Rope
נִקְפָּהStrong’s H5364niqpah (niq-pah)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Niqpah is the Hebrew word usually translated “rope”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet smell there shall be stink; and instead of a girdle a rent; and instead of well set hair baldness; and instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth; and burning instead of beauty.”
Meaning
- Tether, rope, encircling rope
How it's translated
- a rope 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Isaiah 1
1 book in all.
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Hebrew dictionary
נִקְפָּה niqpah · rope
tether, rope, encircling rope
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “rope” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
ROPE, noun
- A large string or line composed of several strands twisted together.
- A row or string consisting of a number of things united; as a rope of onions.
- Ropes, the intestines of birds.
All definitions and other forms of “rope”
ROPE, verb intransitive
To draw out or extend into a filament or thread, by means of any glutinous or adhesive quality. Any glutinous substance will rope considerably before it will part.
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.