Hebrew · Strong's H7087
קָפָא
qaphakaw-faw'
to shrink, i.e. thicken (as unracked wine, curdled milk, clouded sky, frozen water)
1890 spelling: qâphâʼ
Strong's Dictionary · 1890
to shrink, i.e. thicken (as unracked wine, curdled milk, clouded sky, frozen water)
Rendered in the KJV as
congeal, curdle, dark, settle.
- 4occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 4 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 4inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 4 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 4
- הַקֹּֽפְאִים֙1
- וְקִפָּאֽוֹן׃1
- קָֽפְא֥וּ1
- תַּקְפִּיאֵֽנִי׃1
How it is rendered · 4
- and frost1
- did you curdle? me1
- they congealed1
- who are thickening1
The sense the word carries at each spot: how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 4
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular1
- the definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural1
- verb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1
- verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person common plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HC/Ncmsa · 1
- HTd/Vqrmpa · 1
- HVhi2ms/Sp1bs · 1
- HVqp3cp · 1
All 4, in canonical order
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Where this word lives
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