Hebrew words starting with kaf
266 words in the Bible begin with kaf (כ), listed most frequent first. This is page 1 of 2. Every word links to its meaning, its attested forms, and the verses it appears in.
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- kolכֹּלthe totality of something: the whole of it, or each and every one of its members
- kiכִּיbecause, for: it attaches the reason or the grounds behind what has just been said
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- that: it introduces the content of what someone sees, knows, hears, or says
- when, if: it frames the circumstance or the case the main statement answers to
- but rather, except, only: after a denial, it names what holds instead
- kenכֵּןso, thus: pointing back to a manner, situation, or statement just named
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- right, honest, true: correct in fact or upright in character
- kohenכֹּהֵןpriest: a person who officiates at a sanctuary for a god, standing between worshipers and that god by handling sacrifice, ruling on what is holy and clean, and teaching the god's instruction
- kohכֹּהthus, in this way; also here and now: a pointing word that draws attention to a particular manner, place, or moment
- kesephכֶּסֶףsilver: the precious metal, and by extension the money and the price reckoned in it
- keliכְּלִיa manufactured object put to use: any article, vessel, tool, or implement made by human hands for a practical purpose
- karatכָּרַתto cut: to physically sever something with a blade or tool
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- to cut off: to remove, exterminate, or exclude someone from the community or from the land
- to make a covenant: to ratify a binding agreement by the cutting of a sacrificial animal
- katavכָּתַבto write: to set words or signs down on a surface so they last
- kunכּוּןto be firm or to make firm: to be set solidly in place and lasting, or to set something solidly in place so it stands, endures, and is ready for its purpose.
- kalahכָּלָהto reach a full end, or to bring something to its full end: to finish it, use it up, or wipe it out
- kavodכָּבוֹדweight that makes someone or something count: the visible greatness of God, the honor and standing of a person, or the wealth and splendor that command respect.
- kaphכַּףthe palm of the hand, the open cupped inner hand: the part that holds, grasps, claps, or lifts up in prayer.
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- the sole of the foot, the flat hollow underside that meets the ground.
- the socket of the hip, the rounded hollow where the thigh joins the body.
- the pouch or hollow of a sling, the cupped part that cradles the stone.
- kasahכָּסָהto cover: to spread or lay something over a thing so that it is no longer bare or exposed
- kemoכְּמוֹlikenot studied yet
- kisseכִּסֵּאan elevated seat of honor: the chair that marks who holds authority, above all a king's throne
- ko'aḥכֹּחַstrength: the capacity to act, endure, or prevail, in body, in resources, or in might
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- a kind of lizard: an unclean crawling creature in the dietary law
- kavadכָּבֵדto be heavy: to weigh much, whether a literal load, a crushing trouble, or a body part that has grown too heavy to work
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- to be honored: to carry weight in others' eyes, to be held in high regard or shown to be glorious
- to honor: to treat someone as weighty, giving them the regard, deference, or worship their standing deserves
- kanaphכָּנָףthe outermost spread edge of something: a wing, or the corner, hem, or far edge of a garment, the land, or the earth.
- kevesכֶּבֶשׂa lamb: a young sheep and never a goat, male unless the text says otherwise, normally an animal in its first year
- kipherכִּפֶּרto make atonement: to set right the damage that sin or impurity has done, by a ritual, a payment, or an equivalent life, so that the offender and the holy place are cleared and God's anger turned away.
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- to coat with pitch, to smear something over with tar to make it watertight.
- kena'anכְּנַעַןCanaan: the country west of the Jordan, and the ancestor whose name it carries
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- a merchant: a dealer in goods, called by the name of the coast whose traders dominated the business
- keremכֶּרֶםa vineyard: a planted plot of grapevines, often walled or hedged and worked for its fruit and wine.
