נֹקֶףnôqeph

striking off (Isaiah 17:6; Isaiah 24:13)

Pronunciation: no'-kef · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5363

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 2 times in the Bible.

  • Isaiah 17:6 Only a few of its people will be left, like stray olives left on a tree after the harvest. Only two or three remain in the highest branches, four or five scattered here and there on the limbs,” declares the Lord, the God of Israel.
  • Isaiah 24:13 Throughout the earth the story is the same— only a remnant is left, like the stray olives left on the tree or the few grapes left on the vine after harvest.

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).