Word Study · Strong's H6971 · Hebrew

קוֹף

qoph

kofe

Strong's 1890 spelling: qôwph

“a monkey”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

a monkey

Rendered in the KJV as

ape.

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

וְקוֹפִ֖ים1
וְקֹפִ֖ים1

How it is rendered · 1

and monkeys2

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

How it parses · 1

conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural2

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HC/Ncmpa · 2

All 2, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

1 Kings1 of 2 · 50%
2 Chronicles1 of 2 · 50%

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1 Kings1 occurrence

1 Kings 10:22וְקֹפִ֖יםvekofimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine pluralFor the king had the ships of Tarshish at sea with Hiram’s fleet, and once every three years the ships of Tarshish would arrive bearing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.here: and monkeys

2 Chronicles1 occurrence

2 Chronicles 9:21וְקוֹפִ֖יםvekofimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine pluralFor the king had the ships of Tarshish that went with Hiram’s servants, and once every three years the ships of Tarshish would arrive bearing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.here: and monkeys

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