תֹּקֶף
tôqeph · H8633 · Hebrew · 3 occurrences
Meanings
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strength, might, power, authority
State in which humans have power and authority
ExamplesEsther 9:29 Then Queen Esther, daughter of Abihail, with Mordecai the Jew, wrote with full authority to confirm this second letter about Purim.
Esther 10:2 And every accomplishment of his authority and power, and the full account of the greatness of Mordecai with which the king honored him, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Media and Persia?
Daniel 11:17 “And he will set his mind on coming with the power of his entire kingdom, bringing with him a proposal of peace which he will put into effect; he will also give him the daughter of women to ruin it. But she will not take a stand for him or be on his side.
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
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- מַלְכוּתkingdom, reign, kingship 1
- הוּhis 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- בin/on/with 2
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- מַעֲשֶׂהwork, deed 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
- עֹז ʻôz · H5797 · strong, mighty, strength
- Common Hebrew term for strength and power; semantically overlaps with תֹּקֶף in denoting inherent strength and might, though עֹז is more frequently used.
- כֹּחַ kôach · H3581 · strength, power, ability
- Standard Hebrew word for strength and power; can substitute for תֹּקֶף in contexts emphasizing capacity and force.
- גְּבוּרָה gᵉbûwrâh · H1369 · greatness, ability, might
- Hebrew term for might and strength, often with connotations of valor; semantically close to תֹּקֶף especially in contexts of powerful authority.
In the other Testament 3 words
- ἐξουσία exousía · G1849 · authority to rule, right to control, jurisdiction
- Standard Greek equivalent for the authority/power sense of תֹּקֶף; both denote the right or ability to exercise control and dominion.
- δύναμις dýnamis · G1411 · ability, capability, power
- Common Greek term for power and strength; captures the strength/might aspect of תֹּקֶף as inherent capability or force.
- ἰσχύς ischýs · G2479 · capability, strength
- Greek term for physical and inherent strength; corresponds well to the strength dimension of תֹּקֶף.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Strong002001001063
- This noun denotes authority and might, as in Esther 9:29's account of Queen Esther writing with full authority to confirm the second letter about Purim.
Word family 6 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H8633. toqeph תֹּ֫קֶף noun masculine power, strength, energy (Aramaic תֹּקֶף תְּקוֺף, );…
תֹּ֫קֶף noun masculine power, strength, energy (Aramaic תֹּקֶף תְּקוֺף, ); — ׳ת absolute Est 9:29; construct Dan 11:17, the strength of his whole kingdom; suffix תָּקְמּוֺ Est 10:2 the deeds of his power (+ גְּבוּרָתוֺ, etc.).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
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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