Know the Word.

Hebrew word

qâphats

kaw-fats'

קָפַץ

What it means

to draw together, i.e. close

to draw together, i.e. close; by implication, to leap (by contracting the limbs); specifically, to die (from gathering up the feet)

Where it comes from

a primitive root

How the King James translates it

  • shut3
  • stoppeth1
  • taken1
  • stop1
  • skipping1

Every place it appears 7

Deuteronomy15:7
Song of Solomon2:8
Isaiah52:15