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Hebrew noun (feminine) · H3802

כָּתֵף

kathephkaw-thafe'

shoulder

67 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: kâthêph

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H3802is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 15 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 47
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H3802

the shoulder (proper, i.e. upper end of the arm; as being the spot where the garments hang); figuratively, side-piece or lateral projection of anything

The King James renders it: arm, corner, shoulder(-piece), side, undersetter.

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

katheph is rendered "shoulder". It stands 67 times in the Hebrew text, across fifteen books.

  • Nineteen of the uses stand in Ezekiel, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Exodus 27:14Make the curtains on one side fifteen cubits long, with three posts and three bases,
  • The Greek text spells it forty-seven different ways.

The first use

Make the curtains on one side fifteen cubits long, with three posts and three bases,

Exodus 27:14לַכָּתֵ֑ף

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

Nineteen of the word's sixty-seven uses are in Ezekiel.

The other 24 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • side of9
  • a shoulder7
  • slope of7
  • shoulder-pieces of6
  • from side of5
  • the side4
  • shoulder of3
  • shoulders his3
  • and for the side2
  • on the shoulder2
  • shoulder2
  • shoulder-pieces2

and 14 more, 67 uses in all

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

כָּתַבkathabto writeUses224
כָּתָבkathabwritingUses17
כָּתַתkathathto crushUses17
כָּתַרkatharto surroundUses6
כָּתִיתkathithbeatenUses5
כָּתַםkathambe stainedUses1
כָּתַשׁkathashto poundUses1

All 67, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

47 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • כֶּ֤תֶף7
  • כֶּ֥תֶף4
  • כֶּ֣תֶף4
  • מִכֶּ֨תֶף3
  • הַכָּתֵ֣ף2
  • כֶּ֨תֶף2
  • כֶּ֙תֶף֙2
  • כָּתֵ֥ף2
  • כָּתֵ֤ף2
  • כִּתְפֹ֣ת2
  • בְכָתֵ֤ף1
  • בַּכָּתֵ֖ף1

and 35 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)20HNcfsc
  • noun · feminine singular9HNcfsa
  • noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)7HNcfpc
  • preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)6HR/Ncfsc
  • noun · feminine plural4HNcfpa
  • noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular4HNcmpc/Sp3ms
  • the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular4HTd/Ncfsa
  • preposition with the article + noun · feminine singular3HRd/Ncfsa
  • conjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · feminine singular2HC/Rd/Ncfsa
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)1HC/Ncfpc
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular1HC/Ncfsa
  • conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singular1HC/R/Ncfsa

Exodus

thirteen uses
  • Make the curtains on one side fifteen cubits long, with three posts and three bases,

    Exodus 27:14

    • לַכָּתֵ֑ףlakatefpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: for the side
  • and the curtains on the other side fifteen cubits long, with three posts and three bases.

    Exodus 27:15

    • וְלַכָּתֵף֙velakatefconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: and for the side
  • It shall have two shoulder pieces attached at two of its corners, so it can be fastened.

    Exodus 28:7

    • כְתֵפֹ֣תkhetefotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: shoulder-pieces
  • Fasten both stones on the shoulder pieces of the ephod as memorial stones for the sons of Israel. Aaron is to bear their names on his two shoulders as a memorial before the LORD.

    Exodus 28:12

    • כִּתְפֹ֣תkitfotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: shoulder-pieces of
    • כְתֵפָ֖יוkhetefavnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: shoulder-pieces his
  • and fasten the other ends of the two chains to the two filigree settings, attaching them to the shoulder pieces of the ephod at the front.

    Exodus 28:25

    • כִּתְפ֥וֹתkitfotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: shoulder-pieces of
  • Make two additional gold rings and attach them to the bottom of the two shoulder pieces of the ephod, on its front, near its seam just above its woven waistband.

    Exodus 28:27

    • כִתְפ֨וֹתkhitfotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: shoulder-pieces of
  • The curtains on one side of the entrance were fifteen cubits long, with three posts and three bases.

    Exodus 38:14

    • הַכָּתֵ֑ףhakatefthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the side
  • And the curtains on the other side were also fifteen cubits long, with three posts and three bases as well.