- keruvכְּרוּבcherub: a winged heavenly being, part animal and part human, that guards holy ground and holds up God's throne
- kasdiכַּשְׂדִּיםChaldeanot studied yet
- kena'aniכְּנַעֲנִיa Canaanite: a member of the peoples who lived in the land of Canaan before Israel
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- a merchant: a trader or dealer in goods
- kesilכְּסִילfool: the dull, smug person who is settled in his folly, closed to correction, and trusts only himself
- kikkarכִּכָּרa talent: the largest standard weight, used to measure out gold, silver, or bronze
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- a round district: a level circular tract of land, most often the broad valley around the lower Jordan
- a round loaf of bread
- katephכָּתֵףthe shoulder: the upper back and the joint where the arm meets the body, the part that carries loads
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- the side, flank, or slope: the shoulder-like side of an object, a building, or a stretch of land
- kashalכָּשַׁלto stumble and so be brought down: to totter, lose one's footing, and fall, whether from weakness, in defeat, or into ruin
- ka'asכָּעַסto provoke someone to anger; to goad another into fury, most often God
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- to be angry, or to be grieved and vexed; the inward state of a stirred-up spirit
- kavasכָּבַסto launder: to wash cloth or clothing clean by treading and scrubbing it.
- kinnorכִּנּוֹרa lyre: a small handheld stringed instrument, plucked to accompany singing, celebration, and worship
- kavedכָּבֵדheavy: carrying great weight, and by extension anything large, severe, or hard to bear
- kulכּוּלto provide for and keep someone alive: to supply food and support so a person or people can survive.
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- to contain or hold a quantity: to have room enough to keep something inside.
- to bear up under something overwhelming: to be able to endure or withstand it.
- to measure out a quantity: to gauge how much something amounts to.
- kalamכָּלַםto be shamed or to shame someone: to suffer or inflict public disgrace and loss of honor
- kokhavכּוֹכָבa star: one of the lights of the night sky, and by extension the heavenly bodies as a group.
- kakhahכָּכָהthus, so: a pointing word that singles out the exact manner (or, rarely, the degree) of something already in view
- kanaכָּנַעto be brought low: to be forced down from a high or proud position, whether by another's hand or by one's own choice
- karaכָּרַעto bend the knees and sink the body downward: to kneel, crouch, or collapse.
- kalevכָּלֵבCalebnot studied yet
- kosכּוֹסan ordinary drinking cup, and in the Psalms and the Prophets the fixed image of a cup that God hands someone to drink, so that what is in the cup is that person's due, whether judgment, comfort, or blessing.
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- a small nocturnal bird on the Bible's list of birds forbidden as food, most likely some kind of owl.
- kallahכַּלָּהthe young married woman of a household: a bride toward her husband, a daughter-in-law toward his parents
- kaḥadכָּחַדto hide or conceal something, especially to keep back what one knows from another person.
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- to wipe out, to cut off or destroy so that something no longer exists.
- kelevכֶּלֶבthe dog: a scavenging and largely despised animal of the biblical world, and by extension a byword for a worthless or contemptible person
- kephirכְּפִירa young lion in its prime: past the helpless cub stage, strong enough to hunt and roar on its own.
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- a village, an unwalled rural settlement (or, read as a name, the place Chephirim).
- kazavכָּזָבa falsehood: a claim or thing that does not correspond to reality and so betrays those who rely on it
- kilyahכִּלְיָהthe kidney: the bodily organ, most often the fat-encased pair cut out and burned in sacrifice
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- the innermost self: the hidden inner core of a person, the seat of deep feeling, conscience, and moral desire, open only to God
- kushכּוּשׁCush: the land along the Nile beyond Egypt's southern border, the kingdom and people who lived there, and the forefather whose name they carry
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- Cush, an Israelite of the tribe of Benjamin named in the heading of a psalm and otherwise unknown
- kelimmahכְּלִמָּהpublic disgrace: the humiliation of being dishonored before others, and the insults and abuse that bring it about.
