STRONGS NUMBER H6971

H6971. qoph

[קוֺף‎] noun [masculine] ape, so Vrss, ᵐ5‎ πίθηκοι (omitted by ᵐ5‎^B in Kings) (foreign word; probably = Sanskrit kapi, id.; Egyptian as loan-word gôfë WMM^As.u.Eur.95, gi'f Erman^{ZMG xlvi (1892), 121}; Greek κῆβος, κῆπος is of Egyptian origin according to Lewy^{Fremdw. 6}); — plural קֹפִים‎ 1 Kings 10:22 = קוֺפִים‎2 Chronicles 9:21, brought to Solomon [from southeast] by Phoenician fleet; compare Arabic proverb 'donum regionis Jemen simiae sunt,' Frey^{Provv.iii.3160}.