Double
כֶּ֫פֶלStrong’s H3718kephel (ke-phel)
Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Kephel is the Hebrew word usually translated “double” and “doubling of”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
“And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.”
Meaning
- Double, a doubling
How it's translated
- double 2
- in doubling of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Job 2
- Isaiah 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
כֶּ֫פֶל kephel · double
double, a doubling
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.