# כָּנָף (kanaf)

Israeli respelling: ka-naf. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H3671. 85 Old Testament occurrences.

an edge or extremity; specifically (of a bird or army) a wing, (of a garment or bedclothing) a flap, (of the earth) a quarter, (of a building) a pinnacle

King James renderings: [phrase] bird, border, corner, end, feather(-ed), [idiom] flying, [phrase] (one an-) other, overspreading, [idiom] quarters, skirt, [idiom] sort, uttermost part, wing(-ed).

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/kanaf-h3671

## Occurrences

- [Genesis 1:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/1/21) — And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every…
- [Genesis 7:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/7/14) — They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his…
- [Exodus 19:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/19/4) — Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles’ wings, and brought you unto myself.
- [Exodus 25:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/25/20) — And the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to anot…
- [Exodus 37:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/37/9) — And the cherubims spread out their wings on high, and covered with their wings over the mercy seat, with their faces one to another; even t…
- [Leviticus 1:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/1/17) — And he shall cleave it with the wings thereof, but shall not divide it asunder: and the priest shall burn it upon the altar, upon the wood…
- [Numbers 15:38](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/15/38) — Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations,…
- [Deuteronomy 4:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/4/17) — The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air,
- [Deuteronomy 22:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/22/12) — Thou shalt make thee fringes upon the four quarters of thy vesture, wherewith thou coverest thyself.
- [Deuteronomy 22:30](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/22/30) — A man shall not take his father’s wife, nor discover his father’s skirt.
- [Deuteronomy 27:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/27/20) — Cursed be he that lieth with his father’s wife; because he uncovereth his father’s skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen.
- [Deuteronomy 32:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/32/11) — As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings:
- [Ruth 2:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ruth/2/12) — The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.
- [Ruth 3:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ruth/3/9) — And he said, Who art thou? And she answered, I am Ruth thine handmaid: spread therefore thy skirt over thine handmaid; for thou art a near…
- [1 Samuel 15:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/15/27) — And as Samuel turned about to go away, he laid hold upon the skirt of his mantle, and it rent.
- [1 Samuel 24:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/24/4) — And the men of David said unto him, Behold the day of which the LORD said unto thee, Behold, I will deliver thine enemy into thine hand, th…
- [1 Samuel 24:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/24/5) — And it came to pass afterward, that David’s heart smote him, because he had cut off Saul’s skirt.
- [1 Samuel 24:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/24/11) — Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my hand: for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed thee not, know…
- [2 Samuel 22:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/22/11) — And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: and he was seen upon the wings of the wind.
- [1 Kings 6:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/6/24) — And five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub: from the uttermost part of the one wing unto…
- [1 Kings 6:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/6/27) — And he set the cherubims within the inner house: and they stretched forth the wings of the cherubims, so that the wing of the one touched t…
- [1 Kings 8:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/8/6) — And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto his place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, even u…
- [1 Kings 8:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/8/7) — For the cherubims spread forth their two wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above.
- [2 Chronicles 3:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/3/11) — And the wings of the cherubims were twenty cubits long: one wing of the one cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and…
- [2 Chronicles 3:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/3/12) — And one wing of the other cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wing was five cubits also, joining to th…
- [2 Chronicles 3:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/3/13) — The wings of these cherubims spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were inward.
- [2 Chronicles 5:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/5/7) — And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto his place, to the oracle of the house, into the most holy place, even u…
- [2 Chronicles 5:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/5/8) — For the cherubims spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above.
- [Job 37:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/37/3) — He directeth it under the whole heaven, and his lightning unto the ends of the earth.
- [Job 38:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/38/13) — That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?
- [Job 39:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/39/13) — Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?
- [Job 39:26](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/39/26) — Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south?
- [Psalms 17:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/17/8) — Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,
- [Psalms 18:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/18/10) — And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.
- [Psalms 36:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/36/7) — How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.
- [Psalms 57:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/57/1) — Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until…
- [Psalms 61:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/61/4) — I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the covert of thy wings. Selah.
- [Psalms 63:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/63/7) — Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice.
- [Psalms 68:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/68/13) — Though ye have lien among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold.
- [Psalms 78:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/78/27) — He rained flesh also upon them as dust, and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea:
- [Psalms 91:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/91/4) — He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.
- [Psalms 104:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/104/3) — Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind:
- [Psalms 139:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/139/9) — If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;
