קָפָא
kafa · congeal
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H7087 · appears 4 times in the Bible
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kafa (קָפָא) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “congeal”.
Curdle, thicken as something that freezes.
How to say it
ka·fa
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
- Of a liquid, set firm, like milk or freezing water.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- congealed ×2
- curdle me ×1
- will congeal ×1
Where it appears
- Exodus 15:8
By the breath of your nostrils the waters piled up; the streams stood up like a heap; the deeps congealed in the heart of the sea.
- Job 10:10
Did you not pour me out like milk and curdle me like cheese?
- Zephaniah 1:12
And it will happen at that time that I will search Jerusalem with lamps, and I will call to account the men who are congealed on their dregs, who say in their heart, ‘YHWH will not do good, nor will he do evil.’
- Zechariah 14:6
And it will happen on that day that there will be no light; the splendors will congeal.