Word Origin
of foreign origin
Definition
an ape
NASB Translation
apes (2).

[קוֺף] noun [masculine] ape, so Vrss, ᵐ5 πίθηκοι (omitted by ᵐ5^B in Kings) (foreign word; probably = Sanskrit kapi, id.; Egyptian as loan-word gôfë WMM^As.u.Eur.95, gi'f Erman^{ZMG xlvi (1892), 121}; Greek κῆβος, κῆπος is of Egyptian origin according to Lewy^{Fremdw. 6}); — plural קֹפִים 1 Kings 10:22 = קוֺפִים2Chronicles 9:21, brought to Solomon [from southeast] by Phoenician fleet; compare Arabic proverb 'donum regionis Jemen simiae sunt,' Frey^{Provv.iii.3160}.

וְקֹפִ֖ים וְקוֹפִ֖ים וקופים וקפים vekoFim wə·qō·p̄îm wə·qō·w·p̄îm wəqōp̄îm wəqōwp̄îmInterlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts