Strong's Definition
from 3721; the hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal, of the sole, and even of the bowl of a dish or sling, the handle of a bolt, the leaves of a palm-tree); figuratively, power
KJV Usage: branch, + foot, hand((-ful), -dle, (-led)), hollow, middle, palm, paw, power, sole, spoon
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
כַּף (kaph) — palm. : palm/hand 1) palm, hand, sole, palm of the hand, hollow or flat of the hand 1a) palm, hollow or flat of the hand 1b) power 1c) sole (of the foot) 1d) hollow, objects, bending objects, bent objects 1d1) of thigh-joint 1d2) pan, vessel (as hollow) 1d3) hollow (of sling) 1d4) hand-shaped branches or fronds (of palm trees) 1d5) handles (as bent)
כַּף (kaph) — palm: sole. : sole/paw 1) palm, hand, sole, palm of the hand, hollow or flat of the hand 1a) palm, hollow or flat of the hand 1b) power 1c) sole (of the foot) 1d) hollow, objects, bending objects, bent objects 1d1) of thigh-joint 1d2) pan, vessel (as hollow) 1d3) hollow (of sling) 1d4) hand-shaped branches or fronds (of palm trees) 1d5) handles (as bent)
כַּף (kaph) — palm: dish. : dish/socket 1) palm, hand, sole, palm of the hand, hollow or flat of the hand 1a) palm, hollow or flat of the hand 1b) power 1c) sole (of the foot) 1d) hollow, objects, bending objects, bent objects 1d1) of thigh-joint 1d2) pan, vessel (as hollow) 1d3) hollow (of sling) 1d4) hand-shaped branches or fronds (of palm trees) 1d5) handles (as bent)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun f · כפף
People | ≈ יָד
palm, hand = the inner part of the human hand, but with special focus on the activities performed with it, such as holding, covering, or lifting objects, leaning on a staff, clapping, etc.
GEN 40:11 · GEN 40:21 · EXO 4:4 · EXO 29:24 · EXO 29:24 · EXO 33:22 · EXO 33:23 · LEV 8:27 · LEV 8:27 · LEV 8:28 · LEV 9:17 · LEV 14:15 · LEV 14:16 · LEV 14:17 · LEV 14:18 · LEV 14:26 · LEV 14:27 · LEV 14:28 · LEV 14:29 · NUM 5:18 · NUM 6:19 · DEU 25:12 · JDG 8:6 · JDG 8:15 · JDG 14:9 · 2SA 18:12 · 2SA 18:14 · 1KI 18:44 · 2KI 4:34 · 2KI 4:34 · 2KI 18:21 · JOB 29:9 · JOB 36:32 · PSA 91:12 · PSA 129:7 · PSA 139:5 · PRO 31:19 · PRO 31:20 · ISA 28:4 · ISA 36:6 · ISA 49:16 · ISA 62:3 · EZK 21:16
Act | ≈ יָד
hand > action literally: palm of the hand, but used in a figurative sense with the focus on the activities that are performed with one's hands; = someone's actions, whether or not performed with one's hands, for which one is personally responsible
GEN 20:5 · GEN 31:42 · 1CH 12:18 · JOB 9:30 · JOB 10:3 · JOB 16:17 · JOB 22:30 · JOB 31:7 · PSA 7:4 · PSA 9:17 · PSA 24:4 · PSA 78:72 · PSA 81:7 · PSA 128:2 · PRO 10:4 · PRO 31:13 · PRO 31:16 · ISA 59:3 · ISA 59:6 · EZK 29:7 · JON 3:8 · MIC 7:3 · HAG 1:11
Confident
Collocation: שׂים נֶפֶשׁ בְּכַף
to take (one's) life in (one's) hand > to risk (one's) life literally: to put life in the palm of one's hand; hence: = to willingly do something that one knows to be extremely dangerous to the extent that it could cost one's life
JDG 12:3 · 1SA 19:5 · 1SA 28:21 · JOB 13:14 · PSA 119:109
Containers
incense dish literally: palm of the hand; hence: = a relatively flat and shallow container for incense
