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It conveys the action of taking something from its source, typically in a careful or deliberate manner. This term is used in the context of agricultural activities, reflecting the agrarian society of ancient Israel.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Israel, agriculture was a central part of daily life and economy. The act of plucking or gathering was not only a routine task but also held significant cultural and religious importance. Harvest times were often associated with festivals and offerings, reflecting gratitude and dependence on God's provision. The use of "qataph" in the Hebrew Bible often underscores the connection between the people and the land, as well as their reliance on God's blessings for sustenance.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>a prim. root<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>to pluck off or out<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>cut down (1), pluck (3), plucked off (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> [<font class="hebrew2">קָטַף</font>] <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>verb</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>pluck off</b></font> (twigs, etc.), <font size="+1"><b>or out</b></font> (Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; Arabic <img src="/bdbgif/bdb088201.gif"> <em>pluck</em> grapes; <font class="hebrew2">ᵑ7</font> <font class="hebrew2">קְטַף</font>, Syriac <img src="/bdbgif/bdb088202.gif">; compare Assyrian <i><em>‡atâpu</em></i>, <em>apparently pluck off</em>); — <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>Qal</b></font> <em>Perfect</em>3masculine singular<font class="hebrew2">קָטָ֑ף</font> <a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/17-4.htm">Ezekiel 17:4</a> <em>he</em> [i.e. eagle, in figure] <em>plucked off</em> twigs; 2 masculine singular <font class="hebrew2">וְקָטַפְתָּ֫</font> <a href="/interlinear/deuteronomy/23-26.htm">Deuteronomy 23:26</a> (ears of grain, <font class="hebrew2">בְּיָדֶ֑ךָ</font>); <em>Imperfect</em>1singular <font class="hebrew2">אֶקְטֹף</font> <a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/17-22.htm">Ezekiel 17:22</a> (subject <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">י</font>; accusative +<font class="hebrew2">מִן</font> <em>from</em>); <em>Participle</em> masculine plural <font class="hebrew2">הַקֹּטְפִים</font> <a href="/interlinear/job/30-4.htm">Job 30:4</a> <em>they who pluck out</em> the mallow. <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>Niph`al</b></font> <em>Imperfect</em>3masculine singular <font class="hebrew2">יָקָּטֵב</font> <a href="/interlinear/job/8-12.htm">Job 8:12</a> <em>it is not plucked off.</em> <p>I. <font class="hebrew2">קטר</font> (√ of following; compare Assyrian <i><em>‡utru</em></i> (with <font class="hebrew2">ת</font>) <em>smoke</em>; Talmud, <font class="hebrew2">ᵑ7</font> <font class="hebrew2">קִיטְרָא</font>, <font class="hebrew2">קוּטְרָא</font> (thick) <em>smoke</em>; Arabic <img src="/bdbgif/bdb088203.gif"> <em>smoke</em> (said of fire); usually <em>exhale odour</em> (especially of roast meat); Assyrian <i><em>‡utrinnu</em></i>, <em>incense-offering</em>; Sabean <font class="hebrew2">מקטר</font> <em>censer</em> CIS<sup>iv. Nos.26, 1. 6; 30, 1.4</sup>. Ethiopic <img src="/bdbgif/bdb088204.gif">: <em>incense</em>; Egyptian <i>k@atalqa</i> Bondi<sup>74ff.</sup> <em>kataruti</em> WMM<sup>As.u.Eur.97</sup> = <font class="hebrew2">קְטֹרֶת</font>, <font class="hebrew2">קְטָרוֺת</font>; Late Hebrew [<font class="hebrew2">קָטַר</font>] <em>smoke</em> (said of incense)). <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>crop off, cut down up, pluck <p>A primitive root; to strip off -- crop off, cut down (up), pluck. <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>אֶקְטֹ֔ף אקטף הַקֹּטְפִ֣ים הקטפים וְקָטַפְתָּ֥ וקטפת יִקָּטֵ֑ף יקטף קָטָ֑ף קטף ’eq·ṭōp̄ ’eqṭōp̄ ekTof hakkoteFim haq·qō·ṭə·p̄îm haqqōṭəp̄îm kaTaf qā·ṭāp̄ qāṭāp̄ vekatafTa wə·qā·ṭap̄·tā wəqāṭap̄tā yikkaTef yiq·qā·ṭêp̄ yiqqāṭêp̄<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/deuteronomy/23-25.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Deuteronomy 23:25</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/deuteronomy/23.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">בְּקָמַ֣ת רֵעֶ֔ךָ <b> וְקָטַפְתָּ֥ </b> מְלִילֹ֖ת בְּיָדֶ֑ךָ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/deuteronomy/23.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> grain, <span class="itali">then you may pluck</span> the heads<br><a href="/kjvs/deuteronomy/23.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> of thy neighbour, <span class="itali">then thou mayest pluck</span> the ears<br><a href="/interlinear/deuteronomy/23-25.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> standing your neighbor's <span class="itali">may pluck</span> the heads your hand<p><b><a href="/text/job/8-12.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Job 8:12</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/job/8.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">בְ֭אִבּוֹ לֹ֣א <b> יִקָּטֵ֑ף </b> וְלִפְנֵ֖י כָל־</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/job/8.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> green <span class="itali">[and] not cut down,</span> Yet it withers<br><a href="/kjvs/job/8.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> Whilst it [is] yet in his greenness, <span class="itali">[and] not cut down,</span> it withereth<br><a href="/interlinear/job/8-12.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> green not <span class="itali">cut</span> before any<p><b><a href="/text/job/30-4.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Job 30:4</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/job/30.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> <b> הַקֹּטְפִ֣ים </b> מַלּ֣וּחַ עֲלֵי־</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/job/30.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> <span class="itali">Who pluck</span> mallow by the bushes,<br><a href="/kjvs/job/30.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> <span class="itali">Who cut up</span> mallows by the bushes,<br><a href="/interlinear/job/30-4.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> <span class="itali">pluck</span> mallow by<p><b><a href="/text/ezekiel/17-4.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ezekiel 17:4</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/17.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">רֹ֥אשׁ יְנִֽיקוֹתָ֖יו <b> קָטָ֑ף </b> וַיְבִיאֵ֙הוּ֙ אֶל־</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ezekiel/17.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> <span class="itali">He plucked off</span> the topmost<br><a href="/kjvs/ezekiel/17.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> <span class="itali">He cropped off</span> the top<br><a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/17-4.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the topmost young <span class="itali">plucked</span> and brought to<p><b><a href="/text/ezekiel/17-22.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ezekiel 17:22</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/17.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">יֹֽנְקוֹתָיו֙ רַ֣ךְ <b> אֶקְטֹ֔ף </b> וְשָׁתַ֣לְתִּי אָ֔נִי</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ezekiel/17.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and set <span class="itali">[it] out; I will pluck</span> from the topmost<br><a href="/kjvs/ezekiel/17.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and will set <span class="itali">[it]; I will crop off</span> from the top<br><a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/17-22.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> young A tender <span class="itali">will pluck</span> will plant I<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6998.htm">5 Occurrences</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6998.htm">Strong's Hebrew 6998<br>5 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/ektof_6998.htm">’eq·ṭōp̄ — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/hakkotefim_6998.htm">haq·qō·ṭə·p̄îm — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/kataf_6998.htm">qā·ṭāp̄ — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/vekatafta_6998.htm">wə·qā·ṭap̄·tā — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/yikkatef_6998.htm">yiq·qā·ṭêp̄ — 1 Occ.</a><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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