- Original: כּפה - Transliteration: Kaphah - Phonetic: kaw-faw' - Definition: 1. (Qal) to sooth, subdue, pacify - Origin: a primitive root - TWOT entry: 1018 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root; properly to bend that is (figuratively) to tame or subdue: - pacify. Total KJV Occurrences: 1 • pacifieth, 1 Proverbs 21:14