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קָטַף H6998
H6998 is the Hebrew word קָטַף, transliterated qâṭaph and said kaw-taf'. The King James Version most often renders it mayest pluck.
What it means
to strip off.
Where it comes from
a primitive root.
How the King James Version translates it
Across 5 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: crop off, cut down (up), pluck.
Verses using קָטַף
All 5 verses, quoted in full.
Deuteronomy 23:25 · KJV
When thou comest into the standing corn of thy neighbour, then thou mayest pluck the ears with thine hand; but thou shalt not move a sickle unto thy neighbour’s standing corn.
Job 8:12 · KJV
Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb.
Job 30:4 · KJV
Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their meat.
Ezekiel 17:4 · KJV
He cropped off the top of his young twigs, and carried it into a land of traffick; he set it in a city of merchants.
Ezekiel 17:22 · KJV
Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also take of the highest branch of the high cedar, and will set it; I will crop off from the top of his young twigs a tender one, and will plant it upon an high mountain and eminent:
Common questions
What does Strong's H6998 mean?
H6998 is the Hebrew word קָטַף (qâṭaph), meaning to strip off.
How is H6998 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it mayest pluck (1 time), cut down (1 time), cut up (1 time), cropped off (1 time), crop off (1 time).
How many times does H6998 appear in the Bible?
קָטַף (qâṭaph) is tagged in 5 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H6998 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root.
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