Strong's Lexicon kaphah: To bend, bow down, subdue Original Word: כָּפָה NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origina prim. root Definition to subdue NASB Translation subdues (1). Brown-Driver-Briggs [כָּפָה] verb probably subdue (Late Hebrew overturn, hold under, compel; Aramaic כְּפָא, id.; incline (as face to ground), overturn; Assyrian kipû perhaps id., DlHWB 346; compare Arabic overturn, turn back); — only Qal Imperfect מַתָּן בַּסֵּתֶר יִכְמֶּהאָֿ֑ף Proverbs 21:14 a gift in secret subdueth anger (so Thes Rob-Ges; Ew beugt: Fl De averteth, from the Arabic, is more remote; ᵐ5 ἀνατρέπει, compare Late Hebrew). כִּמָּה see below כפף. Strong's Exhaustive Concordance pacify A primitive root; properly, to bend, i.e. (figuratively) to tame or subdue -- pacify. Forms and Transliterations יִכְפֶּה־ יכפה־ yichpeh yiḵ·peh- yiḵpeh-Links Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Proverbs 21:14 HEB: מַתָּ֣ן בַּ֭סֵּתֶר יִכְפֶּה־ אָ֑ף וְשֹׁ֥חַד NAS: in secret subdues anger, KJV: in secret pacifieth anger: INT: A gift secret subdues anger bribe 1 Occurrence |