    Exodus 38:15

    • וְלַכָּתֵ֣ףvelakatefconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: and for the side
  • They made shoulder pieces for the ephod, which were attached at two of its corners, so it could be fastened.

    Exodus 39:4

    • כְּתֵפֹ֥תketefotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: shoulder-pieces
  • Then they fastened them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod as memorial stones for the sons of Israel, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

    Exodus 39:7

    • כִּתְפֹ֣תkitfotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: shoulder-pieces of
  • and they fastened the other ends of the two chains to the two filigree settings, attaching them to the shoulder pieces of the ephod at the front.

    Exodus 39:18

    • כִּתְפֹ֥תkitfotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: shoulder-pieces of
  • They made two additional gold rings and attached them to the bottom of the two shoulder pieces of the ephod, on its front, near the seam just above its woven waistband.

    Exodus 39:20

    • כִתְפֹ֨תkhitfotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: shoulder-pieces of

Numbers

two uses
  • But he did not give any to the Kohathites, since they were to carry on their shoulders the holy objects for which they were responsible.

    Numbers 7:9

    • בַּכָּתֵ֖ףbakatefpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: on the shoulder
  • then go down from Shepham to Riblah on the east side of Ain and continue along the slopes east of the Sea of Chinnereth.

    Numbers 34:11

    • כֶּ֥תֶףketefnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: shoulder of

Deuteronomy

one use
  • Concerning Benjamin he said: “May the beloved of the LORD rest secure in Him; God shields him all day long, and upon His shoulders he rests.”

    Deuteronomy 33:12

    • כְּתֵיפָ֖יוketeifavnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: shoulders his

Joshua

eight uses
  • From there the border went up the Valley of Hinnom along the southern slope of the Jebusites (that is, Jerusalem) and ascended to the top of the hill that faces the Valley of Hinnom on the west, at the northern end of the Valley of Rephaim.

    Joshua 15:8

    • כֶּ֤תֶףketefnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: slope of
  • The border curled westward from Baalah to Mount Seir, ran along the northern slope of Mount Jearim (that is, Chesalon), went down to Beth-shemesh, and crossed to Timnah.

    Joshua 15:10

    • כֶּ֧תֶףketefnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: slope of
  • Then it went out to the northern slope of Ekron, curved toward Shikkeron, proceeded to Mount Baalah, went on to Jabneel, and ended at the Sea.

    Joshua 15:11

    • כֶּ֣תֶףketefnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: slope of
  • On the north side their border began at the Jordan, went up past the northern slope of Jericho, headed west through the hill country, and came out at the wilderness of Beth-aven.

    Joshua 18:12

    • כֶּ֨תֶףketefnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: slope of
  • From there the border crossed over to the southern slope of Luz (that is, Bethel) and went down to Ataroth-addar on the hill south of Lower Beth-horon.

    Joshua 18:13

    • כֶּ֤תֶףketefnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: slope of
  • Then it went down to the foot of the hill that faces the Valley of Hinnom at the northern end of the Valley of Rephaim and ran down the Valley of Hinnom toward the southern slope of the Jebusites and downward to En-rogel.

    Joshua 18:16

    • כֶּ֤תֶףketefnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: slope of
  • Then it went on to the northern slope of Beth-arabah and went down into the valley.

    Joshua 18:18

    • כֶּ֥תֶףketefnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: slope
  • The border continued to the northern slope of Beth-hoglah and came out at the northern bay of the Salt Sea, at the mouth of the Jordan. This was the southern border.

    Joshua 18:19

    • כֶּ֣תֶףketefnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: slope of

Judges

one use
  • But Samson lay there only until midnight, when he got up, took hold of the doors of the city gate and both gateposts, and pulled them out, bar and all. Then he put them on his shoulders and took them to the top of the mountain overlooking Hebron.

    Judges 16:3

    • כְּתֵפָ֑יוketefavnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: shoulders his

1 Samuel

one use
  • and he had armor of bronze on his legs and a javelin of bronze slung between his shoulders.

    1 Samuel 17:6

    • כְּתֵפָֽיו׃ketefavnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: shoulders his

1 Kings

eight uses
  • The entrance to the bottom floor was on the south side of the temple. A stairway led up to the middle level, and from there to the third floor.

