כָּתֵף noun feminine^{Exodus 27:15} shoulder, shoulder-blade, side (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic כַּתְמָּא, Arabic ); — absolute ׳כ Zechariah 7:11 +; construct כֶּתֶף 1 Kings 6:8 +, app. כָּתֵף Isaiah 11:14 (but regard as apposition, or read כֶּתֶף); suffix כְּתֵפִי Job 31:22; כְּתֵפָם 1 Chronicles 15:15; plural absolute כְּתֵפֹת Exodus 28:7 +, כְּתֵפוֺת 1 Kings 7:30,34; construct כִּתְפֹת Exodus 28:12 +, כִּתְפוֺת Ezekiel 41:2 +; dual suffix כִּתֵפָיו Deuteronomy 33:12 3t., כְּתֵפֶיהָ 1 Kings 7:34; —

1. a. of man, shoulder, shoulder-blade (while שְׁכֶם, q. v. = neck and shoulders), כְּידוֺן נְחשֶׁת בֵּין כְּתֵפָיו 1 Samuel 17:6; compare figurative of ׳י's dwelling between the shoulders of Benjamin Deuteronomy 33:12 (see Dr); כְּתֵפִי מִשִּׁכְמָה תִמּוֺל Job 31:22 my shoulder-blade, from the shoulder let it fall; as support for burdens Judges 16:3; Ezekiel 12:6,7,12; Isaiah 46:7; Isaiah 49:22 (in figurative), Exodus 28:12; Numbers 7:9 (both P), 1 Chronicles 15:15; 2Chronicles 35:3; compare מְרוּטָה ׳כָּלכֿ Ezekiel 29:18 every shoulder was rubbed bare (of Nebuchadnezzar's soldiers chafed by armour and toil); as aim of bird of prey Isaiah 11:14 (figurative); compare shoulder of Moab Ezekiel 25:9 (figurative, i.e. the side of M. exposed to invasion): Ezekiel 29:7b read probably כַּף (ᵐ5. ᵑ6 Sm Co, compare v^a).

b. of beasts, Isaiah 30:6 (carrying), Ezekiel 34:21 (thrusting, in figure), סֹרָ֑רֶת ׳כ Zechariah 7:11 a refractory shoulder (refusing the yoke, figurative), so Nehemiah 9:29; of choice meat Ezekiel 24:4 ("" יָרֵךְ).

c. = shoulder-pieces (always plural) of ephod Exodus 28:7,12,25,27 = Exodus 39:4; Exodus 39:7; Exodus 39:18; Exodus 39:20 (P).

2. a. slope side, of mountain, כֶּתֶף יָםכִּֿנֶּרֶת Numbers 34:11, i.e. the mountain-slopes northeast of the lake, compare Joshua 15:8,10,11; Joshua 18:12,13,16,18,19 (all P).

b. opposite side (s), that is, of door or entrance, of tabernacle-court Exodus 27:14,15 = Exodus 38:14,15 (all P), of temple 1 Kings 6:8; 1 Kings 7:39 (3 t. in verse) = 2Chronicles 4:10; 2 Kings 11:11 (twice in verse) = 2Chronicles 23:10 (twice in verse); compare Ezekiel 40:18,40 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 40:41,44 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 41:2,26; Ezekiel 46:19; Ezekiel 47:1,2.

3 supports of the bases for the lavers beside the temple 1 Kings 7:30 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 7:34 (twice in verse).

בְכָתֵ֤ף בִּכְתֵפָ֥ם בַּכָּתֵ֑ף בַּכָּתֵ֖ף בכתף בכתפם הַכְּתֵפֹ֣ת הַכָּתֵ֑ף הַכָּתֵ֖ף הַכָּתֵ֣ף הכתף הכתפת וְכִתְפ֣וֹת וְכָתֵ֑ף וְלַכָּתֵ֣ף וְלַכָּתֵף֙ וּבְכָתֵף֙ ובכתף וכתף וכתפות ולכתף כְּ֭תֵפִי כְּתֵיפָ֖יו כְּתֵפ֔וֹת כְּתֵפֶֽיהָ׃ כְּתֵפָ֑יו כְּתֵפָֽיו׃ כְּתֵפֹ֣ת כְּתֵפֹ֥ת כְתֵפָ֖יו כְתֵפֹ֣ת כִּתְפ֖וֹת כִּתְפ֥וֹת כִּתְפֹ֣ת כִּתְפֹ֥ת כִתְפ֨וֹת כִתְפֹ֨ת כֶּ֙תֶף֙ כֶּ֣תֶף כֶּ֤תֶף כֶּ֥תֶף כֶּ֧תֶף כֶּ֨תֶף כָּתֵ֑ף כָּתֵ֖ף כָּתֵ֤ף כָּתֵ֥ף כָּתֵ֨ף כָתֵ֖ף כָתֵף֙ כתיפיו כתף כתפות כתפי כתפיה׃ כתפיו כתפיו׃ כתפת לְכֶ֣תֶף לַכָּתֵ֑ף לכתף מִכֶּ֤תֶף מִכֶּ֧תֶף מִכֶּ֨תֶף מכתף bak·kā·ṯêp̄ bakkaTef bakkāṯêp̄ ḇə·ḵā·ṯêp̄ ḇəḵāṯêp̄ bichteFam biḵ·ṯê·p̄ām biḵṯêp̄ām chaTef cheteFav cheteFot chitFot hak·kā·ṯêp̄ hak·kə·ṯê·p̄ōṯ hakkaTef hakkāṯêp̄ hakketeFot hakkəṯêp̄ōṯ kā·ṯêp̄ ḵā·ṯêp̄ kaTef kāṯêp̄ ḵāṯêp̄ kə·ṯê·p̄āw ḵə·ṯê·p̄āw kə·ṯê·p̄e·hā kə·ṯê·p̄î kə·ṯê·p̄ō·wṯ kə·ṯê·p̄ōṯ ḵə·ṯê·p̄ōṯ ke·ṯep̄ Ketef keteFav keteFeiha Ketefi keteFot keteiFav keṯep̄ kəṯêp̄āw ḵəṯêp̄āw kəṯêp̄ehā kəṯêp̄î kəṯêp̄ōṯ ḵəṯêp̄ōṯ kəṯêp̄ōwṯ kiṯ·p̄ō·wṯ ḵiṯ·p̄ō·wṯ kiṯ·p̄ōṯ ḵiṯ·p̄ōṯ kitFot kiṯp̄ōṯ ḵiṯp̄ōṯ kiṯp̄ōwṯ ḵiṯp̄ōwṯ lak·kā·ṯêp̄ lakkaTef lakkāṯêp̄ lə·ḵe·ṯep̄ leChetef ləḵeṯep̄ mik·ke·ṯep̄ mikKetef mikkeṯep̄ ū·ḇə·ḵā·ṯêp̄ ūḇəḵāṯêp̄ uvechaTef vechaTef vechitFot velakkaTef wə·ḵā·ṯêp̄ wə·ḵiṯ·p̄ō·wṯ wə·lak·kā·ṯêp̄ wəḵāṯêp̄ wəḵiṯp̄ōwṯ wəlakkāṯêp̄Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts