Quick Definition
to gather
Strong's Definition
to draw together, i.e. close; by implication, to leap (by contracting the limbs); specifically, to die (from gathering up the feet)
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: shut (up), skip, stop, take out of the way.
TWOT Reference: 2051
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) to draw together, close, shut, shut up, stop up
1a) (Qal) to shut
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to draw oneself together (of death)
1b2) to be shut up to death
1c) (Piel) springing, skipping (participle)
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
1) to draw together, close, shut, shut up, stop up
1a) (Qal) to shut
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to draw oneself together (of death)
1b2) to be shut up to death
1c) (Piel) springing, skipping (participle)
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
קָפַץ
qâphats
BDB Definition:
1) to draw together, close, shut, shut up, stop up
1a) (Qal) to shut
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to draw oneself together (of death)
1b2) to be shut up to death
1c) (Piel) springing, skipping (participle)
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 2051
Total KJV Occurrences: 7