Hebrew Study
Strong’s Concordance H2946
A readable Hebrew dictionary entry from Strong’s Concordance. Definitions help with word study; the meaning in a verse still depends on context.
Word study
- Source
- Strong’s Concordance
- Transliteration
- taphach
- Pronunciation
- taw-fakh'
- Occurrences
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- Strong’s number
- H2946
- Brief meaning
- To flatten out or extend (as a tent), figuratively, to nurse a child (as promotive of growth), or perhaps a denom. from H2947, from dandling on the palms
- Source renderings
- span, swaddle
- Root word
- a primitive root
- Full definition from the source
- To flatten out or extend (as a tent); figuratively, to nurse a child (as promotive of growth); or perhaps a denom. from H2947, from dandling on the palms. Root word: a primitive root.
- Digital-source-added cross-reference note
- H2947
Source info
Source and edition
James Strong, Strong's Hebrew Bible Dictionary (1890); Bible Foundation text source; Michael Grier's 1996 ASCII e-text; CrossWire module 1.2.
View the 1890 print witnessView preserved source wording
02946\ 2946 taphach taw-fakh' a primitive root; to flatten out or extend (as a tent); figuratively, to nurse a child (as promotive of growth); or perhaps a denom. from 2947, from dandling on the palms:--span, swaddle. see HEBREW for 02947