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To grow strong

תְּקֵףStrong’s H8631

teqeph (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:”
Daniel 4:11 KJV
Meaning
  1. 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.

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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.