כֵּיפָה, כֵּפָה f. (v. כֵּיף) 1) ball, stone. Ohol. VIII, 5 כֵּיפַת הברד hail-stone. —2) resin (or something similar) found in balls. Tosef. Dem. I, 29 כֵּפַת המרחץ ed. Zuck. (Var. בפת, emend. by El. Wil. קופת) resin used (with oil) in the bath-room.—כֵּיפַת הירדן Jordan-resin, amber (an adapt. of Eridanus, v. Sm. Ant. s. v. Electrum, Lübker’s Reallex. s. v. Electron). Kerith. 6ᵃ (one of the ingredients of frankincense). —3) ball, lump. Y. Sabb. V, 7ᵇ bot. (in Chald. dict.), v. גְּבִינְתָּא.