H8631 H8631
To grow strong, become mighty; in Pael, to enforce or make stringent (Aramaic)
The Aramaic verb teqeph describes the process of becoming powerful or hardened. In Daniel 4, the great tree 'grew strong' (4:11, 20), mirroring Nebuchadnezzar's expanding dominion, and the king himself is told 'you have become strong' (4:22). A darker nuance emerges in 5:20, where hardened arrogance leads to downfall. The Pael stem in 6:7 shifts to causative meaning: 'to enforce' or make an interdict binding. Spanish captures both poles—'se hizo fuerte' (grew strong) and 'para imponer' (to enforce).
Senses
1. sense 1 — To grow strong, become mighty, or harden (Pe'al stem). Describes organic or political growth in power, applied to the symbolic tree (Dan 4:11, 20), the king's authority (Dan 4:22), and the dangerous hardening of a proud spirit (Dan 5:20). The Pael infinitive in Dan 6:7 extends the meaning to 'enforce, make stringent'—applying strength to a legal decree. The multilingual evidence shows translations oscillating between natural growth ('became strong') and volitional imposition ('to enforce'). 5×
AR["تَقَوَّتْ", "وَ-قَوِيتَ", "وَ-قَوِيَتْ", "وَ-لِيُقَوِّيَ"]·ben["এবং-শক্তিশালী-করতে", "এবং-শক্তিশালী-হয়েছ", "এবং-শক্তিশালী-হল", "শক্তিশালী-হল"]·DE["[ולתקפה]", "[ותקף]", "[ותקפת]", "[תקפת]"]·EN["and-became-strong", "and-become-strong", "and-to-enforce", "was-hardened"]·FR["[ולתקפה]", "[ותקף]", "[ותקפת]", "[תקפת]"]·heb["ו-חזק", "ו-חזקת", "ו-לחזק", "חזקה"]·HI["और-दृढ़-करने-को", "और-मजबूत-हुआ", "और-मजबूत-हुआ-है", "मजबूत-हुई"]·ID["dan-kuat", "dan-untuk-memperkuat", "menjadi-keras"]·IT["[ולתקפה]", "[ותקף]", "[ותקפת]", "[תקפת]"]·jav["dados-kaku", "lan-kiyat", "lan-sampun-kiyat", "lan-supados-ngesahaken"]·KO["강퍅해져", "강해지셨으며", "강해진", "그리고-강해졌으니", "그리고-강화하려"]·PT["e-para-fortalecer", "e-se-fortaleceu", "e-te-fortaleceste", "se-endureceu"]·RU["и-окреп-ты", "и-стало-крепким", "и-чтобы-укрепил", "укрепился"]·ES["se-endureció", "y-para-imponer", "y-se-hizo-fuerte", "y-te-has-hecho-fuerte"]·SW["ilikuwa-na-nguvu", "na-kuthibitisha", "na-ukawa-na-nguvu"]·TR["katılaştı", "ve-güçlendi", "ve-güçlendin", "ve-güçlendirmek-için"]·urd["اور-طاقتور-ہوا-ہے", "اور-مضبوط-کرنے-کے-لیے", "اور-مضبوط-ہوا", "سخت-ہوئی"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [תְּקֵף] vb. grow strong (𝔗 Syriac; BH, q.v., (late));— Pe. Pf. 3 ms. תְּקִ֑ף, of tree, Dn 4:8, 17; 2 ms. תְּקֵפְתְּ 4:19, of king; 3 fs. תִּקְפַת 5:20 fig. grow arrogant, of spirit of man. Pa. make strong, stringent: Inf. לְתַקָּפָה Dn 6:8 acc. of interdict.