Quick Definition
to blow
Strong's Definition
to clatter, i.e. slap (the hands together), clang (an instrument); by analogy, to drive (a nail or tent-pin, a dart, etc.); by implication, to become bondsman by handclasping)
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: blow (a trumpet), cast, clap, fasten, pitch (tent), smite, sound, strike, [idiom] suretiship, thrust.
TWOT Reference: 2541
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
תָּקַע (ta.qa) — to blow. 1) to blow, clap, strike, sound, thrust, give a blow, blast 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to thrust, drive (of weapon) 1a2) to give a blast, give a blow 1a3) to strike or clap hands 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be blown, blast (of horn) 1b2) to strike or pledge oneself
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m · תקע
Bear
striking of hands (in pledge) = causative action by which someone strikes the palm of their hand against someone else's palm; ► in order to show that one has taken responsibility for someone else's debts; ≈ usually regarded as unwise
verb · תֵּקַע · תָּקֹועַ · תְּקֹועַ
Impact | verb qal
to plunge, to thrust, to drive = causative action by which someone causes a sharp object to penetrate another object
Impact | verb qal
Collocation: תקע כַּפַּיִם
to clap hands, to applaud = causative action by which someone strikes the palms of their hands together ► in joy
Bear | verb qal, verb nif | ≈ ערב
Collocation: תקע כַּפַּיִם · תקע יָד
to strike hands (in pledge) = causative action by which someone strikes the palm of their hand against someone else's palm; ► in order to show that one has taken responsibility for someone else's debts; ≈ usually regarded as unwise
Attach | verb qal
to fasten, to nail, to impale = action by which humans attach one object to another by securing it with a sharp tool
Attach | verb qal
Collocation: תקע אֹהֶל
to pitch (one's) tent = action by which humans erect a tent by securing it with tent pins
Sounds | verb qal
to blow = action by which humans blow air into a wind instrument and so produce a signal
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
תָּקַע 67 vb. thrust, clap, give a blow, blast Qal thrust, drive
give a blast, blow
strike, clap hands
Niph. if a horn shall be blown
who is there that will strike himself (i.e. pledge himself) into my hand?
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