Strong H3671כָּנָף

wing

Transliteration
kânâph
Pronunciation
kaw-nawf'
Morphology
Hebrew Noun (Feminine)

Definition

From H3670; an edge or extremity; specifically (of a bird or army) a {wing} (of a garment or bed clothing) a {flap} (of the earth) a {quarter} (of a building) a pinnacle: - + {bird} {border} {corner} {end} feather {[-ed]} X {flying} + (one an-) {other} {overspreading} X {quarters} {skirt} X {sort} uttermost {part} wing ([-ed]).

Detailed definition

1) wing, extremity, edge, winged, border, corner, shirt
1a) wing
1b) extremity
1b1) skirt, corner (of garment)

In the Bible

Strong H3671 appears in 85 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • wing59
  • skirt12
  • corner2
  • end2
  • feathered2
  • sort2
  • border2
  • another1
  • bird1
  • fly1
  • one1
  • other1

First verses

  1. Genesis 1:21
    And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
  2. Genesis 7:14
    They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort.
  3. Exodus 19:4
    Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles’ wings, and brought you unto myself.
  4. Exodus 25:20
    And the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubims be.
  5. Exodus 37:9
    And the cherubims spread out their wings on high, and covered with their wings over the mercy seat, with their faces one to another; even to the mercy seatward were the faces of the cherubims.
  6. Leviticus 1:17
    And he shall cleave it with the wings thereof, but shall not divide it asunder: and the priest shall burn it upon the altar, upon the wood that is upon the fire: it is a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord.
  7. Numbers 15:38
    Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of the borders a ribband of blue:
  8. Deuteronomy 4:17
    The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air,
  9. Deuteronomy 22:12
    Thou shalt make thee fringes upon the four quarters of thy vesture, wherewith thou coverest thyself.
  10. Deuteronomy 22:30
    A man shall not take his father’s wife, nor discover his father’s skirt.
  11. Deuteronomy 27:20
    Cursed be he that lieth with his father’s wife; because he uncovereth his father’s skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen.
  12. Deuteronomy 32:11
    As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings:
  13. Ruth 2:12
    The Lord recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the Lord God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.
  14. Ruth 3:9
    And he said, Who art thou? And she answered, I am Ruth thine handmaid: spread therefore thy skirt over thine handmaid; for thou art a near kinsman.
  15. 1 Samuel 15:27
    And as Samuel turned about to go away, he laid hold upon the skirt of his mantle, and it rent.
  16. 1 Samuel 24:4
    And the men of David said unto him, Behold the day of which the Lord said unto thee, Behold, I will deliver thine enemy into thine hand, that thou mayest do to him as it shall seem good unto thee. Then David arose, and cut off the skirt of Saul’s robe privily.
  17. 1 Samuel 24:5
    And it came to pass afterward, that David’s heart smote him, because he had cut off Saul’s skirt.
  18. 1 Samuel 24:11
    Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my hand: for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed thee not, know thou and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in mine hand, and I have not sinned against thee; yet thou huntest my soul to take it.
  19. 2 Samuel 22:11
    And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: and he was seen upon the wings of the wind.
  20. 1 Kings 6:24
    And five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub: from the uttermost part of the one wing unto the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits.
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