# H7087 קָפָא

קָפָא (qâphâʼ), Strong’s H7087: to shrink, i.e. thicken (as unracked wine, curdled milk, clouded sky, frozen water) KJV: congeal, curdle, dark, settle.. Occurs 4 times.

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*qâphâʼ* — to shrink, i.e. thicken (as unracked wine, curdled milk, clouded sky, frozen water)

KJV: congeal, curdle, dark, settle.

Occurs 4 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- [קָפָא] vb. thicken, condense, congeal
- Qal the deeps were condensed, became firm walls
- Hiph. didst thou not curdle me like cheese
- קִפָּאוֹן n.[m.]
- קִפָּאוֹן n.[m.] congelation;—Zc 14:6 Qr

## Where it occurs
- [Exodus 15:8](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/15?v=8) — With the blast of your nostrils, the waters were piled up. The floods stood upright as a heap. The deeps were congealed…
- [Zephaniah 1:12](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/zephaniah/1?v=12) — It will happen at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with lamps, and I will punish the men who are settled on…
- [Zechariah 14:6](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/zechariah/14?v=6) — It will happen in that day that there will not be light, cold, or frost.
- [Job 10:10](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/job/10?v=10) — Haven’t you poured me out like milk, and curdled me like cheese?