Strong’s Hebrew
H3943 — laphath
The entry below is Strong’s own definition (1890, public domain), and every verse where the word occurs.
לָפַת
laphath — pronounced law-fath
a primitive root; properly, to bend, i.e. (by implication) to clasp; also (reflexively) to turn around or aside:--take hold, turn aside (self).
3 occurrences in the KJV.
Judges 16:29
And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the house stood, and on which it was borne up, of the one with his right hand, and of the other with his left.
Ruth 3:8
And it came to pass at midnight, that the man was afraid, and turned himself: and, behold, a woman lay at his feet.
Job 6:18
The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish.