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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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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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 - “Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood; you shall make the ark with rooms, and you shall [fn]cover it inside and out with pitch H3724.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:30 - “If a ransom H3724 is [fn]demanded of him, then he shall give for the redemption of his life whatever is [fn]demanded of him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:12 - “When you take a [fn]census of the sons of Israel [fn]to number them, then each one of them shall give a price of atonement H3724 for [fn]himself to Yahweh when you [fn]number them, so that there will be no plague among them when you [fn]number them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:31 - ‘Moreover, you shall not take ransom H3724 for the life of a murderer who is guilty of death, but he shall surely be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:32 - ‘And you shall not take ransom H3724 for him who has fled to his city of refuge, that he may return to live in the land [fn]before the death of the priest.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:18 - and the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both of fortified cities and of country villages H3724. The large [fn]stone on which they set the ark of Yahweh is a witness to this day in the field of Joshua the Beth-shemite.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:3 - “Here I am; bear witness against me before Yahweh and His anointed. Whose ox have I taken, or whose donkey have I taken, or whom have I defrauded? Whom have I oppressed, or from whose hand have I taken a bribe H3724 to blind my eyes with it? I will restore it to you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:24 -

Then let him be gracious to him, and say,

‘Deliver him from going down to the pit;

I have found atonement H3724’;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:18 -

“Beware lest wrath entice you to scoffing;

And do not let the greatness of the atonement H3724 turn you aside.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:7 -

Truly, no man can redeem his brother;

He cannot give to God a ransom H3724 for him—

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:35 -

He will not [fn]accept any ransom H3724,

He will not be willing though you give many bribes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:8 -

The ransom H3724 of a man’s life is his wealth,

But the poor hears no rebuke.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 21:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:18 -

The wicked is a ransom H3724 for the righteous,

And the treacherous is in the place of the upright.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:14 -

“My beloved is to me a cluster of henna H3724 blossoms

In the vineyards of Engedi.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:13 -

“Your shoots are [fn]an orchard of pomegranates

With choice fruits, henna H3724 with nard plants,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:3 -

“For I am Yahweh your God,

The Holy One of Israel, your Savior;

I have given Egypt as your ransom H3724,

[fn]Ethiopia and Seba in your place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:12 -

For I know your transgressions are many and your sins are mighty,

You who distress the righteous and take bribes H3724

And [fn]turn aside the needy in the [fn]gate.

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