Hebrew verb · H3943
לָפַת
laphathlaw-fath'
to twist
3 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: lâphath
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H3943is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 39Old Testament books
- 3spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H3943
properly, to bend, i.e. (by implication) to clasp; also (reflexively) to turn around or aside
The King James renders it: take hold, turn aside (self).
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
laphath is rendered "to twist". It stands 3 times in the Hebrew text, across three books.
- One of the uses stand in Judges, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Judges 16:29And Samson reached out for the two central pillars supporting the temple. Bracing himself against them with his right hand on one pillar and his left hand on the other,
- The Greek text spells it three different ways.
The first use
And Samson reached out for the two central pillars supporting the temple. Bracing himself against them with his right hand on one pillar and his left hand on the other,
Judges 16:29וַיִּלְפֹּ֨ת
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- and he grasped1
- and he twisted1
- they twist1
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.
All 3, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
3 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
- וַיִּלְפֹּ֨ת1
- וַיִּלָּפֵ֑ת1
- יִ֭לָּ֣פְתוּ1
The grammar of each form
- Hc/VNw3ms1Hc/VNw3ms
- Hc/Vqw3ms1Hc/Vqw3ms
- verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural1HVNi3mp
Judges
one use
And Samson reached out for the two central pillars supporting the temple. Bracing himself against them with his right hand on one pillar and his left hand on the other,
- וַיִּלְפֹּ֨תvaiyilpotHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he grasped
Ruth
one use
At midnight, Boaz was startled, turned over, and there lying at his feet was a woman!
- וַיִּלָּפֵ֑תvaiyilafetHc/VNw3mstagged: and he twisted
Job
one use
Caravans turn aside from their routes; they go into the wasteland and perish.
- יִ֭לָּ֣פְתוּyilafetuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they twist
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.