    1 Kings 6:8

    • כֶּ֥תֶףketefnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: side of
  • Each stand had four bronze wheels with bronze axles and a basin resting on four supports, with wreaths at each side.

    1 Kings 7:30

    • כְּתֵפֹ֣תketefotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: supports
    • הַכְּתֵפֹ֣תhaketefotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the supports
  • Each stand had four handles, one for each corner, projecting from the stand.

    1 Kings 7:34

    • כְּתֵפ֔וֹתketefotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: supports
    • כְּתֵפֶֽיהָ׃ketefeihanoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: supports its
  • He set five stands on the south side of the temple and five on the north, and he put the Sea on the south side, at the southeast corner of the temple.

    1 Kings 7:39

    • כֶּ֤תֶףketefnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: side of
    • כֶּ֥תֶףketefnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: side of
    • מִכֶּ֨תֶףmiketefpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from side of

2 Kings

two uses
  • And the guards stood with weapons in hand surrounding the king by the altar and the temple, from the south side to the north side of the temple.

    2 Kings 11:11

    • מִכֶּ֨תֶףmiketefpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from side of
    • כֶּ֤תֶףketefnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: side of

1 Chronicles

one use
  • And the Levites carried the ark of God on their shoulders with the poles, as Moses had commanded in accordance with the word of the LORD.

    1 Chronicles 15:15

    • בִּכְתֵפָ֥םbikhtefampreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: on shoulders their

2 Chronicles

four uses
  • He put the Sea on the south side, at the southeast corner.

    2 Chronicles 4:10

    • מִכֶּ֧תֶףmiketefpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from side of
  • He stationed all the troops, with their weapons in hand, surrounding the king by the altar and the temple, from the south side to the north side of the temple.

    2 Chronicles 23:10

    • מִכֶּ֨תֶףmiketefpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from side of
    • כֶּ֤תֶףketefnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: side of
  • To the Levites who taught all Israel and were holy to the LORD, Josiah said: “Put the holy ark in the temple built by Solomon son of David king of Israel. It is not to be carried around on your shoulders. Now serve the LORD your God and His people Israel.

    2 Chronicles 35:3

    • בַּכָּתֵ֑ףbakatefpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: on the shoulder

Nehemiah

one use
  • You admonished them to turn back to Your law, but they were arrogant and disobeyed Your commandments. They sinned against Your ordinances, by which a man will live if he practices them. They stubbornly shrugged their shoulders; they stiffened their necks and would not obey.

    Nehemiah 9:29

    • כָתֵף֙khatefnoun · feminine singulartagged: a shoulder

Job

one use
  • then may my arm fall from my shoulder and be torn from its socket.

    Job 31:22

    • כְּ֭תֵפִיketefinoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: shoulder my

Isaiah

four uses
  • They will swoop down on the slopes of the Philistines to the west; together they will plunder the sons of the east. They will lay their hands on Edom and Moab, and the Ammonites will be subject to them.

    Isaiah 11:14

    • בְכָתֵ֤ףvekhatefpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: on shoulder
  • This is the burden against the beasts of the Negev: Through a land of hardship and distress, of lioness and lion, of viper and flying serpent, they carry their wealth on the backs of donkeys and their treasures on the humps of camels, to a people of no profit to them.

    Isaiah 30:6

    • כֶּ֨תֶףketefnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: shoulder of
  • They lift it to their shoulder and carry it along; they set it in its place, and there it stands, not budging from that spot. They cry out to it, but it does not answer; it saves no one from his troubles.

    Isaiah 46:7

    • כָּתֵ֨ףkatefnoun · feminine singulartagged: a shoulder
  • This is what the Lord GOD says: “Behold, I will lift up My hand to the nations, and raise My banner to the peoples. They will bring your sons in their arms and carry your daughters on their shoulders.

    Isaiah 49:22

    • כָּתֵ֥ףkatefnoun · feminine singulartagged: a shoulder

Ezekiel

nineteen uses
  • And as they watch, lift your bags to your shoulder and take them out at dusk; cover your face so that you cannot see the land. For I have made you a sign to the house of Israel.”

