כָּסַף
kasaf · long for
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H3700 · appears 6 times in the Bible
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kasaf (כָּסַף) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “long for”.
Yearn for strongly.
How to say it
ka·saf
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
- Long for, yearn.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- longs ×2
- you longed greatly ×2
- feel longing ×1
- you would long ×1
Related words
Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Genesis 31:30
Now you have indeed gone because you longed greatly for the house of your father; why did you steal my gods?”
- Job 14:15
You would call, and I would answer you; for the work of your hands you would long.
- Psalms 17:12
His likeness is like a lion that longs to tear, and like a young lion sitting in hiding places.
- Psalms 84:2
My soul longs, and even faints for the courts of YHWH; my heart and my flesh shout for joy to the living El.
- Zephaniah 2:1
Gather like stubble and gather, nation that does not feel longing,
And 1 more times.