כָּסַף
kâçaph · H3700 · Hebrew · 6 occurrences
Meanings
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to desire, to long for, to be eager
State/process by which humans, deities, or animals experience a strong desire to see an object or perform an event
ExamplesGenesis 31:30 “Now you have indeed gone away because you longed greatly for your father’s house; but why did you steal my gods?”
Job 14:15 “You will call, and I will answer You; You will long for the work of Your hands.
Psalm 17:12 He is like a lion that is eager to tear, And as a young lion lurking in secret places.
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to be ashamed
State/process by which humans experience a feeling of shame
ExamplesZephaniah 2:1 Gather yourselves together, yes, join together, You nation without shame,
How it’s used In 3 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
5 occurrences in 3 groups
- Not stated: you (one person) 2
- Not stated: he, she or it 2
- נֶפֶשׁsoul, life 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
4 occurrences in 4 groups
- לto/for+ בַּיִתhouse, household 1
- לto/for+ חָצֵרcourt, courtyard 1
- לto/for+ טָרַףto tear to pieces 1
- לto/for+ מַעֲשֶׂהwork, deed 1
With adverbsAdverbs
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- לֹאnot 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 3 words
- יָאַב yâʼab · H2968 · to desire, to long for
- Both words denote desire or longing. יאב (yâʼab, H2968) is extremely rare, attested only once.
- שָׁאַף shâʼaph · H7602 · to gasp, to pant, to sniff the air
- Both words denote intense desire or longing: the target term means to desire, be greedy or long, and שָׁאַף (shâʼaph, H7602) means to desire earnestly or pant.
- אָוָה ʼâvâh · H183 · to crave, to desire, to long for
- Both words denote intense desire or longing, as in to desire or long for.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- Wish002004002001001
- This word's central sense is to long or yearn for something with strong desire, as Rachel and Leah accuse Jacob of having "longed greatly" for his father's house (Genesis 31:30) and Job longs for the work of God's hands (Job 14:15), so it belongs among words for wishing or desiring.
- Shame002001002025
- The same root also carries a sense connected with shame or shamelessness, as in Zephaniah 2:1's description of a nation "without shame," a related but distinct extension of this root beyond its ordinary longing sense.
Word family 3 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H3700. kasaph [כָּסַף] verb long (for) (Arabic be colourless, obscure, be eclipsed (of…
[כָּסַף] verb long (for) (Arabic be colourless, obscure, be eclipsed (of sun or moon); also be depressed in appearance BaES 61; modern Arabic disappoint; reflexive conjugations be disappointed, ashamed, see SpiroVocab; Late Hebrew כסף Hiph`il shew pallor, be pale, white; Qal be ashamed, long for, compare Aramaic כְּסַף) —
Qal Imperfect2masculine singular תִּכְסֹ֑ףלְמַעֲשֵׂה יָדֶיךָ Job 14:15 for the work of thy hands thou wouldest long; 3 masculine singular לִטְרֹ֑ף יִכְסוֺף כְּאַרְיֵה Psa 17:12 like a lion that longeth to rend.
Niph`al Perfect2masculine singular + Infinitive absolute אָבִיךָ לְבֵית נִכְסַפְתָּה נִכְסֹף Gen 31:30 thou didst long sorely for thy father's house; Perfect3feminine singular י לְחַצְרוֺת נַפְשִׁי ֗֗֗ ׳נִכְסְפָה Psa 84:4 my soul longeth . . . . for the courts of ׳י; Perfect3masculine singular נִכְסָ֑ף לֹא הַגּוֺי Zep 2:1 very dubious; but perhaps (Ges Ew Hi Ke and others), O nation not turning pale, = not ashamed, compare etymology above; We thinks whole see corrupt.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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