Biblical Hebrew

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hebrew #3700 - כָּסַף kasaph


Original Word:כָּסַף
Transliteration: kasaph
Phonetic Spelling:(kaw-saf')
Definition:to long (for)
Part of Speech:Verb
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

have desire, be greedy, long, sore

A primitive root; properly, to become pale, i.e. (by implication) to pine after; also to fear -- (have) desire, be greedy, long, sore.


Englishman's Concordance

1) to long for, yearn for, long after
1a) (Qal) to long for
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to long for (deeply)
1b2) being longed for (participle)
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1015

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[כָּסַף] verblong (for) (Arabic be colourless, obscure, be eclipsed (of sun or moon); also be depressed in appearance BaES 61; modern Arabic disappoint; reflexive conjugations be disappointed, ashamed, see SpiroVocab; Late Hebrew כסף Hiph`il shew pallor, be pale, white; Qal be ashamed, long for, compare Aramaic כְּסַף) —

QalImperfect2masculine singular יָדֶיךָ תִּכְסֹ֑ףלְמַעֲשֵׂהJob 14:15for the work of thy hands thou wouldest long; 3 masculine singular כְּאַרְיֵה יִכְסוֺף לִטְרֹ֑ףPsalm 17:12like a lion that longeth to rend.

Niph`alPerfect2masculine singular + Infinitive absoluteנִכְסֹף נִכְסַפְתָּה לְבֵית אָבִיךָGenesis 31:30thou didst long sorely for thy father'shouse; Perfect3feminine singular ׳נִכְסְפָה ֗֗֗ נַפְשִׁי לְחַצְרוֺת יPsalm 84:4my soul longeth . . . . for the courts of׳י; Perfect3masculine singular הַגּוֺי לֹא נִכְסָ֑ףZephaniah 2:1 very dubious; but perhaps (Ges Ew Hi Ke and others), O nation not turning pale,=not ashamed, compare etymology above; We thinks whole see corrupt.


Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 3700. כָּסַף (kasaph) — 6 Occurrences

Genesis 31:30
HEB:הָלַ֔כְתָּ כִּֽי־ נִכְסֹ֥ף נִכְסַ֖פְתָּה לְבֵ֣ית
NAS: away because you longed greatly
KJV: be gone, because thou sore longedst
INT: gone because longed greatly house

Genesis 31:30
HEB:כִּֽי־ נִכְסֹ֥ף נִכְסַ֖פְתָּה לְבֵ֣ית אָבִ֑יךָ
NAS: you longed greatly for your father's
KJV: because thou sore longedst after thy father's
INT: because longed greatly house your father's

Job 14:15
HEB:לְֽמַעֲשֵׂ֖ה יָדֶ֣יךָ תִכְסֹֽף׃
NAS: and I will answer You; You will long for the work
KJV: and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work
INT: the work of your hands will long

Psalm 17:12
HEB:דִּמְיֹנ֗וֹ כְּ֭אַרְיֵה יִכְס֣וֹף לִטְר֑וֹף וְ֝כִכְפִ֗יר
NAS: a lion that is eager to tear,
KJV: as a lion [that] is greedy of his prey,
INT: is like A lion is eager to tear A young

Psalm 84:2
HEB: נִכְסְפָ֬ה וְגַם־ כָּלְתָ֨ה ׀
NAS: My soul longed and even yearned
KJV: My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth
INT:longed and even yearned

Zephaniah 2:1
HEB:הַגּ֖וֹי לֹ֥א נִכְסָֽף׃
NAS: O nation without shame,
KJV: O nation not desired;
INT: nation without shame

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