Rock
כֵּףStrong’s H3710keph
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Keph is the Hebrew word usually translated “rocks” and “on the rocks”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“To dwell in the cliffs of the valleys, in caves of the earth, and in the rocks.”
Meaning
- Rock, hollow of a rock
How it's translated
- and rocks 1
- and on the rocks 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Job 1
- Jeremiah 1
2 books in all.
Hebrew dictionary
כֵּף keph · rock
rock, hollow of a rock
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “rock” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
ROCK, noun
[Gr., Latin rupes, from the root of rumpo, to break or burst. If this is not the origin of rock I know not to what root to assign it.]
- A large mass of stony matter, usually compounded of two or more simple minerals, either bedded in the earth or resting on its surface.
- In Scripture, figuratively, defense; means of safety; protection; strength; asylum.“The Lord is my rock” 2 Samuel 22:2
- Firmness; a firm or immovable foundation. Psalms 28:1
- A species of vulture or condor.
All definitions and other forms of “rock”
- A fabulous bird in the Eastern tales.
ROCK, noun
ROCK, verb transitive
- To move backward and forward, as a body resting on a foundation; as, to rock a cradle; to rock a chair; to rock a mountain.
- To move backwards and forwards in a cradle, chair, etc.; as, to rock a child to sleep.
- To lull to quiet.
ROCK, verb intransitive
To be moved backwards and forwards; to reel.
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.