קוֹף
kof · ape, monkey
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H6971 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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kof (קוֹף) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “ape, monkey”.
An animal brought by Solomon's ships from distant lands.
How to say it
kof
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
- A manlike animal that lives in trees.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
Where it appears
- 1 Kings 10:22
For the king had ships of Tarshish at sea with the ships of Hiram; once every three years the ships of Tarshish would come, carrying gold and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
- 2 Chronicles 9:21
For the king had ships going to Tarshish with the servants of Huram; once every three years the ships of Tarshish would come carrying gold and silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.