tekef · grow strong; be hard

What it means

tekef (תְּקֵף) is an Aramaic word of the Bible that means “grow strong; be hard”.

To grow strong, mighty; also to make firm, and (of the spirit) to be hard (Aramaic).

How to say it

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

1. To grow strong, powerful (Aramaic).
2. Grow stiff with pride.
3. Make a law binding.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• became strong ×2
• become strong ×1
• enforce ×1
• was hardened ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Daniel 4:11

  The tree grew and became strong, and its height reached to the heavens, and its visibility to the end of all the earth.

• Daniel 4:20

  The tree that you saw, which grew and became strong, and whose height reached to the heavens, and its visibility to all the earth,

• Daniel 4:22

  it is you, O king, who have grown and become strong, and your greatness has grown and reached to the heavens, and your dominion to the end of the earth.

• Daniel 5:20

  But when his heart was lifted up and his spirit was hardened so that he acted proudly, he was brought down from the throne of his kingdom, and his honor was taken from him.

• Daniel 6:7

  All the supervisors of the kingdom, the prefects and the satraps, the advisers and the governors, have agreed to establish a royal statute and to enforce a prohibition, that whoever makes a request of any god or man for thirty days, except of you, O king, shall be thrown into the den of the lions.