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Lexicon :: Strong's H3701 - kesep̄

Aa
כֶּסֶף
Transliteration
kesep̄
Pronunciation
keh'-sef
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1015a

Strong’s Definitions

כֶּסֶף keçeph, keh'-sef; from H3700; silver (from its pale color); by implication, money:—money, price, silver(-ling).


KJV Translation Count — Total: 403x

The KJV translates Strong's H3701 in the following manner: silver (287x), money (112x), price (3x), silverlings (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 403x
The KJV translates Strong's H3701 in the following manner: silver (287x), money (112x), price (3x), silverlings (1x).
  1. silver, money

    1. silver

      1. as metal

      2. as ornament

      3. as colour

    2. money, shekels, talents

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
כֶּסֶף keçeph, keh'-sef; from H3700; silver (from its pale color); by implication, money:—money, price, silver(-ling).
STRONGS H3701: Abbreviations
כֶּ֫סֶף 402 noun masculineGenesis 23:9 silver, money (Late Hebrew id.; Phoenician, Zinjirli כסף; Aramaic כַּסְמָּא bdb049401; Palmyrene כספא VogNo. 23; Assyrian kaspu; probably the pale metal Thes and others, compare RSJPh xiv,125) — כ׳ absolute Genesis 20:16 +, כָּ֑סֶף Exodus 21:11 +; construct Genesis 43:21 +; suffix כַּסְפִּי Genesis 42:28 + 3 times, כַּסְפְּךָ 1 Kings 20:3 + 2 times, כַּסְפֶּ֑ךָ Genesis 17:13; Isaiah 30:22, כַּסְפֵּךְ Isaiah 1:22, כַּסְפֵּנוּ Genesis 31:15 + 2 times, כַּסְפָּם Hosea 8:4 + 6 times; plural suffix כַּסְפֵּיהֶם Genesis 42:25, 35; — silver,
†1. = silver ore, raw silver (rare and mostly late) Job 28:1, also (in figurative) Ezekiel 22:20, 22; Zechariah 13:9; Proverbs 2:4; Proverbs 17:3; Proverbs 27:21; Malachi 3:3 (twice in verse); Psalm 12:7; Psalm 66:10; Isaiah 48:10; הָגוֺ סִיגים מִכּ׳ Proverbs 25:4 remove dross from silver, compare סִיגִים כ׳ Proverbs 26:23 and מִגִים כ׳ Ezekiel 22:18 (MT; Greek Version of the LXX ס׳ כ׳; Co strike out in view of Ezekiel 22:20); נִמְאָס כ׳ Jeremiah 6:30 (compare Jeremiah 6:29), לְסִיגִים הָיָה כַּסְפֵּךְ Isaiah 1:22.
†2. sliver as bright, shining, figurative of dove's wings בַכֶּ֑סֶף נֶחְפָּה יוֹנָה כַּנְפֵי Psalm 68:14.
3. silver, as wealth, Genesis 13:2 (J) + often (approximately + 54 times in all; frequently with gold, etc., see זהב); מְלֹא וזהב בֵיתוֺ כ׳ Numbers 22:18; Numbers 24:13; figurative of a slave as valuable, הוּא כַּסְפּוֹ Exodus 21:21 (all J E); silver as less valuable than gold 1 Kings 10:21 2 Chronicles 9:20; compare also 1 Kings 10:27 2 Chronicles 1:15; 9:27; נִבְחָר כ׳ choice silver, Proverbs 18:19; Proverbs 10:20.
4. silver as spoil of war (with זהב, which see) Judges 5:19; 2 Samuel 8:11 = 1 Chronicles 18:11 + 11 times
†5. sliver as merchandise Ezekiel 27:12; Proverbs 3:14 (סְחַרכֿ׳), Zephaniah 1:12; compare also 1 Kings 10:22 2 Chronicles 9:21.
6. silver as costly gift (with זהב, which see) 1 Kings 15:18, 19 2 Chronicles 16:2, 3; 2 Kings 16:8; 2 Kings 18:15; 2 Chronicles 9:14; 17:11; 21:3; Isaiah 60:9; Daniel 11:38 (other instances under 8).
7. silver as material (with + 117 times in all; often with זהב, which see), of cup Genesis 44:2 compare Genesis 44:8 (J), trumpets Numbers 10:2 (P), כְּלֵיכֿ׳ Genesis 24:53 (J) +; of idols Exodus 20:23; Isaiah 2:20; Deuteronomy 29:16; Ezekiel 16:17; Psalm 115:4; Psalm 135:15 + 4 times, compare Deuteronomy 7:25; Jeremiah 10:4; Habakkuk 2:19; especially of fittings of tabernacle Exodus 26; Exodus 27; Exodus 36; Exodus 38. (19 times), and those offered by chiefs of people Numbers 7 (28 times), etc.
