קָטַף (qāṭap) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning pluck off. It appears
5 times
in 3 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H6998).
Also rendered
to pluck
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2010)
Range of meaning (TWOT 2010)pluck off, out; plucked off; strip off; crop off, cut down, pluck
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
קָטַףverb: pluck off, out
Qalhe [i.e. eagle, in figuratively] plucked off twigs
Strong's H6998קָטַף: to strip off KJV:crop off, cut down (up), pluck.
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.