- ketonetכֻּתֹּנֶתa tunic: the shirt worn next to the body, the innermost visible layer of clothing for men and women alike
- kapporetכַּפֹּרֶתthe gold cover over the ark: the slab of pure gold on top of the chest in the innermost room, where the LORD met Israel and where blood was applied to make things right
- kushiכּוּשִׁיEthiopiannot studied yet
- ka'asכַּעַסinner distress: the grief, sorrow, or frustration of a spirit worn down by trouble
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- anger and its provocation: hot displeasure in a person or in God, and the offense that kindles God's anger
- kavahכָּבָהof fire or light: to go out, or to put it out
- koteretכֹּתֶרֶתthe capital of a pillar: the ornamented crown that finishes off the top of a column.
- kahanכָּהַןto serve as a priest: to hold and carry out the duties of the priestly office before God
- kiyyorכִּיֹּרa large round bronze basin, used for washing, for cooking, or for holding fire
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- a raised bronze platform to stand on
- kaḥashכָּחַשׁto deal falsely: to lie or deny the truth, put on a false front, or (of a thing) fail to deliver what it promised
- karmelכַּרְמֶלMount Carmel: the high wooded ridge that runs down to the sea on Israel's northern coast, proverbial for how thickly things grow on it
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- Carmel: a small town in the dry hill country of Judah, south of Hebron, where Nabal kept his flocks
- kalahכָּלָהa full end: something brought all the way to its finish, most often the complete destruction of a people or place.
- kadכַּדa large earthenware jar: the household vessel for carrying and pouring water or storing dry food like meal.
- kaphtorכַּפְתּוֹרa rounded knob on something upright: the bulb-like ornaments of the tabernacle lampstand, and the shaped top of a pillar
- kalaכָּלָאto hold back: to shut in, restrain, or withhold, keeping a person, thing, or force from moving, acting, or being handed over freely
- kenכֵּןa stand: the fixed support something is set on, and so the post a person holds
- kopherכֹּפֶרa ransom: a price paid in place of a life that is forfeit, to spare it from the death or penalty it owes
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- pitch: the black, tar-like bitumen used to seal and waterproof
- henna: the fragrant henna shrub and its clustered, pale blossoms
- a village: an unwalled country settlement, set against a fortified town
- karmelכַּרְמֶלfertile country: land whose defining quality is that it grows things richly, as against forest or desert
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- fresh grain: newly ripened kernels still in the ear, the earliest edible stage of a harvest
- katavכְּתָבa writing: text set down in written form, especially an official record, list, or decree.
- katatכָּתַתto beat or crush to pieces: to pound, hammer, or shatter something with repeated blows.
- kazavכָּזַבto lie: to say what is untrue, or (of a thing) to prove false and let one down
- karכַּרa young ram or fattened male lamb, prized as choice livestock for food, sacrifice, or tribute
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- a pasture or grassy meadow where flocks graze
- a camel's saddle, or the cushioned basket-seat mounted on it
- a battering ram: a heavy siege engine used to break through a city wall or gate
- koreshכּוֹרֶשׁCyrusnot studied yet
- kalilכָּלִילcomplete in every part: all of something, with nothing left out or held back
- kavedכָּבֵדthe liver: the large internal organ, named from a root meaning heavy because it is the weightiest of the inner organs
- kavashכָּבַשׁto bring something under control by force; to tread down, subdue.
- kehunnahכְּהֻנָּהpriesthood: the office, ministry, and standing of a priest before God
- karahכָּרָהto dig out: to hollow a cavity by removing earth or rock, most often a well, a grave, or a pit
- keselכֶּסֶלthe loin: the thick, fatty flesh low on the back, beside the kidneys
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- confidence: the thing a person is counting on to hold them up
- folly: thick-headed stupidity, the settled dullness of someone who will not think
- kesevכֶּשֶׂבsheepnot studied yet
- kephorכְּפוֹרfrost: the thin white crust of ice that settles on open ground overnight
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- a bowl: a gold or silver vessel counted among the holy furnishings of the temple
- kanasכָּנַסto gather into one mass or one company: to pile up what is scattered, or to bring scattered people together in one place
- kabbirכַּבִּירmighty, or a great deal of something: great by sheer mass, whether in overpowering force or in plain amount
- kahahכָּהָהto grow dim or fade: to lose brightness, sharpness, or strength without going out altogether.
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- to curb someone, to check them so that they stop what they are doing.
