To double
כָּפַלStrong’s H3717kaphal (ka-phal)
Appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Kaphal is the Hebrew word usually translated “folded double”, “fold double” and “so it may be doubled”. It appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
“And thou shalt couple five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves, and shalt double the sixth curtain in the forefront of the tabernacle.”
Meaning
- To double, fold double, double over(Qal) to double over · (Niphal) to be doubled
How it's translated
- folded double 3
- and you will fold double 1
- so it may be doubled 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Exodus 3
- Ezekiel 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Exodus 28:16Foursquare it shall be being doubled; a span shall be the length thereof, and a span shall be the breadth thereof.
- Exodus 39:9It was foursquare; they made the breastplate double: a span was the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, being doubled.
- Ezekiel 21:14Thou therefore, son of man, prophesy, and smite thine hands together, and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of the slain: it is the sword of the great men that are slain, which entereth into their privy chambers.
Hebrew dictionary
כָּפַל kaphal · to double
1) to double, fold double, double over 1a) (Qal) to double over 1b) (Niphal) to be doubled
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “double” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
DOUBLE, adjective
Dubl. [Latin, Gr. See Two.]
- Two of a sort together; one corresponding to the other; being in pairs; as double chickens in the same egg; double leaves connected by one petiole.
- Twice as much; containing the same quantity or length repeated.“Take double money in your hand” Genesis 43:12“Let a double portion of thy spirit be on me” 2 Kings 2:9
- Having one added to another; as a double chin.
- Twofold; also, of two kinds.
All definitions and other forms of “double”
- Two in number; as double sight or sound. [See No. 1.]
- Deceitful; acting two parts, one openly, the other in secret.“And with double heart do they speak” Psalms 12:2
DOUBLE, adverb
Dubl. Twice.
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.