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To twist

לָפַתStrong’s H3943

laphat (la-phat)

Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Laphat is the Hebrew word usually translated “grasped”, “twisted” and “twist”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.

“And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the house stood, and on which it was borne up, of the one with his right hand, and of the other with his left.”
Judges 16:29 KJV
Meaning
  1. To twist, grasp, turn, grasp with a twisting motion(Qal) to grasp · (Niphal) to twist, weave, wind
How it's translated
  • and he grasped 1
  • and he twisted 1
  • they twist 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Judges 1
  • Ruth 1
  • Job 1

3 books in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

לָפַת laphat · to twist

1) to twist, grasp, turn, grasp with a twisting motion 1a) (Qal) to grasp 1b) (Niphal) to twist, weave, wind

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “twist” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

TWIST, verb transitive

  1. To unite by winding one thread, strand or other flexible substance round another; to form by convolution, or winding separate things round each other; as to twist yarn or thread.
  2. To form into a thread from many fine filaments; as, to twist wool or cotton.
  3. To contort; to writhe; as, to twist a thing into a serpentine form.
  4. To wreathe; to wind; to encircle.
All definitions and other forms of “twist”
  1. To form; to weave; as, to twist a story.
  2. To unite by intertexture of parts; as, to twist bays with ivy.
  3. To unite; to enter by winding; to insinuate; as, avarice twists itself into all human concerns.
  4. To pervert; as, to twist a passage in an author.
  5. To turn from a straight line.

TWIST, verb intransitive

To be contorted or united by winding round each other. Some strands will twist more easily than others.

    TWIST, noun

    A cord, thread or any thing flexible, formed by winding strands or separate things round each other.

    1. A cord; a string; a single cord.
    2. A contortion; a writhe.
    3. A little roll of tobacco.
    4. Manner of twisting.
    5. A twig. [Not in use.]

    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.