כַּף
kap
hollow
Strong's H3709NounHebrewTWOT 1022a

כַּף (kap) is a Hebrew noun meaning hollow. It appears 195 times in 30 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H3709).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1022a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1022a)hollow, flat of the hand, palm, sole of foot, hand; hollow hand, power; branch, foot, middle, paw, sole, spoon
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

כַּף noun, feminine: hollow, flat of the hand, palm, sole of foot, hand

Strong's H3709 כַּף: the hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal, of the sole, and even of the bowl of a dish or sling, the handle of a bolt, the leaves of a palm-tree); figuratively, power
KJV:branch, foot, hand((-ful), -dle, (-led)), hollow, middle, palm, paw, power, sole, spoon.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 1022: כָּפַף kāpap — bend, bend down, be bent, bowed; curve; bow down

See it in Scripture

Genesis 8:9Exodus 4:4Leviticus 8:27

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