קוֹפְדָן

קַפְדָּן, קוֹפְדָןm. (preced. wds.) hot-tempered, impetuous, opp. עִנְוְתָן. Ab. II, 5 לא הק׳ מלמד (Ar. הקו׳) an impatient man cannot be a teacher. Sabb.30b bot., v. עִנְוְתָן; Ab. dR. N. ch. XV. Snh.113a sq. (in Chal. dict.) אבא אליהו ק׳ הוה father Elijah (the prophet) was hot-tempered (dealing with Ahab too severely); א״ל ק׳ קרית לי … דקא קפיד מר said he (Elijah) to him, thou didst call me hot-tempered! Said he, this very case before us proves it, for thou art resentful; a. e.