- keleכֶּלֶאprison: the confinement of a person who is shut up and held, or the place where they are held
- keretiכְּרֵתִיCherethitenot studied yet
- kevarכְּבָרalreadynot studied yet
- kurכּוּרa smelting furnace: the metalworker's fire that melts metal down so the pure part can be separated from the waste
- kidonכִּידוֹןa soldier's hand blade, carried alongside the sword and the spear: most likely a short curved sword, though older translations call it a javelin
- korכֹּרthe kor: the largest of ancient Israel's measures of capacity, equal to ten baths or one homer and holding roughly two hundred liters (about six bushels)
- karaכֶּרַעlegnot studied yet
- ketemכֶּתֶםfine gold: the poets' word for gold of the highest grade, prized for its purity and worth.
- ka'avכָּאַבto hurt: to be in pain, in body or in heart, or to cause that pain in someone else
- kevarכְּבָרChebarnot studied yet
- kivsahכִּבְשָׂהa ewe lamb: a young female sheep, as distinct from a male lamb or a full-grown ewe
- kushan rishatayimכּוּשַׁן רִשְׁעָתַיִםCushan-rishathaimnot studied yet
- kemoshכְּמוֹשׁChemosh, the chief god of the Moabites: their national patron, a warrior deity to whom the nation's fortunes were thought to rise and fall.
- kesutכְּסוּתa covering: cloth put over the body or over anything, most often clothing.
- kippurכִּפֻּרִיםatonement: the whole work of clearing sin and impurity away, so that a person, a holy place, or a whole people stands right before God again
- karmiכַּרְמִיCarminot studied yet
- kittiכִּתִּיCyprusnot studied yet
- kehehכֵּהֶהfaint: dimmed or faded, with the brightness, color, or strength nearly gone out of it.
- kenכֵּןgnats: the tiny biting insects of Egypt's third plague, a pest that comes out of the dust and settles on people and animals in numbers nobody can count
- kinnrotכִּנֶּרֶת(Sea of) Chinnerethnot studied yet
- karmeliכַּרְמְלִיCarmelitenot studied yet
- ke'evכְּאֵבpain: the felt suffering of a person, in the body or in the heart, which Hebrew names as one thing
- kovaכּוֹבַעhelmetnot studied yet
- kaḥashכַּחַשׁlienot studied yet
- kasaphכָּסַףto longnot studied yet
- kashaphכָּשַׁףto practice sorcery: to work forbidden magic meant to harm or control people, using spells, potions, or ritual objects
- keshephכֶּשֶׁףsorcerynot studied yet
- katarכָּתַרto surroundnot studied yet
- kedorla'omerכְּדׇרְלָעֹמֶרChedorlaomernot studied yet
- kisכִּיסpursenot studied yet
- kena'anahכְּנַעֲנָהChenaanahnot studied yet
- kaphalכָּפַלto doublenot studied yet
- kaphaphכָּפַףto bendnot studied yet
- karahכָּרָהto tradenot studied yet
- koremכָּרַםto tend vineyardsnot studied yet
- katitכָּתִיתbeatennot studied yet
- ka'ahכָּאָהbe disheartenednot studied yet
- kovedכֹּבֶדheavinessnot studied yet
- kivshanכִּבְשָׁןkilnnot studied yet
- kilayimכִּלְאַיִםmixturenot studied yet
- kol-ḥozehכׇּל־חֹזֶהCol-hozehnot studied yet
- kamarכָּמַרto grow warmnot studied yet
- kanahכָּנָהto flatternot studied yet
- kesilכְּסִילOrionnot studied yet
- kephirahכְּפִירָהChephirahnot studied yet
