Quick Definition
to beat
Strong's Definition
to drum, i.e. play (as) on the tambourine
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: taber, play with timbrels.
TWOT Reference: 2536
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
תָּפַף (ta.phaph) — to beat. 1) to play or sound the timbrel, beat, play upon, drum (on a timbrel or other object) 1a) (Qal) playing (participle) 1b) (Poel) beating (participle)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · תֹּף
Impact | verb pi | ≈ נהג
Collocation: תפף עַל־לֵבָב
to beat (one's) breast literally: to beat (one's) heart; hence: = action by which humans beat their breast to give expression to their grief
Sounds | verb qal
to beat the drum literally: to beat; hence: = action by which humans play a percussion instrument
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[תָּפַף] vb. denom. sound the timbrel, beat Qal
Po‛ēl twittering
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