קָפָא (qippāʾôn) is
a Hebrew noun
meaning thicken. It appears
5 times
in 4 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H7087).
Also rendered
congelation
to congeal
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2048a)
Range of meaning (TWOT 2048a)congelation; shrink, thicken; congeal, curdle, dark, settle
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
קִפָּאוֹןnoun, masculine: congelation
Strong's H7087קָפָא: to shrink, i.e. thicken (as unracked wine, curdled milk, clouded sky, frozen water) KJV:congeal, curdle, dark, settle.
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 2048: קָפָאqāpāʾ — thicken, condense, congeal; the deeps were condensed; shrink; curdle, dark, settle