- keritutכְּרִיתוּתdivorcenot studied yet
- kavodכָּבוֹדgloriousnot studied yet
- kivrahכִּבְרָהdistancenot studied yet
- konanyahuכּוֹנַנְיָהוּConaniahnot studied yet
- kimahכִּימָהPleiadesnot studied yet
- keluvכְּלוּבbasketnot studied yet
- kilyonכִּלְיוֹןChilionnot studied yet
- kalnehכַּלְנֶהCalnehnot studied yet
- kimhamכִּמְהָםChimhamnot studied yet
- kammonכַּמֹּןcumminnot studied yet
- kamarכֹּמֶרpagan priestnot studied yet
- konyahuכׇּנְיָהוּConiahnot studied yet
- kenanyahכְּנַנְיָהוּChenaniahnot studied yet
- kussemetכֻּסֶּמֶתryenot studied yet
- kippahכִּפָּהbranchnot studied yet
- kephelכֶּפֶלdoublenot studied yet
- kapharכָּפָרvillagenot studied yet
- kaphtorכַּפְתּוֹרCaphtornot studied yet
- kaphtoriכַּפְתֹּרִיCaphtorimnot studied yet
- karkemishכַּרְכְּמִישׁCarchemishnot studied yet
- karmilכַּרְמִילcrimsonnot studied yet
- karutahכָּרֻתָהbeamnot studied yet
- kasherכָּשֵׁרto succeednot studied yet
- kishronכִּשְׁרוֹןskillnot studied yet
- keterכֶּתֶרcrownnot studied yet
- kavulכָּבוּלCabulnot studied yet
- kevirכָּבִירquiltnot studied yet
- kevelכֶּבֶלfetternot studied yet
- kadkodכַּדְכֹּדrubynot studied yet
- kavahכָּוָהto burnnot studied yet
- keviyyahכְּוִיָּהburningnot studied yet
- kumazכּוּמָזbraceletnot studied yet
- kavvanכַּוָּןbunnot studied yet
- kutahכּוּתָהCuthahnot studied yet
- kozeviכָּזְבִיCozbinot studied yet
- kilayכִּילַיroguenot studied yet
- kalev ephratahכָּלֵב אֶפְרָתָהCalebnot studied yet
- keluvכְּלוּבChelubnot studied yet
- kelaḥכֶּלַחvigornot studied yet
- kelaḥכֶּלַחCalahnot studied yet
- keliכְּלִיאprisonnot studied yet
- killavonכִּלָּיוֹןfailingnot studied yet
- kalkolכַּלְכֹּלCalcolnot studied yet
- kalalכָּלַלto perfectnot studied yet
- keseכֶּסֶאfull moonnot studied yet
- kasuyכָּסוּיcoveringnot studied yet
- kasaḥכָּסַחto cutnot studied yet
- kislahכִּסְלָהconfidencenot studied yet
- kislevכִּסְלֵוChislevnot studied yet
- kasluḥimכַּסְלֻחִיםCasluhimnot studied yet
- kislot tavorכִּסְלֹת תָּבֹרChisloth-tabornot studied yet
- kasamכָּסַםto shearnot studied yet
- kasiphyaכָּסִפְיָאCasiphianot studied yet
- kesetכֶּסֶתamuletnot studied yet
- kephכֵּףrocknot studied yet
- kaphanכָּפָןfaminenot studied yet
- keruvכְּרוּבCherub: a place in Babylonia that some of the returning exiles came from, written in Hebrew exactly like the word for a cherub
- kariכָּרִיCaritenot studied yet
- keritכְּרִיתCherithnot studied yet
- karkovכַּרְכֹּבledgenot studied yet
- keranכְּרָןCherannot studied yet
- kararכָּרַרto whirl: to dance by spinning and turning the whole body, thrown into the motion with full strength.
- kevedutכְּבֵדֻתheavinessnot studied yet
- kabbonכַּבּוֹןCabbonnot studied yet
- kavarכָּבַרto multiplynot studied yet
- kevarahכְּבָרָהsievenot studied yet
- keveshכֶּבֶשׁfootstoolnot studied yet
- kehahכֵּהָהeasingnot studied yet
- kuvכּוּבLibyanot studied yet
- kunכּוּןCun: a town in the Aramean kingdom of Hadadezer, stripped of its bronze when David defeated him
- kushiכּוּשִׁיCushinot studied yet
- kushanכּוּשָׁןCushannot studied yet