kaphah
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3711. kaphah

kaphah: to subdue
Original Word: כָּפָה
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: kaphah
Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-faw')
Short Definition: subdues

Word Origin
a prim. root
Definition
to subdue
NASB Translation
subdues (1).

[כָּפָה] verb probably subdue (Late Hebrew overturn, hold under, compel; Aramaic כְּפָא, id.; incline (as face to ground), overturn; Assyrian kipû perhaps id., DlHWB 346; compare Arabic overturn, turn back); — only

Qal Imperfect מַתָּן בַּסֵּתֶר יִכְמֶּהאָֿ֑ף Proverbs 21:14 a gift in secret subdueth anger (so Thes Rob-Ges; Ew beugt: Fl De averteth, from the Arabic, is more remote; ᵐ5 ἀνατρέπει, compare Late Hebrew).

כִּמָּה see below כפף.



pacify

A primitive root; properly, to bend, i.e. (figuratively) to tame or subdue -- pacify.

יִכְפֶּה־ יכפה־ yichpeh yiḵ·peh- yiḵpeh-


Strong's Hebrew 3711
1 Occurrence


yiḵ·peh- — 1 Occ.

Proverbs 21:14
BIB: מַתָּ֣ן בַּ֭סֵּתֶר יִכְפֶּה־ אָ֑ף וְשֹׁ֥חַד
NAS: in secret subdues anger,
KJV: in secret pacifieth anger:
INT: A gift secret subdues anger bribe

1 Occurrence


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