Strong's Definition
to shrink, i.e. thicken (as unracked wine, curdled milk, clouded sky, frozen water)
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: congeal, curdle, dark, settle.
TWOT Reference: 2048,a
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
קָפָא (qa.pah) — to congeal. v 1) to thicken, condense, congeal, settle, become dense 1a) (Qal) to be condensed 1a1) thickening (participle) 1b) (Hiphil) to cause to curdle
קִפָּאוֹן (qi.pa.on) — thickness. congelation
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · קִפָּאֹון
Solid | verb qal
to set, to thicken, to congeal, to become concentrated = process by which liquids become relatively more solid than before ► and so flow less easily or completely stop flowing
Solid | verb hif | ≈ נתך
to curdle, to congeal, to thicken = causative process by which deities cause liquids to become relatively more solid than before ► and so flow less easily or completely stop flowing
1 ZEC 14:6 MT-K יקפאון | MT-Q וְקִפָּאוֹן = קִפָּאוֹן
noun m · קפא
Dark
clouding over, darkening = process in which the sky gradually clouds over ► and diminishes the intensity of the light
noun m · קפא
Solid
frost = process by which water becomes ice ◄ as a result of low temperatures ► and so stops flowing
1 ZEC 14:6 MT-K | MT-Q HOTTP-D CEV "clouding over" = [1 | RSV NIV NJB NRSV REB GNT "frost" = [2]
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[קָפָא] vb. thicken, condense, congeal Qal the deeps were condensed, became firm walls
Hiph. didst thou not curdle me like cheese
base
קִפָּאוֹן n.[m.] congelation;—Zc 14:6 Qr ref