STRONGS NUMBER H8630


Word Summary
taqeph: to prevail over, overpower
Original Word: תָּקַף
Transliteration: taqeph
Phonetic Spelling: (taw-kaf')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to prevail over, overpower
Meaning: to prevail over, overpower
Strong's Concordance
prevail against

A primitive root; to overpower -- prevail (against).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H8630. taqeph

[תָּקֵף‎] verb prevail over, overpower (late; Late Hebrew id.; Aramaism; Aramaic תְּקֵיף‎, be strong; Nabataean תקףauthority; compare NöZMG xlvii (1893), 102; Sabean תקףoverpower SabDenkmNo.9.l.13; Arabic attain to, overtake, overpower); —

Qal Imperfect:3masculine singular suffix יִתְקְפוֺEcclesiastes 4:12 (Ges§ 60d) if one overpower him, so 3 feminine singular suffix תִּתְקְפֵ֫הוּJob 14:20; 3feminine singular suffix id. 15:24.

[תְּקֵף‎] verb grow strong (ᵑ7‎ Syriac; Biblical Hebrew, q. v., (late)) —

Pe`al Perfect3masculine singular תְּקִ֑ף‎, of tree, Daniel 4:8; 4:17; 2masculine singular תְּקֵמְתְּ4:19; of king; 3feminine singular תְִּקַפַת5:20 figurative grow arrogant, of spirit of man.

Pa`el make strong, stringent: Infinitive לְתַקָּפָהDaniel 6:8 accusative of interdict.