Lexical Summary qoph: an ape Original Word: קוֹףTransliteration: qoph Phonetic Spelling: (kofe) Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Short Definition: an ape Meaning: a monkey Strong's Concordance ape Or qoph {kofe}; probably of foreign origin; a monkey -- ape. Brown-Driver-Briggs H6971. qoph [קוֺף] noun [masculine] ape, so Vrss, ᵐ5 πίθηκοι (omitted by ᵐ5B in Kings) (foreign word; probably = Sanskrit kapi, id.; Egyptian as loan-word gôfë WMMAs.u.Eur.95, gi'f ErmanZMG xlvi (1892), 121; Greek κῆβος, κῆπος is of Egyptian origin according to LewyFremdw. 6); — plural קֹפִים 1 Kings 10:22 = קוֺפִים2 Chronicles 9:21, brought to Solomon [from southeast] by Phoenician fleet; compare Arabic proverb 'donum regionis Jemen simiae sunt,' FreyProvv.iii.3160. |
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