STRONGS H3671:
Abbreviations
כָּנָף 109 noun feminine 1 Kings 6:27 (
masculine Ezekiel 7:2 Kt, but compare Qr and Co; also apparently
2 Chronicles 3:11,
13, but see Be),
wing, extremity (Late Hebrew
id.; Aramaic
כַּנְפָֿא,
; Zinjirli
אחז בכנף מראה, figurative for
attached himself to the party of his lord, Panammu
Inscr. l. 11, compare
Zechariah 8:23 (
2a below); DHM
Sendsch. 58; Arabic
, Assyrian
kappu, Ethiopic
); — absolute
כ׳ Genesis 1:21 +; construct
כְּנַף 1 Kings 6:24 +; suffix
כְּנָפִי Ezekiel 16:8,
כְּנָפֶ֑ךָ Ruth 3:9,
כְּנָפוֺ Haggai 2:12; dual
כְּנָפַיִם 1 Kings 8:7 + (even of more than two,
Isaiah 6:2 (twice in verse);
Ezekiel 1:6,
21); construct
כַּנְפֵי Exodus 19:4; suffix
כְּנָפֶיךָ Ezekiel 5:3,
כְּנָפַיִךְ Jeremiah 2:34,
כְּנָפָיו Isaiah 8:8 +;
כְּנָפֶיהָ Hosea 4:19; Malachi 3:20;
כַּנְפֵיהֶם 1 Kings 6:27 +;
כַנְפֵיהֶן Ezekiel 1:24,
25; plural construct
כַּנְפוֺת Deuteronomy 22:12 +
4 times; —
1. wing,
†a. of birds Isaiah 10:14 (in figurative), Exodus 19:4 (E ? R ? figurative) Deuteronomy 32:11 (in simile), Zechariah 5:9; Leviticus 1:17 (P), Job 39:13, 26; Psalm 68:14; in figure of invading king Jeremiah 48:40; Jeremiah 49:22; Ezekiel 17:3, 7; so apparently Isaiah 8:8 of invader as overflowing river (but Du Che separate וְהָיָה מֻטּוֺת כְּנָפָיו from preceding); of riches, as flying away Proverbs 23:5; in phrase כָּנָף צִפּוֹר = winged birds Deuteronomy 4:17; Psalm 148:10, כָּל־כ'(עֵיט)צִפּוֹר Ezekiel 39:4, 17, כָּל־כ'צִפּוֹר כֹּל Genesis 7:14 (P), Ezekiel 17:23, עוֺף כ׳ Genesis 1:21 (P), Psalm 78:27; also בַּעַל כ׳ Proverbs 1:17 = winged thing, compare בַּעַלהֿ֯כְּנָפַיִם Ecclesiastes 10:20.
†b. of insects (probably), אֶרֶץ צִלְצַל כְּנָפָ֑יִם Isaiah 18:1 buzzing, or humming of wings, i.e. Ethiopia, so called from its swarms of flies, with especial reference possibly to the tsetse-fly (so Du, compare Che; id., in general, Hi De; > Kn Di of the tropical shadow falling both ways; Thes1167b of noise of the wings of an army; reference to sails as wings — compare Isaiah 18:2 — would be suitable, but צִלְצַל does not favour this).
c. of cherubim 1 Kings 6:24 (4 times in verse) + 8 times Kings, compare 2 Chronicles 3:11 (4 times in verse) + 6 times Chronicles; Ezekiel 1:6 + 17 times Ezekiel; Exodus 25:20 (twice in verse); Exodus 39:9 (twice in verse) (all P).
†d. of seraphim Isaiah 6:2 (twice in verse).
†e. of women in Zechariah's vision Zechariah 5:9 (twice in verse).
†f. figurative of the wind, Hosea 4:19; Psalm 18:11 = 2 Samuel 22:11; Psalm 104:3.
†g. figurative of the dawn (winged sun-disc ?) Psalm 139:9, compare of sun of righteousness Malachi 3:20.
†h. figurative of י׳, as protector of his people Psalm 17:8; Psalm 36:8; Psalm 57:2; Psalm 61:5; Psalm 63:3; Psalm 91:4; Ruth 2:12.
†2. extremity: —
a. of garment = skirt, corner, or loose flowing end, 1 Samuel 15:27; 1 Samuel 24:5; 1 Samuel 24:6; 1 Samuel 24:12 (twice in verse); Deuteronomy 22:12; Deuteronomy 23:1; Deuteronomy 27:20; Jeremiah 2:34 (figurative), Ezekiel 5:3; Ezekiel 16:8 (in figurative), Haggai 2:12 (twice in verse); Zechariah 8:23; Numbers 15:38 (twice in verse) (P; compare RSSem, i. 416, 2nd ed. 437).
b. of the earth, מִכְּנַף הָאָרֶץ Isaiah 24:16 from the end of the earth; elsewhere plural כַּנְפוֺת הָא׳ Job 37:3; Job 38:13, and, def. הא׳ אַרְבַּע כ׳ Isaiah 11:12 the four corners of the earth; so of the holy land Ezekiel 7:2. — עַלכְּֿנַף שִׁקּוּצִים מְשׁוֺמֵם Daniel 9:27 is obscure; Meinh reads, after Vrss., כָּנָף, on the corner (of the altar) is a devastating abomination; < KueOnderzoek 2, ii. 472 Bev, who read עַלכַּֿנּוֺ in its place, instead of it.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs
Genesis
1:21; 1:21; 7:14
Exodus
19:4; 19:4; 25:20; 39:9
Leviticus
1:17
Numbers
15:38
Deuteronomy
4:17; 22:12; 22:12; 23:1; 27:20; 32:11
Ruth
2:12; 3:9
1 Samuel
15:27; 24:5; 24:6; 24:12
2 Samuel
22:11
1 Kings
6:24; 6:24; 6:27; 6:27; 8:7
2 Chronicles
3:11; 3:11; 3:13
Job
37:3; 38:13; 39:13; 39:26
Psalms
17:8; 18:11; 36:8; 57:2; 61:5; 63:3; 68:14; 78:27; 91:4; 104:3; 139:9; 148:10
Proverbs
1:17; 23:5
Ecclesiastes
10:20
Isaiah
6:2; 6:2; 8:8; 8:8; 10:14; 11:12; 18:1; 18:2; 24:16
Jeremiah
2:34; 2:34; 48:40; 49:22
Ezekiel
1:6; 1:6; 1:21; 1:24; 1:25; 5:3; 5:3; 7:2; 7:2; 16:8; 16:8; 17:3; 17:7; 17:23; 39:4; 39:17
Daniel
9:27
Hosea
4:19; 4:19
Haggai
2:12; 2:12
Zechariah
5:9; 5:9; 8:23; 8:23