Lexicon :: Strong's H3671 - kānāp̄

כָּנָף

Transliteration

kānāp̄

Pronunciation

kaw-nawf'

Part of Speech

feminine noun

Root Word (Etymology)

From כָּנַף (H3670)

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1003a

Strong's Info

Strong’s Definitions

כָּנָף kânâph, kaw-nawf'; from H3670; an edge or extremity; specifically (of a bird or army) a wing, (of a garment or bedclothing) a flap, (of the earth) a quarter, (of a building) a pinnacle:— bird, border, corner, end, feather(-ed), × flying, (one an-) other, overspreading, × quarters, skirt, × sort, uttermost part, wing(-ed).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 108x

The KJV translates Strong's H3671 in the following manner: wing (74x), skirt (14x), borders (2x), corners (2x), ends (2x), feathered (2x), sort (2x), winged (2x), miscellaneous (8x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 108x

The KJV translates Strong's H3671 in the following manner: wing (74x), skirt (14x), borders (2x), corners (2x), ends (2x), feathered (2x), sort (2x), winged (2x), miscellaneous (8x).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

wing, extremity, edge, winged, border, corner, shirt
1. wing
2. extremity
  1. skirt, corner (of garment)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

STRONGS H3671: Abbreviations

כָּנָף ₁₀₉ noun feminine ^{1 Kings 6:27} (masculine Ezekiel 7:2 Kt, but compare Qr and Co; also apparently 2 Chronicles 3:11, 13, but see Be), wing, extremity (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic כַּנְפָֿא, ; Zinjirli אחז בכנף מראה, figurative for attached himself to the party of his lord, Panammu^{Inscr. l. 11,} compare Zechariah 8:23 (2a below); DHM^{Sendsch. 58}; Arabic , Assyrian kappu, Ethiopic ); — absolute כ׳ Genesis 1:21 +; construct כְּנַף 1 Kings 6:24 +; suffix כְּנָפִי Ezekiel 16:8, כְּנָפֶ֑ךָ Ruth 3:9, כְּנָפוֺ Haggai 2:12; dual כְּנָפַיִם 1 Kings 8:7 + (even of more than two, Isaiah 6:2 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 1:6, 21); construct כַּנְפֵי Exodus 19:4; suffix כְּנָפֶיךָ Ezekiel 5:3, כְּנָפַיִךְ Jeremiah 2:34, כְּנָפָיו Isaiah 8:8 +; כְּנָפֶיהָ Hosea 4:19; Malachi 3:20; כַּנְפֵיהֶם 1 Kings 6:27 +; כַנְפֵיהֶן Ezekiel 1:24, 25; plural construct כַּנְפוֺת Deuteronomy 22:12 + 4 times; —

1. wing,

†a. of birds Isaiah 10:14 (in figurative), Exodus 19:4 (E ? R ? figurative) Deuteronomy 32:11 (in simile), Zechariah 5:9; Leviticus 1:17 (P), Job 39:13, 26; Psalm 68:14; in figure of invading king Jeremiah 48:40; Jeremiah 49:22; Ezekiel 17:3, 7; so apparently Isaiah 8:8 of invader as overflowing river (but Du Che separate וְהָיָה מֻטּוֺת כְּנָפָיו from preceding); of riches, as flying away Proverbs 23:5; in phrase כָּנָף צִפּוֹר = winged birds Deuteronomy 4:17; Psalm 148:10, כָּל־כ'(עֵיט)צִפּוֹר Ezekiel 39:4, 17, כָּל־כ'צִפּוֹר כֹּל Genesis 7:14 (P), Ezekiel 17:23, עוֺף כ׳ Genesis 1:21 (P), Psalm 78:27; also בַּעַל כ׳ Proverbs 1:17 = winged thing, compare בַּעַלהֿ֯כְּנָפַיִם Ecclesiastes 10:20.

†b. of insects (probably), אֶרֶץ צִלְצַל כְּנָפָ֑יִם Isaiah 18:1 buzzing, or humming of wings, i.e. Ethiopia, so called from its swarms of flies, with especial reference possibly to the tsetse-fly (so Du, compare Che; id., in general, Hi De; > Kn Di of the tropical shadow falling both ways; Thes^{1167b of} noise of the wings of an army; reference to sails as wings — compare Isaiah 18:2 — would be suitable, but צִלְצַל does not favour this).

c. of cherubim 1 Kings 6:24 (4 times in verse) + 8 times Kings, compare 2 Chronicles 3:11 (4 times in verse) + 6 times Chronicles; Ezekiel 1:6 + 17 times Ezekiel; Exodus 25:20 (twice in verse); Exodus 39:9 (twice in verse) (all P).

†d. of seraphim Isaiah 6:2 (twice in verse).

†e. of women in Zechariah's vision Zechariah 5:9 (twice in verse).

†f. figurative of the wind, Hosea 4:19; Psalm 18:11 = 2 Samuel 22:11; Psalm 104:3.

†g. figurative of the dawn (winged sun-disc ?) Psalm 139:9, compare of sun of righteousness Malachi 3:20.

†h. figurative of י׳, as protector of his people Psalm 17:8; Psalm 36:8; Psalm 57:2; Psalm 61:5; Psalm 63:3; Psalm 91:4; Ruth 2:12.

†2. extremity: —

a. of garment = skirt, corner, or loose flowing end, 1 Samuel 15:27; 1 Samuel 24:5; 1 Samuel 24:6; 1 Samuel 24:12 (twice in verse); Deuteronomy 22:12; Deuteronomy 23:1; Deuteronomy 27:20; Jeremiah 2:34 (figurative), Ezekiel 5:3; Ezekiel 16:8 (in figurative), Haggai 2:12 (twice in verse); Zechariah 8:23; Numbers 15:38 (twice in verse) (P; compare RS^{Sem, i. 416, 2nd ed. 437}).

b. of the earth, מִכְּנַף הָאָרֶץ Isaiah 24:16 from the end of the earth; elsewhere plural כַּנְפוֺת הָא׳ Job 37:3; Job 38:13, and, def. הא׳ אַרְבַּע כ׳ Isaiah 11:12 the four corners of the earth; so of the holy land Ezekiel 7:2. — עַלכְּֿנַף שִׁקּוּצִים מְשׁוֺמֵם Daniel 9:27 is obscure; Meinh reads, after Vrss., כָּנָף, on the corner (of the altar) is a devastating abomination; < Kue^{Onderzoek 2, ii. 472} Bev, who read עַלכַּֿנּוֺ in its place, instead of it.

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