To slap
סָפַקStrong’s H5606saphaq (sa-phaq)
Appears in 10 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Saphaq is the Hebrew word usually translated “clapped”, “it will suffice” and “someone will clap”. It appears in 10 verses of the Old Testament.
“And Balak’s anger was kindled against Balaam, and he smote his hands together: and Balak said unto Balaam, I called thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast altogether blessed them these three times.”
Meaning
- To clap, slap(Qal) · (Hiphil) to cause to clap
- Suffice
How it's translated
- and he clapped 1
- it will suffice 1
- someone will clap 1
- he slaps them 1
- he claps 1
- they clap hands 1
- i slapped 1
- and it will splash 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Job 3
- Jeremiah 2
- Numbers 1
- 1 Kings 1
- Isaiah 1
- Lamentations 1
7 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Kings 20:10And Benhadad sent unto him, and said, The gods do so unto me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me.
- Job 27:23Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.
- Job 34:26He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others;
- Job 34:37For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth his hands among us, and multiplieth his words against God.
- Isaiah 2:6Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they be replenished from the east, and are soothsayers like the Philistines, and they please themselves in the children of strangers.
- Jeremiah 31:19Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth.
Hebrew dictionary
סָפַק saphaq · to slap
1) to clap, slap 1a)(Qal) 1a1) to slap, clap 1a2) to slap, chastise 1a3) to splash, throw up 1b) (Hiphil) to cause to clap
שָׂפַק sapaq · to suffice
suffice
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “slap” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SLAP, noun
[Latin alapa and schloppus.]
A blow given with the open hand, or with something broad.
All definitions and other forms of “slap”
SLAP, verb transitive
To strike with the open hand, or with something broad.
SLAP, adverb
With a sudden and violent blow.
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.