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Lexicon :: Strong's H3724 - kōp̄er

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כֹּפֶר
Transliteration
kōp̄er
Pronunciation
ko'-fer
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1025b

Strong’s Definitions

כֹּפֶר kôpher, ko'-fer; from H3722; properly, a cover, i.e. (literally) a village (as covered in); (specifically) bitumen (as used for coating), and the henna plant (as used for dyeing); figuratively, a redemption-price:—bribe, camphire, pitch, ransom, satisfaction, sum of money, village.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x

The KJV translates Strong's H3724 in the following manner: ransom (8x), satisfaction (2x), bribe (2x), camphire (2x), pitch (1x), sum of money (1x), village (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x
The KJV translates Strong's H3724 in the following manner: ransom (8x), satisfaction (2x), bribe (2x), camphire (2x), pitch (1x), sum of money (1x), village (1x).

  1. price of a life, ransom, bribe

  2. asphalt, pitch (as a covering)

  3. the henna plant, name of a plant (henna?)

  4. village

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
כֹּפֶר kôpher, ko'-fer; from H3722; properly, a cover, i.e. (literally) a village (as covered in); (specifically) bitumen (as used for coating), and the henna plant (as used for dyeing); figuratively, a redemption-price:—bribe, camphire, pitch, ransom, satisfaction, sum of money, village.
STRONGS H3724: Abbreviations
† I. כֹּפֶר noun masculine the price of a life, ransom (ποινή, wergild); — כ׳ Exodus 21:30 + 10 times; suffix כָּפְרְךָ Isaiah 43:3; כָפְרוֺ Psalm 49:8; —
1. a price for ransom of a life Job 33:24; Job 36:18; עַל כ׳ Exodus 21:30 (Covt. code; || מִּדְיֹן נַפְשׁוֺ); נפשׁ כ׳ Proverbs 13:8; לְ כ׳ ransom for Proverbs 6:35; Proverbs 21:18; Numbers 35:31, 32 (P); כָּפְרוֺ his ransom Psalm 49:8 ׅ || (פדה; כָּפְרְךָ thy ransom Isaiah 43:3 ׅ || (תַּחְתֶּיךָ; כֹּפֶר alone 1 Samuel 12:3; Amos 5:12.
2. in the ritual of P נַפְשׁוֺ כ׳ Exodus 30:12 is a half shekel of the sanctuary paid by each male above twenty years at the census in order that there might be no plague upon them. It was offered to Yahweh, לְכַמֵּר על to atone for them.

† II. כֹּ֫פֶר noun masculine pitch (Arabic bdb049801 (loan-word, compare Frä150), Syriac bdb049802 Targum. כּוּפְרָא; Assyrian kupru, kupur DlHWB 348; compare גֹּפֶר ?) — Genesis 6:14 (P).

III. כֹּ֫פֶר noun masculine name of a plant, El Ḥenna (√ dubious; Late Hebrew כּוֺפֶר; Aramaic כּוּפְרָא, bdb049901 Arabic El Ḥenna, see LöwNo. 159) — a shrub or low tree, with fragrant whitish flowers growing in clusters like grapes, אֶשְׁכֹּל הַכֹּפֶר cluster of Henna Songs 1:14 (fragrant, figurative of a beloved one); plural כְּפָרִים Songs 4:13.

† IV. כֹּפֶר noun [masculine] village; — only singular construct הַפְּרָןִי כֹּפֶר 1 Samuel 6:18 villages of the peasantry.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

6:14

Exodus

21:30; 21:30; 30:12

Numbers

35:31; 35:32

1 Samuel

6:18; 12:3

Job

33:24; 36:18

Psalms

49:8; 49:8

Proverbs

6:35; 13:8; 21:18

Song of Songs

1:14; 4:13

Isaiah

43:3; 43:3

Amos

5:12

H3724

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Strong's Number H3724 matches the Hebrew כֹּפֶר (kōp̄er),
which occurs 17 times in 17 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 6:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:14 - עֲשֵׂה לְךָ תֵּבַת עֲצֵי־גֹפֶר קִנִּים תַּעֲשֶׂה אֶת־הַתֵּבָה וְכָפַרְתָּ אֹתָהּ מִבַּיִת וּמִחוּץ בַּכֹּפֶר׃

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:30

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:12 - כִּי תִשָּׂא אֶת־רֹאשׁ בְּנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל לִפְקֻדֵיהֶם וְנָתְנוּ אִישׁ כֹּפֶר נַפְשֹׁו לַיהוָה בִּפְקֹד אֹתָם וְלֹא־יִהְיֶה בָהֶם נֶגֶף בִּפְקֹד אֹתָם׃

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:31 - וְלֹא־תִקְחוּ כֹפֶר לְנֶפֶשׁ רֹצֵחַ אֲשֶׁר־הוּא רָשָׁע לָמוּת כִּי־מֹות יוּמָת׃

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:32 - וְלֹא־תִקְחוּ כֹפֶר לָנוּס אֶל־עִיר מִקְלָטֹו לָשׁוּב לָשֶׁבֶת בָּאָרֶץ עַד־מֹות הַכֹּהֵן׃

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 12:3

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:24

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:18

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 49:7

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:35

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 13:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:8 - כֹּפֶר נֶפֶשׁ־אִישׁ עָשְׁרֹו וְרָשׁ לֹא־שָׁמַע גְּעָרָה׃

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 21:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:18 - כֹּפֶר לַצַּדִּיק רָשָׁע וְתַחַת יְשָׁרִים בֹּוגֵד׃

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 1:14

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:13

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 43:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:3 - כִּי אֲנִי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ קְדֹושׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל מֹושִׁיעֶךָ נָתַתִּי כָפְרְךָ מִצְרַיִם כּוּשׁ וּסְבָא תַּחְתֶּיךָ׃

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 5:12

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