EXO 25:29 · EXO 37:16 · NUM 4:7 · NUM 7:14 · NUM 7:20 · NUM 7:26 · NUM 7:32 · NUM 7:38 · NUM 7:44 · NUM 7:50 · NUM 7:56 · NUM 7:62 · NUM 7:68 · NUM 7:74 · NUM 7:80 · NUM 7:84 · NUM 7:86 · NUM 7:86 · NUM 7:86 · 1KI 7:50 · 2KI 25:14 · 2CH 4:22 · 2CH 24:14 · JER 52:18 · JER 52:19
Control | ≈ יָד
hand > power, hand > control literally: palm of the hand, with the focus on one of the activities that are performed with the hands: to hold someone against that person's will; = condition of being under the malevolent control of another person or group
JDG 6:13 · JDG 6:14 · 1SA 4:3 · 2SA 14:16 · 2SA 19:10 · 2SA 19:10 · 2SA 22:1 · 2SA 22:1 · 2KI 16:7 · 2KI 16:7 · 2KI 20:6 · 2CH 30:6 · 2CH 32:11 · EZR 8:31 · JOB 13:21 · PSA 18:1 · PSA 71:4 · PRO 6:3 · ISA 38:6 · JER 12:7 · JER 15:21 · EZK 21:29 · MIC 4:10 · HAB 2:9
Impact
Collocation: נכה בְּכַף · נכה כַּף · ספק כַּפַּיִם
to clap (one's) hands (out of anger, frustration, disgust) exact meaning unsure, possibly: = to strike the palm of one's hand against the other hand ≈ as a symbol of anger, frustration, or disgust
NUM 24:10 · JOB 27:23 · LAM 2:15 · EZK 6:11 · EZK 21:19 · EZK 21:19 · EZK 21:22 · EZK 21:22 · EZK 22:13
Impact
Collocation: מחא כַּף · נכה כַּף · תקע כַּף
to clap (one's) hands (for joy or glee) exact meaning unsure; possibly: = to strike the palms of one's hands together ≈ as a symbol of joy and appreciation
Impact
Collocation: תקע כַּף
to strike hands in pledge exact meaning unsure, possibly: = to strike the palm of one's hand against the hand of someone else -- usually a creditor -- to indicate that one has accepted the responsibility for another person's debt
Innocent
Collocation: רחץ בְּנִקָּיֹון כַּפַּיִם
to wash (one's) hands in innocence literally: to wash one's palms in innocence; hence: = to live a life of integrity doing one's utmost to keep from sin
Move
Collocation: נער כַּפַּיִם
to make a sign of refusal, to refuse = to move one's hands in a way that indicates one's unwillingness to accept something that is offered
Quantity
Collocation: מְלֹא כַף
handful literally: filling of palm; hence: = quantity that fills the palm of one's hand; ≈ considered relatively small
Shape
hollow, palm, sole, socket, handle = slightly curved area of the human body or another object
GEN 8:9 · GEN 32:26 · GEN 32:26 · GEN 32:33 · GEN 32:33 · LEV 11:27 · DEU 2:5 · DEU 11:24 · DEU 28:35 · DEU 28:56 · DEU 28:65 · JOS 1:3 · JOS 3:13 · JOS 4:18 · 1SA 5:4 · 1SA 25:29 · 2SA 14:25 · 1KI 5:17 · 2KI 9:35 · 2KI 19:24 · JOB 2:7 · SNG 5:5 · ISA 1:6 · ISA 37:25 · ISA 60:14 · EZK 1:7 · EZK 1:7 · EZK 43:7 · DAN 10:10 · MAL 3:21
Stance
Collocation: נשׂא כַּפַּיִם · פרשׂ כַּפַּיִם · שׁטח כַּפַּיִם
to spread out one's hands > to pray literally: to spread out or lift up one's palms; hence: = to present one's prayer and supplication before God by showing him one's empty hands
EXO 9:29 · EXO 9:33 · 1KI 8:22 · 1KI 8:38 · 1KI 8:54 · 2CH 6:12 · 2CH 6:13 · 2CH 6:29 · EZR 9:5 · JOB 11:13 · PSA 44:21 · PSA 63:5 · PSA 88:10 · PSA 119:48 · PSA 141:2 · ISA 1:15 · JER 4:31 · LAM 2:19 · LAM 3:41
Touch
Collocation: שׂים כַּפַּיִם
to lay hands (on something) literally: to lay (one's) palms (on something); hence: = to touch an animate object with the intention of catching or harming it
1 2KI 4:34 MT-K כַּפֹּו | MT-Q כַּפָּיו
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
כַּף 192 n.f. hollow, or flat of the hand, palm, sole of foot, hand base