Midvash

כְּפַתkᵉphath

bind

Pronunciation: kef-ath' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3729

Meanings

Pe`il: they were bound. (Daniel 3:21)

Pa`el: bind, bound (Daniel 3:20; Daniel 3:23; Daniel 3:24)

Where it appears

Appears 4 times in the Bible.

  • Daniel 3:20 Then he ordered some of the strongest men of his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego and throw them into the blazing furnace.
  • Daniel 3:21 So they tied them up and threw them into the furnace, fully dressed in their pants, turbans, robes, and other garments.
  • Daniel 3:23 So Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, securely tied, fell into the roaring flames.
  • Daniel 3:24 But suddenly, Nebuchadnezzar jumped up in amazement and exclaimed to his advisers, “Didn’t we tie up three men and throw them into the furnace?” “Yes, Your Majesty, we certainly did,” they replied.

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).