# H3700 כָּסַף

כָּסַף (kâçaph), Strong’s H3700: properly, to become pale, i.e. (by implication) to pine after; also to fear KJV: (have) desire, be greedy, long, sore.. Occurs 6 times.

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*kâçaph* — properly, to become pale, i.e. (by implication) to pine after; also to fear

KJV: (have) desire, be greedy, long, sore.

Occurs 6 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- [כָּסַף] vb. long (for)
- Qal for the work of thy hands thou wouldest long; like a lion that longeth to rend.
- Niph. thou didst long sorely for thy father’s house

## Where it occurs
- [Genesis 31:30](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/31?v=30) — Now, you want to be gone, because you greatly longed for your father’s house, but why have you stolen my gods?”
- [Zephaniah 2:1](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/zephaniah/2?v=1) — Gather yourselves together, yes, gather together, you nation that has no shame,
- [Psalms 17:12](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/17?v=12) — He is like a lion that is greedy of his prey, as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
- [Psalms 84:3](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/84?v=3) — My soul longs, and even faints for the courts of the LORD. My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
- [Job 14:15](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/job/14?v=15) — You would call, and I would answer you. You would have a desire for the work of your hands.