every city is abandoned; no inhabitant is left.here: and on the rocks

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