Quick Definition
to blow
Strong's Definition
to clatter, i.e. slap (the hands together), clang (an instrument); by analogy, to drive (a nail or tent-pin, a dart, etc.); by implication, to become bondsman by handclasping)
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: blow (a trumpet), cast, clap, fasten, pitch (tent), smite, sound, strike, [idiom] suretiship, thrust.
TWOT Reference: 2541
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) to blow, clap, strike, sound, thrust, give a blow, blast
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to thrust, drive (of weapon)
1a2) to give a blast, give a blow
1a3) to strike or clap hands
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be blown, blast (of horn)
1b2) to strike or pledge oneself
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
1) to blow, clap, strike, sound, thrust, give a blow, blast
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to thrust, drive (of weapon)
1a2) to give a blast, give a blow
1a3) to strike or clap hands
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be blown, blast (of horn)
1b2) to strike or pledge oneself
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
תָּקַע
tâqa‛
BDB Definition:
1) to blow, clap, strike, sound, thrust, give a blow, blast
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to thrust, drive (of weapon)
1a2) to give a blast, give a blow
1a3) to strike or clap hands
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be blown, blast (of horn)
1b2) to strike or pledge oneself
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 2541
Total KJV Occurrences: 69