- Original: לפת - Transliteration: Laphath - Phonetic: law-fath' - Definition: 1. to twist, grasp, turn, grasp with a twisting motion a. (Qal) to grasp b. (Niphal) to twist, weave, wind - Origin: a primitive root - TWOT entry: 1123 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root; properly to bend that is (by implication) to clasp; also (reflexively) to turn around or aside: - take hold turn aside (self). Total KJV Occurrences: 3 • aside, 1 Job 6:18 • himself, 1 Ruth 3:8 • hold, 1 Judges 16:29