Midvash

תֹּקֶףtôqeph

power, strength, energy (Esther 9:29; Daniel 11:17; Esther 10:2)

Pronunciation: to'-kef · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8633

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 3 times in the Bible.

  • Esther 9:29 Then Queen Esther, the daughter of Abihail, along with Mordecai the Jew, wrote another letter putting the queen’s full authority behind Mordecai’s letter to establish the Festival of Purim.
  • Esther 10:2 His great achievements and the full account of the greatness of Mordecai, whom the king had promoted, are recorded in The Book of the History of the Kings of Media and Persia.
  • Daniel 11:17 He will make plans to come with the might of his entire kingdom and will form an alliance with the king of the south. He will give him a daughter in marriage in order to overthrow the kingdom from within, but his plan will fail.

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).