Biblica Analytica

קָטַף

qa.taph (H6998)

to pluck

5 verses 3 books OT 5 / NT 0
AI Word Study

The Hebrew word qa.taph, Strong's number H6998, means "to pluck". This action typically involves the removal of something from a place or surface. The range of usage for qa.taph includes 5 occurrences in the Bible. Although the data doesn't specify the exact contexts, we can infer its versatility by examining the physical nature of the term. Plucking can involve a variety of actions, from pulling objects apart to tearing or stripping away materials. Given its definition and usage range, qa.taph signifies a physical action that involves the removal or separation of items.

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Deuteronomy 23:25

When you come into your neighbor’s standing grain, then you may pluck the ears with your hand; but you shall not use a sickle on your neighbor’s standing grain.

Job 8:12

While it is yet in its greenness, not cut down, it withers before any other reed.

Job 30:4

They pluck salt herbs by the bushes. The roots of the broom tree are their food.

Ezekiel 17:4

He cropped off the topmost of its young twigs, and carried it to a land of traffic. He planted it in a city of merchants.

Ezekiel 17:22

“The Lord Yahweh says: ‘I will also take some of the lofty top of the cedar, and will plant it. I will crop off from the topmost of its young twigs a tender one, and I will plant it on a high and lofty mountain.