To grow strong
תְּקֵףStrong’s H8631teqeph (te-qeph)
Appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Teqeph is the Aramaic word usually translated “it grew strong”, “have grown strong” and “make stringent”. It appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament.
“The tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof reached unto heaven, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth:”
Meaning
- To grow strong, be hardened(P'al) · (Pael) to make strong, make firm, make stringent
How it's translated
- and it grew strong 2
- and you have grown strong 1
- it grew strong 1
- and to make stringent 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Daniel 5
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 4:20In contextThe tree that thou sawest, which grew, and was strong, whose height reached unto the heaven, and the sight thereof to all the earth;
- Daniel 4:22In contextIt is thou, O king, that art grown and become strong: for thy greatness is grown, and reacheth unto heaven, and thy dominion to the end of the earth.
- Daniel 5:20In contextBut when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him:
- Daniel 6:7In contextAll the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellors, and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any God or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.
Aramaic dictionary
תְּקֵף teqeph · to grow strong
1) to grow strong, be hardened 1a) (P'al) 1a1) to grow strong, be hardened 1a2) to grow arrogant (fig) 1b) (Pael) to make strong, make firm, make stringent
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Aramaic, not from any one translation.