8. silver as measure of weight and value (approximately 184 times): —
†a. shekels: — שְׁלשִׁים שְׁקָלִים כ׳ Exodus 21:32 (JE), compare 2 Samuel 24:24; Leviticus 5:15; Numbers 18:16 (both P), Nehemiah 5:15; also (different order) חֲמִשָּׁה שׁקלים כ׳ Leviticus 27:6 (twice in verse) (P), compare Joshua 7:21 (JE), 2 Kings 15:20, and אַרְבַּע מֵאֹת שֶׁקֶל י׳ Genesis 23:15, 16, compare Leviticus 27:3, 16 (all P), 1 Samuel 9:8; once שִׁבְעָה שְׁקָלִים וַעֲשָׂרָה הַכּ׳ Jeremiah 32:9.
b. more often omitted שׁקל Genesis 20:16; Genesis 45:22 (E), Genesis 37:28 (J), Hosea 3:2; Songs 8:11 + 17 times
†c. talents: — כִּכַּר (הַ)כּ׳ Exodus 38:27 (P), compare 1 Kings 20:39; 2 Kings 5:22; 2 Kings 15:19; 2 Kings 18:14; 2 Kings 23:33 2 Chronicles 36:3; 1 Chronicles 19:6; 2 Chronicles 25:6; 27:5; Esther 3:9; עֶשֶׂר כִּכְּרֵיכֿ׳ 2 Kings 5:5; כִּכְּרַיִם כ׳ 1 Kings 16:24; 2 Kings 5:23; אלף אלפים ככרים כ׳ 1 Chronicles 22:14; compare 1 Chronicles 29:7; Ezra 8:26.
†d. minas: — מָנִים חֲמֵשֶׁת אֲלָפִים כ׳ Ezra 2:69 compare Nehemiah 7:70, 71.
e. more often = money, measure of value and exchange (approximately 112 times; not necessarily coined) Genesis 31:15; Genesis 42:25, 27 (E), Genesis 43:12 (twice in verse); Genesis 43:15, 18 (J), Genesis 23:13; Leviticus 27:18; Numbers 3:48 (P), Judges 16:18; 1 Kings 21:2; 2 Kings 12:5 etc.; so Psalm 68:31 Che, but see De Grill Bae, and Checritical note.; מִקְנַת כ׳ one bought for money Genesis 17:12, 13, 23, 27; Exodus 12:44 (all P); מִקְנָתוֺ כ׳ Leviticus 25:51 (H) money for which he was bought; מָלֵא כ׳ full price Genesis 23:9 (P) 1 Chronicles 21:22, 24; בְּמִשְׁקָוֹ כַּסְפֵּנוּ Genesis 43:21 i.e. our money in full; מִמְכָרוֺ כ׳ Leviticus 25:50 the price of his sale; אָשָׁם כ׳ 2 Kings 12:7 trespass-money, חַטָּאוֺת כ׳ 2 Kings 12:7 sin-money, הַכִּפֻּרִים כ׳ Exodus 30:16 atonement-money, הַפִּדְיוֹן כ׳ Numbers 3:49 redemption-money (both P); עֶרְכְּךָ כ׳ Leviticus 27:15, 19 i.e. estimated value, etc.
9. among verbs and phrase with כ׳ are: — צרף try, refine, Zechariah 13:9; Isaiah 48:10; Malachi 3:3a Psalm 12:7; Psalm 66:10; זִקַּק Malachi 3:3b, (compare הִתּוּךְ Ezekiel 22:22, √ נתך, see Ezekiel 22:20; Ezekiel 22:21); יפּה beautify בכ׳ Jeremiah 10:4; תָּפוּשׂ כ׳ Habakkuk 2:19 encased with gold and silver; לְ שָׁקַל אתהַֿכּ׳ weigh out the silver to or for a person Jeremiah 32:9; Genesis 23:16 (P) Ezra 8:25, without לְ Jeremiah 32:10, compare Exodus 22:16 (E), 1 Kings 20:39; ב׳ שׁקל כ׳ Isaiah 55:2 = spend money for; מְחִירָהּ לֹא יִשָּׁקֵל כ׳ Job 28:15; וַיִּשְׁקְלוּ אֶתשְֿׂכָרִי שׁלשׁים כ׳ Zechariah 11:12; בַּקָּנֶה ישׁקלו כ׳ Isaiah 46:6, of weighing material for idol; מָכַר בכ׳ sell for money Amos 2:6; Genesis 37:28 (J), Deuteronomy 21:14; נָתַן בכ׳ Deuteronomy 2:28b 1 Kings 21:6, 15; Genesis 23:9 (P), 1 Chronicles 21:22; also, of food, הִשְׁבִּיר ב׳ Deuteronomy 2:28a; השׂדה נתן כ׳ Genesis 23:13 (P) pay the price of the field; קָנָה בְכ׳ buy something for money Amos 8:6; Jeremiah 32:25, 44; Isaiah 43:24; 1 Chronicles 21:24, compare קָנָה נֶפֶשׁ קִנְיַן כ׳ Leviticus 22:11 (H); שׁבר בכ׳ Deuteronomy 2:6a Isaiah 55:1; כרה בכ׳ Deuteronomy 2:6b; peculiar is its use with פָּדָה, redeem (which see) in Numbers 18:16; לקח כ׳ receive money 2 Kings 5:26; 2 Kings 12:8; 2 Kings 12:9; לָוָה כ׳ Nehemiah 5:4 borrow money; הִלְוָה Exodus 22:24 (JE) lend money to (with 2 accusative); בְּנֶשֶׁךְ נתן כ׳ give money on usury Leviticus 25:37 (H), Psalm 15:5; compare לֹא תַשִּׁיךְ לְאָחִיךָ נֶשֶׁךְ כ׳ Deuteronomy 23:20.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

