Palm
כַּףStrong’s H3709kaph
Appears in 180 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Kaph is the Hebrew word usually translated “from hand of”, “pan” and “hands my”. It appears in 180 verses of the Old Testament.
“And, behold, an hand touched me, which set me upon my knees and upon the palms of my hands.”
Meaning
- Palm, hand, sole, palm of the hand, hollow or flat of the handpalm, hollow or flat of the hand · power · sole (of the foot) · hollow, objects, bending objects, bent objects
How it's translated
- from hand of 15
- a pan 12
- hands my 11
- hands his 9
- a palm 7
- hands your 7
- palm of 6
- soles of 6
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 21
- Numbers 18
- Leviticus 13
- Job 13
- Isaiah 13
- Proverbs 9
30 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 8:9But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark.
- Genesis 20:5Said he not unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have I done this.
- Genesis 31:42Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight.
- Genesis 32:25And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob’s thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him.
- Genesis 32:32Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob’s thigh in the sinew that shrank.
- Genesis 40:11And Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand: and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh’s cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh’s hand.
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Hebrew dictionary
כַּף kaph · palm
: palm/hand 1) palm, hand, sole, palm of the hand, hollow or flat of the hand 1a) palm, hollow or flat of the hand 1b) power 1c) sole (of the foot) 1d) hollow, objects, bending objects, bent objects 1d1) of thigh-joint 1d2) pan, vessel (as hollow) 1d3) hollow (of sling) 1d4) hand-shaped branches or fronds (of palm trees) 1d5) handles (as bent)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “palm” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
PALM, noun
p'am.. [Latin palma.]
- The inner part of the hand.
- A hand or hand's breadth; a lineal measure of three inches.
- The broad triangular part of an anchor at the end of the arms.
- The name of many species of plants, but particularly of the date-tree or great palm a native of Asia and Africa.
All definitions and other forms of “palm”
- Branches of the palm being worn in token of victory, hence the word signifies superiority, victory, triumph.
- Among seamen, an instrument used in sewing canvas instead of a thimble.
PALM, verb transitive
p'am. To conceal in the palm of the hand.
- To impose by fraud.
- To handle.
- To stroke with the hand.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.