King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H404
Transliteration: akaph
Phonetic Spelling: (aw-kaf')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to press, urge
Meaning: to press, urge
Word Summary
akaph: to press, urge
Original Word: אָכַףTransliteration: akaph
Phonetic Spelling: (aw-kaf')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to press, urge
Meaning: to press, urge
Strong's Concordance
crave A primitive root; apparently meaning to curve (as with a burden); to urge -- crave.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H404. akaph
אָכַף verb press, urge (Mishna id., Aramaic be urgent, compare , Arabic saddle); —
Qal Perfect Proverbs 16:26 ׳א מִּ֑יהוּ עָלָיו ("" לוֺ עָֽמְלָה עָמֵל נֶפֶשׁ) i.e. his hunger impels him to work.