תָּקַף
takaf · overpower, prevail
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H8630 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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takaf (תָּקַף) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “overpower, prevail”.
To prevail over someone, to overpower him.
How to say it
ta·kaf
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- To be stronger than someone and subdue them.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- You prevail over him ×1
- overpowers him ×1
- they overpower him ×1
Related words
Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Job 14:20
You prevail over him forever, and he goes; changing his face, you send him away.
- Job 15:24
Anguish and distress terrify him; they overpower him like a king ready for the assault.
- Ecclesiastes 4:12
And if one overpowers him, the two will stand against him; and the threefold cord is not quickly broken.