- [Psalms 148:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/148/10) — Beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and flying fowl:
- [Proverbs 1:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/1/17) — Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
- [Proverbs 23:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/23/5) — Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
- [Ecclesiastes 10:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/10/20) — Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that…
- [Isaiah 6:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/6/2) — Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he…
- [Isaiah 8:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/8/8) — And he shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow and go over, he shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of his wings shall…
- [Isaiah 10:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/10/14) — And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathereth eggs that are left, have I gathered all the earth; and ther…
- [Isaiah 11:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/11/12) — And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from t…
- [Isaiah 18:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/18/1) — Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia:
- [Isaiah 24:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/24/16) — From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs, even glory to the righteous. But I said, My leanness, my leanness, woe unto me! t…
- [Jeremiah 2:34](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/2/34) — Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents: I have not found it by secret search, but upon all these.
- [Jeremiah 48:40](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/48/40) — For thus saith the LORD; Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread his wings over Moab.
- [Jeremiah 49:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/49/22) — Behold, he shall come up and fly as the eagle, and spread his wings over Bozrah: and at that day shall the heart of the mighty men of Edom…
- [Ezekiel 1:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/1/6) — And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings.
- [Ezekiel 1:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/1/8) — And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; and they four had their faces and their wings.
- [Ezekiel 1:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/1/9) — Their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward.
- [Ezekiel 1:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/1/11) — Thus were their faces: and their wings were stretched upward; two wings of every one were joined one to another, and two covered their bodi…
- [Ezekiel 1:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/1/23) — And under the firmament were their wings straight, the one toward the other: every one had two, which covered on this side, and every one h…
- [Ezekiel 1:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/1/24) — And when they went, I heard the noise of their wings, like the noise of great waters, as the voice of the Almighty, the voice of speech, as…
- [Ezekiel 1:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/1/25) — And there was a voice from the firmament that was over their heads, when they stood, and had let down their wings.
- [Ezekiel 3:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/3/13) — I heard also the noise of the wings of the living creatures that touched one another, and the noise of the wheels over against them, and a…
- [Ezekiel 5:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/5/3) — Thou shalt also take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts.
- [Ezekiel 7:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/7/2) — Also, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD unto the land of Israel; An end, the end is come upon the four corners of the land.
- [Ezekiel 10:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/10/5) — And the sound of the cherubims’ wings was heard even to the outer court, as the voice of the Almighty God when he speaketh.
- [Ezekiel 10:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/10/8) — And there appeared in the cherubims the form of a man’s hand under their wings.
- [Ezekiel 10:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/10/12) — And their whole body, and their backs, and their hands, and their wings, and the wheels, were full of eyes round about, even the wheels tha…
- [Ezekiel 10:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/10/16) — And when the cherubims went, the wheels went by them: and when the cherubims lifted up their wings to mount up from the earth, the same whe…
- [Ezekiel 10:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/10/19) — And the cherubims lifted up their wings, and mounted up from the earth in my sight: when they went out, the wheels also were beside them, a…
- [Ezekiel 10:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/10/21) — Every one had four faces apiece, and every one four wings; and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings.
- [Ezekiel 11:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/11/22) — Then did the cherubims lift up their wings, and the wheels beside them; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.
- [Ezekiel 16:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/16/8) — Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy na…
- [Ezekiel 17:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/17/3) — And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; A great eagle with great wings, longwinged, full of feathers, which had divers colours, came unto Lebanon…
- [Ezekiel 17:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/17/7) — There was also another great eagle with great wings and many feathers: and, behold, this vine did bend her roots toward him, and shot forth…
- [Ezekiel 17:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/17/23) — In the mountain of the height of Israel will I plant it: and it shall bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a goodly cedar: and under…
- [Ezekiel 39:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/39/4) — Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands, and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous…
- [Ezekiel 39:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/39/17) — And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; Speak unto every feathered fowl, and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and c…
- [Daniel 9:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/daniel/9/27) — And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cea…
- [Hosea 4:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hosea/4/19) — The wind hath bound her up in her wings, and they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices.
- [Haggai 2:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/haggai/2/12) — If one bear holy flesh in the skirt of his garment, and with his skirt do touch bread, or pottage, or wine, or oil, or any meat, shall it b…
- [Zechariah 5:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/zechariah/5/9) — Then lifted I up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came out two women, and the wind was in their wings; for they had wings like the…
- [Zechariah 8:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/zechariah/8/23) — Thus saith the LORD of hosts; In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even s…
- [Malachi 4:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/malachi/4/2) — But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves…