King James Bible
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STRONGS NUMBER H3802
Transliteration: katheph
Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-thafe')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: shoulder, shoulder blade, side
Meaning: the shoulder, side-piece, lateral projection of anything
Word Summary
katheph: shoulder, shoulder blade, side
Original Word: כָּתֵףTransliteration: katheph
Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-thafe')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: shoulder, shoulder blade, side
Meaning: the shoulder, side-piece, lateral projection of anything
Strong's Concordance
arm, corner, shoulderpiece, sideFrom an unused root meaning to clothe; the shoulder (proper, i.e. Upper end of the arm; as being the spot where the garments hang); figuratively, side-piece or lateral projection of anything -- arm, corner, shoulder(-piece), side, undersetter.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H3802. katheph
כָּתֵף noun feminineExodus 27:15 shoulder, shoulder-blade, side (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic כַּתְמָּא, Arabic ); — absolute ׳כ Zechariah 7:11 +; construct כֶּתֶף 1 Kings 6:8 +, app. כָּתֵף Isaiah 11:14 (but regard as apposition, or read כֶּתֶף); suffix כְּתֵפִי Job 31:22; כְּתֵפָם 1 Chronicles 15:15; plural absolute כְּתֵפֹת Exodus 28:7 +, כְּתֵפוֺת 1 Kings 7:30, 34; construct כִּתְפֹת Exodus 28:12 +, כִּתְפוֺת Ezekiel 41:2 +; dual suffix כִּתֵפָיו Deuteronomy 33:12 3t., כְּתֵפֶיהָ 1 Kings 7:34; —
1. a. of man, shoulder, shoulder-blade (while שְׁכֶם, q. v. = neck and shoulders), כְּתֵפָיו בֵּין נְחשֶׁת כְּידוֺן 1 Samuel 17:6; compare figurative of ׳י's dwelling between the shoulders of Benjamin Deuteronomy 33:12 (see Dr); תִמּוֺל מִשִּׁכְמָה כְּתֵפִי Job 31:22 my shoulder-blade, from the shoulder let it fall; as support for burdens Judges 16:3; Ezekiel 12:6-7, 12; Isaiah 46:7; 49:22 (in figurative), Exodus 28:12; Numbers 7:9 (both P), 1 Chronicles 15:15; 2 Chronicles 35:3; compare ׳כָּלכֿ מְרוּטָה Ezekiel 29:18 every shoulder was rubbed bare (of Nebuchadnezzar's soldiers chafed by armour and toil); as aim of bird of prey Isaiah 11:14 (figurative); compare shoulder of Moab Ezekiel 25:9 (figurative, i.e. the side of M. exposed to invasion): 29:7b read probably כַּף (ᵐ5. ᵑ6 Sm Co, compare va).
b. of beasts, Isaiah 30:6 (carrying), Ezekiel 34:21 (thrusting, in figure), ׳כ סֹרָ֑רֶת Zechariah 7:11 a refractory shoulder (refusing the yoke, figurative), so Nehemiah 9:29; of choice meat Ezekiel 24:4 ("" יָרֵךְ).
c. = shoulder-pieces (always plural) of ephod Exodus 28:7, 12, 25, 27 = 39:4; 39:7; 39:18; 39:20 (P).
2. a. slope side, of mountain, יָםכִּֿנֶּרֶת כֶּתֶף Numbers 34:11, i.e. the mountain-slopes northeast of the lake, compare Joshua 15:8, 10, 11; 18:12-13, 16, 18, 19 (all P).
b. opposite side (s), that is, of door or entrance, of tabernacle-court Exodus 27:14-15, = 38:14-15, (all P), of temple 1 Kings 6:8; 7:39 (3 t. in verse) = 2 Chronicles 4:10; 2 Kings 11:11 (twice in verse) = 2 Chronicles 23:10 (twice in verse); compare Ezekiel 40:18, 40 (twice in verse); 40:41, 44 (twice in verse); 41:2, 26; 46:19; 47:1-2,.
3 supports of the bases for the lavers beside the temple 1 Kings 7:30 (twice in verse); 7:34 (twice in verse).