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Nail/claw

טְפַרStrong’s H6856

tephar (te-phar)

Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Tephar is the Hebrew word usually translated “finger-nails her” and “point of”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.

“Then thou shalt bring her home to thine house; and she shall shave her head, and pare her nails;”
Deuteronomy 21:12 KJV
Meaning
  1. Fingernail, nail, claw
How it's translated
  • finger-nails her 1
  • with a point of 1

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

Where it's used most
  • Deuteronomy 1
  • Jeremiah 1

2 books in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

טְפַר tephar · nail/claw

fingernail, nail, claw Aramaic of tsip.po.ren (צִפֹּ֫רֶן "fingernail" H6856)

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

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.