Lexicon :: Strong's H2903 - ṭôṭāp̄ôṯ

טוֹטָפוֹת
Transliteration
ṭôṭāp̄ôṯ
Pronunciation
to-faw-faw'
Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root meaning to go around or bind
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 804a

Variant Spellings

Variant spellings for this word: טוטפות (Gesenius) טופפה (Strongs)

Strong’s Definitions

טוֹפָפָה ṭôwphâphâh, to-faw-faw'; from an unused root meaning to go around or bind; a fillet for the forehead:—frontlet.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's H2903 in the following manner: frontlet (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's H2903 in the following manner: frontlet (3x).

  1. bands, phylacteries, frontlets, marks

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
טוֹפָפָה ṭôwphâphâh, to-faw-faw'; from an unused root meaning to go around or bind; a fillet for the forehead:—frontlet.
STRONGS H2903: Abbreviations
† טוֺטָפוֺת noun feminine plural bands (Late Hebrew טוֺטֶפֶת Aramaic טוֺטֶפְתָּא and especially plural טוטפין id.) — always bands, frontlet-bands, between the eyes (|| אוֺת על יד; compare זִכָּרוֺן בֵּין עֵינֶיךָ Exodus 13:9 || id.); figurative of dedication of firstborn וְהָיָה ֗֗֗ לְטוֺטָפֹת בין עיניך Exodus 13:16 (JE); of commandments of י׳, וְהָיוּ לְטו׳ Deuteronomy 11:18 and וְהָיוּ לְטֹטָפת Deuteronomy 6:8. — This injunction, originally figurative for perpetual remembrance (otherwise Kn, and Kleinl.c. 666 ff., see above, BenzArchaeology 111 NowArchaeology i. 134), was taken literally by later Jews, and hence the custom of wearing phylacteries; see Di (on Exodus 13:16) WinerRE RiHWB (article Denkzettel) SmithDict. Bib. (article Frontlets) StaZAW 1894, 312 f., 317.
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Exodus

13:9; 13:16; 13:16

Deuteronomy

6:8; 11:18