    Ezekiel 12:6

    • כָּתֵ֤ףkatefnoun · feminine singulartagged: a shoulder
  • So I did as I was commanded. I brought out my bags for exile by day, and in the evening I dug through the wall by hand. I took my belongings out at dusk, carrying them on my shoulder as they watched.

    Ezekiel 12:7

    • כָּתֵ֥ףkatefnoun · feminine singulartagged: a shoulder
  • And at dusk the prince among them will lift his bags to his shoulder and go out. They will dig through the wall to bring him out. He will cover his face so he cannot see the land.

    Ezekiel 12:12

    • כָּתֵ֤ףkatefnoun · feminine singulartagged: a shoulder
  • Put in the pieces of meat, every good piece—thigh and shoulder—fill it with choice bones.

    Ezekiel 24:4

    • וְכָתֵ֑ףvekhatefconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and shoulder
  • therefore I will indeed expose the flank of Moab beginning with its frontier cities—Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim—the glory of the land.

    Ezekiel 25:9

    • כֶּ֤תֶףketefnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: shoulder of
  • When Israel took hold of you with their hands, you splintered, tearing all their shoulders; when they leaned on you, you broke, and their backs were wrenched.

    Ezekiel 29:7

    • כָּתֵ֑ףkatefnoun · feminine singulartagged: shoulder
  • “Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon caused his army to labor strenuously against Tyre. Every head was made bald and every shoulder made raw. But he and his army received no wages from Tyre for the labor they expended on it.

    Ezekiel 29:18

    • כָּתֵ֖ףkatefnoun · feminine singulartagged: shoulder
  • Since you shove with flank and shoulder, butting all the weak ones with your horns until you have scattered them abroad,

    Ezekiel 34:21

    • וּבְכָתֵף֙uvekhatefconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: and with shoulder
  • which flanked the gateways and corresponded to the length of the gates; this was the lower pavement.

    Ezekiel 40:18

    • כֶּ֣תֶףketefnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: side of
  • Outside, as one goes up to the entrance of the north gateway, there were two tables on one side and two more tables on the other side of the gate’s portico.

    Ezekiel 40:40

    • הַכָּתֵ֣ףhakatefthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the side
    • הַכָּתֵ֣ףhakatefthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the side
  • So there were four tables inside the gateway and four outside—eight tables in all—on which the sacrifices were to be slaughtered.

    Ezekiel 40:41

    • לְכֶ֣תֶףlekhetefpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to side of
  • Outside the inner gate, within the inner court, were two chambers, one beside the north gate and facing south, and another beside the south gate and facing north.

    Ezekiel 40:44

    • כֶּ֙תֶף֙ketefnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: side of
    • כֶּ֙תֶף֙ketefnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: side of
  • The width of the entrance was ten cubits, and the sides of the entrance were five cubits on each side. He also measured the length of the outer sanctuary to be forty cubits, and the width to be twenty cubits.

    Ezekiel 41:2

    • וְכִתְפ֣וֹתvekhitfotconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and sides of
  • There were beveled windows and palm trees on the sidewalls of the portico. The side rooms of the temple also had canopies.

    Ezekiel 41:26

    • כִּתְפ֖וֹתkitfotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: sides of
  • Then the man brought me through the entrance at the side of the gate into the holy chambers facing north, which belonged to the priests, and he showed me a place there at the far western end

    Ezekiel 46:19

    • כֶּ֣תֶףketefnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: side of
  • Then the man brought me back to the entrance of the temple, and I saw water flowing from under the threshold of the temple toward the east (for the temple faced east). The water was coming down from under the south side of the temple, south of the altar.

    Ezekiel 47:1

    • מִכֶּ֤תֶףmiketefpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from side of
  • Next he brought me out through the north gate and led me around the outside to the outer gate facing east, and there I saw the water trickling out from the south side.

    Ezekiel 47:2

    • הַכָּתֵ֖ףhakatefthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the side

Zechariah

one use
  • But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they stopped up their ears from hearing.

    Zechariah 7:11

    • כָתֵ֖ףkhatefnoun · feminine singulartagged: a shoulder

The letters

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