Definition
a primitive root; to strip off
Traditional renderings: crop off, cut down (up), pluck.
Traditional renderings: crop off, cut down (up), pluck.
Usage patterns
Occurrences
5 total
- Deuteronomy 23:25וְקָטַפְתָּ֥ · you may pluckWhen you enter your neighbor’s grainfield, you may pluck the heads of grain with your hand, but you must not put a sickle to your neighbor’s grain.
- Job 8:12יִקָּטֵ֑ףWhile the shoots are still uncut, they dry up more quickly than grass.
- Job 30:4הַקֹּטְפִ֣ים · They pluckedThey plucked mallow among the shrubs, and the roots of the broom tree were their food.
- Ezekiel 17:4קָטָ֑ף · He plucked offHe plucked off its topmost shoot, carried it to the land of merchants, and planted it in a city of traders.
- Ezekiel 17:22אֶקְטֹ֔ף · I will pluckThis is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will take a shoot from the lofty top of the cedar, and I will set it out. I will pluck a tender sprig from its topmost shoots, and I will plant it on a high and lofty mountain.