Tᵉqêph — H8631

Definition

verb

to become (causatively, make) mighty or (figuratively) obstinate

1. to grow strong, be hardened
1. (P'al)
1. to grow strong, be hardened
2. to grow arrogant (fig)
2. (Pael) to make strong, make firm, make stringent

Usually translated as

strong, make firm, harden, be, become

Origin

(Aramaic) corresponding to H8630

• Tâqaph (H8630)

Greek equivalents

• enischýō (G1765)
• ischýō (G2480)
• krataióō (G2901)

Occurrences

Tᵉqêph occurs 5 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Daniel (5)

• Daniel 4:11 — The tree grew, and was strong (וּתְקִ֑ף), and the height thereof reached unto heaven, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth:
• Daniel 4:20 — The tree that thou sawest, which grew, and was strong (וּתְקִ֑ף), whose height reached unto the heaven, and the sight thereof to all the earth;
• Daniel 4:22 — It is thou, O king, that art grown and become strong (וּתְקֵ֑פְתְּ): for thy greatness is grown, and reacheth unto heaven, and thy dominion to the end of the earth.
• Daniel 5:20 — But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened (תִּֽקְפַ֣ת) in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him:
• Daniel 6:7 — All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellors, and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm (וּלְתַקָּפָ֖ה) decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any God or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.