כָּנָףkânâph
wing, extremity
Pronunciation: kaw-nawf' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3671
Meanings
1. wing
a. of birds (Isaiah 10:14; Exodus 19:4; Deuteronomy 32:11)
b. of insects (probably) (Isaiah 18:1; Isaiah 18:2)
c. of cherubim (1 Kings 6:24; 2 Chronicles 3:11; Ezekiel 1:6)
d. of seraphim (Isaiah 6:2)
e. of women in Zechariah's vision (Zechariah 5:9)
f. figurative of the wind (Hosea 4:19; Psalms 18:11; 2 Samuel 22:11)
g. figurative of the dawn (winged sun-disc?) (Psalms 139:9; Malachi 3:20)
h. figurative of ׳ י (Psalms 17:8; Psalms 36:8; Psalms 57:2)
2. extremity
a. of garment = skirt, corner, or loose flowing end (1 Samuel 15:27; 1 Samuel 24:5; 1 Samuel 24:6)
b. of the earth (Isaiah 24:16; Job 37:3; Job 38:13)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 109 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 1:21 So God created great sea creatures and every living thing that scurries and swarms in the water, and every sort of bird—each producing offspring of the same kind. And God saw that it was good.
- Genesis 7:14 With them in the boat were pairs of every kind of animal—domestic and wild, large and small—along with birds of every kind.
- Exodus 19:4 ‘You have seen what I did to the Egyptians. You know how I carried you on eagles’ wings and brought you to myself.
- Exodus 25:20 The cherubim will face each other and look down on the atonement cover. With their wings spread above it, they will protect it.
- Exodus 37:9 The cherubim faced each other and looked down on the atonement cover. With their wings spread above it, they protected it.
- Leviticus 1:17 Then, grasping the bird by its wings, the priest will tear the bird open, but without tearing it apart. Then he will burn it as a burnt offering on the wood burning on the altar. It is a special gift, a pleasing aroma to the Lord.
See every passage
- Genesis 1:21, 7:14
- Exodus 19:4, 25:20, 37:9
- Leviticus 1:17
- Numbers 15:38
- Deuteronomy 4:17, 22:12, 22:30, 27:20, 32:11
- Ruth 2:12, 3:9
- 1 Samuel 15:27, 24:4, 24:5, 24:11
- 2 Samuel 22:11
- 1 Kings 6:24, 6:27, 8:6, 8:7
- 2 Chronicles 3:11, 3:12, 3:13, 5:7, 5:8
- Job 37:3, 38:13, 39:13, 39:26
- Psalms 17:8, 18:10, 36:7, 57:1, 61:4, 63:7, 68:13, 78:27, 91:4, 104:3, 139:9, 148:10
- Proverbs 1:17, 23:5
- Ecclesiastes 10:20
- Isaiah 6:2, 8:8, 10:14, 11:12, 18:1, 24:16
- Jeremiah 2:34, 48:40, 49:22
- Ezekiel 1:6, 1:8, 1:9, 1:11, 1:23, 1:24, 1:25, 3:13, 5:3, 7:2, 10:5, 10:8, 10:12, 10:16, 10:19, 10:21, 11:22, 16:8, 17:3, 17:7, 17:23, 39:4, 39:17
- Daniel 9:27
- Hosea 4:19
- Haggai 2:12
- Zechariah 5:9, 8:23
- Malachi 4:2
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).