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טַף H2945

H2945 is the Hebrew word טַף, transliterated ṭaph and said taf. The King James Version most often renders it little ones.

Word: טַףTransliteration: ṭaphSaid: tafLanguage: HebrewIn the KJV: 35 verses

What it means

a family (mostly used collectively in the singular).

Where it comes from

from H2952 (טָפַף) (perhaps referring to the tripping gait of children).

How the King James Version translates it

Across 35 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

little ones 21×children 7×little children 2×only their little ones 1×you and your little ones 1×among the little ones 1×moreover your little ones 1×both little ones 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: (little) children (ones), families.

Verses using טַף

All 35 verses, quoted in full.

Genesis 34:29 · KJV

And all their wealth, and all their little ones, and their wives took they captive, and spoiled even all that was in the house.

Genesis 45:19 · KJV

Now thou art commanded, this do ye; take you wagons out of the land of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your father, and come.

Genesis 46:5 · KJV

And Jacob rose up from Beersheba: and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him.

Genesis 50:8 · KJV

And all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and his father’s house: only their little ones, and their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen.

Genesis 50:21 · KJV

Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them.

Exodus 10:10 · KJV

And he said unto them, Let the LORD be so with you, as I will let you go, and your little ones: look to it; for evil is before you.

Exodus 10:24 · KJV

And Pharaoh called unto Moses, and said, Go ye, serve the LORD; only let your flocks and your herds be stayed: let your little ones also go with you.

Numbers 14:3 · KJV

And wherefore hath the LORD brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey? were it not better for us to return into Egypt?

Numbers 14:31 · KJV

But your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have despised.

Numbers 31:9 · KJV

And the children of Israel took all the women of Midian captives, and their little ones, and took the spoil of all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods.

Numbers 31:17 · KJV

Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him.

Numbers 31:18 · KJV

But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.

Numbers 32:17 · KJV

But we ourselves will go ready armed before the children of Israel, until we have brought them unto their place: and our little ones shall dwell in the fenced cities because of the inhabitants of the land.

Numbers 32:24 · KJV

Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth.

Numbers 32:26 · KJV

Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle, shall be there in the cities of Gilead:

Deuteronomy 1:39 · KJV

Moreover your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, and your children, which in that day had no knowledge between good and evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it.

Deuteronomy 2:34 · KJV

And we took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed the men, and the women, and the little ones, of every city, we left none to remain:

Deuteronomy 3:6 · KJV

And we utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children, of every city.

Deuteronomy 3:19 · KJV

But your wives, and your little ones, and your cattle, (for I know that ye have much cattle,) shall abide in your cities which I have given you;

Deuteronomy 20:14 · KJV

But the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take unto thyself; and thou shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies, which the LORD thy God hath given thee.

Deuteronomy 29:11 · KJV

Your little ones, your wives, and thy stranger that is in thy camp, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water:

Deuteronomy 31:12 · KJV

Gather the people together, men, and women, and children, and thy stranger that is within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear the LORD your God, and observe to do all the words of this law:

Joshua 1:14 · KJV

Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle, shall remain in the land which Moses gave you on this side Jordan; but ye shall pass before your brethren armed, all the mighty men of valour, and help them;

Joshua 8:35 · KJV

There was not a word of all that Moses commanded, which Joshua read not before all the congregation of Israel, with the women, and the little ones, and the strangers that were conversant among them.

Judges 18:21 · KJV

So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the cattle and the carriage before them.

2 Samuel 15:22 · KJV

And David said to Ittai, Go and pass over. And Ittai the Gittite passed over, and all his men, and all the little ones that were with him.

2 Chronicles 20:13 · KJV

And all Judah stood before the LORD, with their little ones, their wives, and their children.

2 Chronicles 31:18 · KJV

And to the genealogy of all their little ones, their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, through all the congregation: for in their set office they sanctified themselves in holiness:

Ezra 8:21 · KJV

Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.

Esther 3:13 · KJV

And the letters were sent by posts into all the king’s provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, even upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to take the spoil of them for a prey.

Esther 8:11 · KJV

Wherein the king granted the Jews which were in every city to gather themselves together, and to stand for their life, to destroy, to slay, and to cause to perish, all the power of the people and province that would assault them, both little ones and women, and to take the spoil of them for a prey,

Jeremiah 40:7 · KJV

Now when all the captains of the forces which were in the fields, even they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the land, and had committed unto him men, and women, and children, and of the poor of the land, of them that were not carried away captive to Babylon;

Jeremiah 41:16 · KJV

Then took Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, all the remnant of the people whom he had recovered from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, from Mizpah, after that he had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, even mighty men of war, and the women, and the children, and the eunuchs, whom he had brought again from Gibeon:

Jeremiah 43:6 · KJV

Even men, and women, and children, and the king’s daughters, and every person that Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had left with Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Jeremiah the prophet, and Baruch the son of Neriah.

Ezekiel 9:6 · KJV

Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which were before the house.

Common questions

What does Strong's H2945 mean?

H2945 is the Hebrew word טַף (ṭaph), meaning a family (mostly used collectively in the singular).

How is H2945 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it little ones (21 times), children (7 times), little children (2 times), only their little ones (1 time), you and your little ones (1 time), among others.

How many times does H2945 appear in the Bible?

טַף (ṭaph) is tagged in 35 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H2945 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: from H2952 (טָפַף) (perhaps referring to the tripping gait of children).

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