H8633 תֹּקֶף (tôqeph) to'-kef

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

power

Strong's Definition

might or (figuratively) positiveness

Derivation: from H8630 (תָּקַף);

KJV Usage: authority, power, strength.

TWOT Reference: 2542a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) authority, power, strength, energy

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G970 G2479

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

תֹּ֫קֶף (to.qeph) — power. authority, power, strength, energy

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

תֹּקֶף (H8633)

noun m · תקף

Strong | ≈ גְּבוּרָה

strength, might, power, authority = state in which humans have power and authority

EST 9:29 · EST 10:2 · DAN 11:17

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

תֹּ֫קֶף n.m. power, strength, energy base

Bible Occurrences (3)

9:29 10:2

11:17

Esther 9:29

So Queen Esther daughter of Abihail, along with Mordecai the Jew, wrote with full authority to confirm this second letter concerning Purim.

Esther 10:2

And all of Mordecai’s powerful and magnificent accomplishments, together with the full account of the greatness to which the king had raised him, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles... of the Kings of Media and Persia?

Daniel 11:17

He will resolve... to come with the strength of his whole kingdom, and will reach an agreement... with [the king of the South]. He will give him a daughter in marriage... in order to overthrow [the kingdom], but [his plan] will not succeed or help him.