כְּפַת
kefat · bind
Aramaic word · Strong’s number H3729 · appears 4 times in the Bible
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kefat (כְּפַת) is an Aramaic word of the Bible that means “bind”.
To bind, to tie up (Aramaic).
How to say it
ke·fat
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 tie a person so that he cannot move (Aramaic).
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- bound ×3
- bind ×1
Where it appears
- Daniel 3:20
And to certain men, mighty men of strength who were in his army, he said to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, to throw them into the furnace of fire blazing.
- Daniel 3:21
Then these men were bound in their cloaks, their tunics, and their caps, and their other garments, and were thrown into the midst of the furnace of fire blazing.
- Daniel 3:23
And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell bound into the midst of the furnace of fire blazing.
- Daniel 3:24
Then King Nebuchadnezzar was astonished and rose up in haste; he answered and said to his advisers, “Did we not throw three men bound into the midst of the fire?” They answered and said to the king, “Certainly, O king.”