Word Study · Strong's H7092 · Hebrew
קָפַץ
qaphats
kaw-fats'
Strong's 1890 spelling: qâphats
“to draw together, i.e. close”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
to draw together, i.e. close; by implication, to leap (by contracting the limbs); specifically, to die (from gathering up the feet)
Rendered in the KJV as
shut (up), skip, stop, take out of the way.
- 7occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 5 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 6inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 7 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 6
- קָ֣פְצָה2
- יִקְפְּצ֥וּ1
- יִקָּפְצ֑וּן1
- מְקַפֵּ֖ץ1
- קָפַ֥ץ1
- תִקְפֹּץ֙1
How it is rendered · 6
- it shuts2
- [is] bounding1
- has he shut off1
- they are contracted !1
- they will shut1
- you will shut1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 6
- verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person feminine singular2
- verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine plural + paragogic nun1
- verb · intensive (piel), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular1
- verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singular1
- verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine plural1
- verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HVqp3fs · 2
- HVNi3mp/Sn · 1
- HVprmsa · 1
- HVqi2ms · 1
- HVqi3mp · 1
- HVqp3ms · 1
All 7, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Job2 of 7 · 29%
- Psalms2 of 7 · 29%
- Deuteronomy1 of 7 · 14%
- Song of Solomon1 of 7 · 14%
- Isaiah1 of 7 · 14%
Job carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Job2 occurrences
- Job 5:16קָ֣פְצָהkafetzahverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person feminine singularSo the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.here: it shuts
- Job 24:24יִקָּפְצ֑וּןyikafetzunverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine plural + paragogic nunThey are exalted for a moment, then they are gone; they are brought low and gathered up like all others; they are cut off like heads of grain.here: they are contracted !
Psalms2 occurrences
- Psalms 77:9קָפַ֥ץkafatzverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularHas God forgotten to be gracious? Has His anger shut off His compassion?” Selahhere: has he shut off
- Psalms 107:42קָ֣פְצָהkafetzahverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person feminine singularThe upright see and rejoice, and all iniquity shuts its mouth.here: it shuts