3943 - laphath

Strong's Concordance

Original word: לָפַת
Transliteration: laphath
Definition (short): forward
Definition (full): to twist, turn, grasp with a twisting motion

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin: a prim. root
Definition: to twist, turn, grasp with a twisting motion
NASB Translation: bent forward (1), grasped (1), wind along (1).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

A primitive root; properly, to bend, i.e. (by implication) to clasp; also (reflexively) to turn around or aside -- take hold, turn aside (self).

References

Strong's 3943: 3 Occurrences
KJV: And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the house stood, and on which it was borne up, of the one with his right hand, and of the other with his left.
NASB: Samson grasped the two middle pillars on which the house rested, and braced himself against them, the one with his right hand and the other with his left.
KJV: And it came to pass at midnight, that the man was afraid, and turned himself: and, behold, a woman lay at his feet.
NASB: It happened in the middle of the night that the man was startled and bent forward; and behold, a woman was lying at his feet.
KJV: The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish.
NASB: "The paths of their course wind along, They go up into nothing and perish.