Original Word: קָטַף
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: qataph
Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-taf')
Definition: to pluck off or outWord Origin
a prim. root
Definition
to pluck off or out
NASB Translation
cut down (1), pluck (3), plucked off (1).

[קָטַף] verb pluck off (twigs, etc.), or out (Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; Arabic pluck grapes; ᵑ7 קְטַף, Syriac ; compare Assyrian ‡atâpu, apparently pluck off); —

Qal Perfect3masculine singularקָטָ֑ף Ezekiel 17:4 he [i.e. eagle, in figure] plucked off twigs; 2 masculine singular וְקָטַפְתָּ֫ Deuteronomy 23:26 (ears of grain, בְּיָדֶ֑ךָ); Imperfect1singular אֶקְטֹף Ezekiel 17:22 (subject ׳י; accusative +מִן from); Participle masculine plural הַקֹּטְפִים Job 30:4 they who pluck out the mallow.

Niph`al Imperfect3masculine singular יָקָּטֵב Job 8:12 it is not plucked off.

I. קטר (√ of following; compare Assyrian ‡utru (with ת) smoke; Talmud, ᵑ7 קִיטְרָא, קוּטְרָא (thick) smoke; Arabic smoke (said of fire); usually exhale odour (especially of roast meat); Assyrian ‡utrinnu, incense-offering; Sabean מקטר censer CIS^{iv. Nos.26, 1. 6; 30, 1.4}. Ethiopic : incense; Egyptian k@atalqa Bondi^74ff. kataruti WMM^As.u.Eur.97 = קְטֹרֶת, קְטָרוֺת; Late Hebrew [קָטַר] smoke (said of incense)).

crop off, cut down up, pluck

A primitive root; to strip off -- crop off, cut down (up), pluck.

אֶקְטֹ֔ף אקטף הַקֹּטְפִ֣ים הקטפים וְקָטַפְתָּ֥ וקטפת יִקָּטֵ֑ף יקטף קָטָ֑ף קטף ’eq·ṭōp̄ ’eqṭōp̄ ekTof hakkoteFim haq·qō·ṭə·p̄îm haqqōṭəp̄îm kaTaf qā·ṭāp̄ qāṭāp̄ vekatafTa wə·qā·ṭap̄·tā wəqāṭap̄tā yikkaTef yiq·qā·ṭêp̄ yiqqāṭêp̄Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts