Definition
a primitive root; properly, to become pale, i.e. (by implication) to pine after; also to fear
Traditional renderings: (have) desire, be greedy, long, sore.
Traditional renderings: (have) desire, be greedy, long, sore.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders כָּסַף:
- ἐπιθυμίαepithumia“desire”25%
- ἐπιποθέωepipotheō“to long for”25%
- ἕτοιμοςhetoimos“ready”25%
- ἀπαίδευτοςapaideutos“uninstructed”25%
Usage patterns
Occurrences
6 total
- Genesis 31:30נִכְסֹ֥ף · you long; נִכְסַ֖פְתָּהNow you have gone off because you long for your father’s house. But why have you stolen my gods?”
- Job 14:15תִכְסֹֽף׃ · You will desireYou will call, and I will answer; You will desire the work of Your hands.
- Psalm 17:12יִכְס֣וֹף · greedy…like a lion greedy for prey, like a young lion lurking in ambush.
- Psalm 84:2נִכְסְפָ֬ה · longsMy soul longs, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
- Zephaniah 2:1נִכְסָֽף׃Gather yourselves, gather together, O shameful nation,