קָטַף qâṭaph

Meaning

to strip off

In the King James Version: crop off, cut down (up), pluck.

Derivation: a primitive root;

Where it is used

• Deuteronomy 23:25 When you enter your neighbor’s grainfield, you may pluck the heads of grain with your hand, but you must not put a sickle to your neighbor’s grain.
• Job 8:12 While the shoots are still uncut, they dry up more quickly than grass.
• Job 30:4 They plucked mallow among the shrubs, and the roots of the broom tree were their food.
• Ezekiel 17:4 He plucked off its topmost shoot, carried it to the land of merchants, and planted it in a city of traders.
• Ezekiel 17:22 This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will take a shoot from the lofty top of the cedar, and I will set it out. I will pluck a tender sprig from its topmost shoots, and I will plant it on a high and lofty mountain.