תְּקֵףtᵉqêph
grow strong
Pronunciation: tek-afe' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8631
Meanings
Pe`al: grow arrogant (Daniel 4:8; Daniel 4:17; Daniel 4:19)
Pa`el: make strong, stringent (Daniel 6:8)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 5 times in the Bible.
- Daniel 4:11 The tree grew very tall and strong, reaching high into the heavens for all the world to see.
- Daniel 4:20 The tree you saw was growing very tall and strong, reaching high into the heavens for all the world to see.
- Daniel 4:22 That tree, Your Majesty, is you. For you have grown strong and great; your greatness reaches up to heaven, and your rule to the ends of the earth.
- Daniel 5:20 But when his heart and mind were puffed up with arrogance, he was brought down from his royal throne and stripped of his glory.
- Daniel 6:7 We are all in agreement—we administrators, officials, high officers, advisers, and governors—that the king should make a law that will be strictly enforced. Give orders that for the next thirty days any person who prays to anyone, divine or human—except to you, Your Majesty—will be thrown into the den of lions.
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).