Usually translated as
wing, skirt, feathered, sort, winged, bird, flying, other, overspreading, quarters, uttermost part, border, corner, end, feather, oneanother
Occurrences
Kânâph occurs 109 times in 85 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (2), Exodus (3), Leviticus (1), Numbers (1), Deuteronomy (5), Ruth (2), 1 Samuel (4), 2 Samuel (1), 1 Kings (4), 2 Chronicles (5), Job (4), Psalms (12), Proverbs (2), Ecclesiastes (1), Isaiah (6), Jeremiah (3), Ezekiel (23), Daniel (1), Hosea (1), Haggai (1), Zechariah (2), Malachi (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 (כָּנָף֙) fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
- 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 (כָּנָֽף).
- Exodus 19:4 — Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles’ wings (כַּנְפֵ֣י), and brought you unto myself.
- Exodus 25:20 — And the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings (כְנָפַ֜יִם) 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.
- Exodus 25:20 — And the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings (בְּכַנְפֵיהֶם֙), and their faces shall look one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubims be.
- Exodus 37:9 — And the cherubims spread out their wings (כְנָפַ֜יִם) 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.
- Exodus 37:9 — And the cherubims spread out their wings on high, and covered with their wings (בְּכַנְפֵיהֶם֙) over the mercy seat, with their faces one to another; even to the mercy seatward were the faces of the cherubims.
- Leviticus 1:17 — And he shall cleave it with the wings (בִכְנָפָיו֮) 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.
- Numbers 15:38 — Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes in the borders (כַּנְפֵ֥י) of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of the borders a ribband of blue:
- 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 (הַכָּנָ֖ף) a ribband of blue:
- Deuteronomy 4:17 — The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged (כָּנָ֔ף) fowl that flieth in the air,
- Deuteronomy 22:12 — Thou shalt make thee fringes upon the four quarters (כַּנְפ֥וֹת) of thy vesture, wherewith thou coverest thyself.
- Deuteronomy 22:30 — A man shall not take his father’s wife, nor discover his father’s skirt (כְּנַ֥ף).
- Deuteronomy 27:20 — Cursed be he that lieth with his father’s wife; because he uncovereth his father’s skirt (כְּנַ֣ף). And all the people shall say, Amen.
- Deuteronomy 32:11 — As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings (כְּנָפָיו֙), taketh them, beareth them on her wings:
- Ruth 2:12 — The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings (כְּנָפָֽיו) thou art come to trust.
- Ruth 3:9 — And he said, Who art thou? And she answered, I am Ruth thine handmaid: spread therefore thy skirt (כְנָפֶ֙ךָ֙) over thine handmaid; for thou art a near kinsman.
- 1 Samuel 15:27 — And as Samuel turned about to go away, he laid hold upon the skirt (בִּכְנַף) of his mantle, and it rent.
- 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 (כְּנַֽף) of Saul’s robe privily.
- 1 Samuel 24:5 — And it came to pass afterward, that David’s heart smote him, because he had cut off Saul’s skirt (כָּנָ֖ף).
- 1 Samuel 24:11 — Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the skirt (כְּנַ֥ף) 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.
- 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 (כְּנַ֨ף) 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.
- 2 Samuel 22:11 — And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: and he was seen upon the wings (כַּנְפֵי) of the wind.
- 1 Kings 6:24 — And five cubits was the one wing (כְּנַ֤ף) 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.
- 1 Kings 6:24 — And five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the other wing (כְּנַ֥ף) of the cherub: from the uttermost part of the one wing unto the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits.
- 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 (כְּנָפָ֖יו) unto the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits.
- 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 (כְּנָפָֽיו) were ten cubits.
- 1 Kings 6:27 — And he set the cherubims within the inner house: and they stretched forth the wings (כַּנְפֵ֣י) of the cherubims, so that the wing of the one touched the one wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall; and their wings touched one another in the midst of the house.
- 1 Kings 6:27 — And he set the cherubims within the inner house: and they stretched forth the wings of the cherubims, so that the wing (כְּנַף) of the one touched the one wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall; and their wings touched one another in the midst of the house.
- 1 Kings 6:27 — And he set the cherubims within the inner house: and they stretched forth the wings of the cherubims, so that the wing of the one touched the one wall, and the wing (וּכְנַף֙) of the other cherub touched the other wall; and their wings touched one another in the midst of the house.
- 1 Kings 6:27 — And he set the cherubims within the inner house: and they stretched forth the wings of the cherubims, so that the wing of the one touched the one wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall; and their wings (וְכַנְפֵיהֶם֙) touched one another in the midst of the house.
- 1 Kings 6:27 — And he set the cherubims within the inner house: and they stretched forth the wings of the cherubims, so that the wing of the one touched the one wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall; and their wings touched one (כָּנָ֥ף) another in the midst of the house.
- 1 Kings 6:27 — And he set the cherubims within the inner house: and they stretched forth the wings of the cherubims, so that the wing of the one touched the one wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall; and their wings touched one another (כָּנָֽף) in the midst of the house.
- 1 Kings 8:6 — And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto his place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, even under the wings (כַּנְפֵ֥י) of the cherubims.
- 1 Kings 8:7 — For the cherubims spread forth their two wings (כְּנָפַ֔יִם) over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above.
- 2 Chronicles 3:11 — And the wings (וְכַנְפֵי֙) of the cherubims were twenty cubits long: one wing of the one cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wing was likewise five cubits, reaching to the wing of the other cherub.
- 2 Chronicles 3:11 — And the wings of the cherubims were twenty cubits long: one wing (כְּנַ֨ף) of the one cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wing was likewise five cubits, reaching to the wing of the other cherub.
- 2 Chronicles 3:11 — And the wings of the cherubims were twenty cubits long: one wing of the one cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wing (וְהַכָּנָ֤ף) was likewise five cubits, reaching to the wing of the other cherub.
- 2 Chronicles 3:11 — And the wings of the cherubims were twenty cubits long: one wing of the one cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wing was likewise five cubits, reaching to the wing (לִכְנַ֖ף) of the other cherub.
- 2 Chronicles 3:12 — And one wing (וּכְנַ֨ף) of the other cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wing was five cubits also, joining to the wing of the other cherub.
- 2 Chronicles 3:12 — And one wing of the other cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wing (וְהַכָּנָ֤ף) was five cubits also, joining to the wing of the other cherub.
- 2 Chronicles 3:12 — And one wing of the other cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wing was five cubits also, joining to the wing (לִכְנַ֖ף) of the other cherub.
- 2 Chronicles 3:13 — The wings (כַּנְפֵי֙) of these cherubims spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were inward.
- 2 Chronicles 5:7 — And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto his place, to the oracle of the house, into the most holy place, even under the wings (כַּנְפֵ֥י) of the cherubims:
- 2 Chronicles 5:8 — For the cherubims spread forth their wings (כְּנָפַ֔יִם) over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above.
- Job 37:3 — He directeth it under the whole heaven, and his lightning unto the ends (כַּנְפ֥וֹת) of the earth.
- Job 38:13 — That it might take hold of the ends (בְּכַנְפ֣וֹת) of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?
- Job 39:13 — Gavest thou the goodly wings (כְּנַף) unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?
- Job 39:26 — Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings (כְּנָפָ֣יו) toward the south?
- Psalms 17:8 — Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings (כְּ֝נָפֶ֗יךָ),