Hebrew · Strong's H6998
קָטַף
qataphkaw-taf'
to strip off
1890 spelling: qâṭaph
Gematria 189· 909 mispar gadol
Strong's Dictionary · 1890
to strip off
Rendered in the KJV as
crop off, cut down (up), pluck.
- 5occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 5inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 5 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 5
- אֶקְטֹ֔ף1
- הַקֹּטְפִ֣ים1
- וְקָטַפְתָּ֥1
- יִקָּטֵ֑ף1
- קָטָ֑ף1
How it is rendered · 5
- and you will pluck off1
- I will pluck off1
- it is plucked off1
- it plucked off1
- those [who] pluck off1
The sense the word carries at each spot: how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 5
- Hc/Vqq2ms1
- the definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural1
- verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular1
- verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 1st person common singular1
- verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular1
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- Hc/Vqq2ms · 1
- HTd/Vqrmpa · 1
- HVNi3ms · 1
- HVqi1cs · 1
- HVqp3ms · 1
All 5, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Job carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Job2 occurrences
- Job 8:12יִקָּטֵ֑ףyikatefverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularWhile the shoots are still uncut, they dry up quicker than grass.here: it is plucked off
- Job 30:4הַקֹּטְפִ֣יםhakotefimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralThey plucked mallow among the shrubs, and the roots of the broom tree were their food.here: those [who] pluck off
Ezekiel2 occurrences
- Ezekiel 17:4קָטָ֑ףkatafverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularHe plucked off its topmost shoot, carried it to the land of merchants, and planted it in a city of traders.here: it plucked off
- Ezekiel 17:22אֶקְטֹ֔ףʾektofverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 1st person common singularThis is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will take a shoot from the lofty top of the cedar, and I will set it out. I will pluck a tender sprig from its topmost shoots, and I will plant it on a high and lofty mountain.here: I will pluck off