13:2; 17:12; 17:13; 17:13; 17:23; 17:27; 20:16; 20:16; 23:9; 23:9; 23:9; 23:13; 23:13; 23:15; 23:16; 23:16; 24:53; 31:15; 31:15; 37:28; 37:28; 42:25; 42:25; 42:27; 42:28; 42:35; 43:12; 43:15; 43:18; 43:21; 43:21; 44:2; 44:8; 45:22

Exodus

12:44; 20:23; 21:11; 21:21; 21:32; 22:16; 22:24; 26; 27; 30:16; 36; 38; 38:27

Leviticus

5:15; 22:11; 25:37; 25:50; 25:51; 27:3; 27:6; 27:15; 27:16; 27:18; 27:19

Numbers

3:48; 3:49; 7; 10:2; 18:16; 18:16; 22:18; 24:13

Deuteronomy

2:6; 2:6; 2:28; 2:28; 7:25; 21:14; 23:20; 29:16

Joshua

7:21

Judges

5:19; 16:18

1 Samuel

9:8

2 Samuel

8:11; 24:24

1 Kings

10:21; 10:22; 10:27; 15:18; 15:19; 16:24; 20:3; 20:39; 20:39; 21:2; 21:6; 21:15

2 Kings

5:5; 5:22; 5:23; 5:26; 12:5; 12:7; 12:7; 12:8; 12:9; 15:19; 15:20; 16:8; 18:14; 18:15; 23:33

1 Chronicles

18:11; 19:6; 21:22; 21:22; 21:24; 21:24; 22:14; 29:7

2 Chronicles

1:15; 9:14; 9:20; 9:21; 9:27; 16:2; 16:3; 17:11; 21:3; 25:6; 27:5; 36:3

Ezra

2:69; 8:25; 8:26

Nehemiah

5:4; 5:15; 7:70; 7:71

Esther

3:9

Job

28:1; 28:15

Psalms

12:7; 12:7; 15:5; 66:10; 66:10; 68:14; 68:31; 115:4; 135:15

Proverbs

2:4; 3:14; 10:20; 17:3; 18:19; 25:4; 26:23; 27:21

Song of Songs

8:11

Isaiah

1:22; 1:22; 2:20; 30:22; 43:24; 46:6; 48:10; 48:10; 55:1; 55:2; 60:9

Jeremiah

6:29; 6:30; 10:4; 10:4; 32:9; 32:9; 32:10; 32:25; 32:44

Ezekiel

16:17; 22:18; 22:20; 22:20; 22:20; 22:21; 22:22; 22:22; 27:12

Daniel

11:38

Hosea

3:2; 8:4

Amos

2:6; 8:6

Habakkuk

2:19; 2:19

Zephaniah

1:12

Zechariah

11:12; 13:9; 13:9

Malachi

3:3; 3:3; 3:3

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3701 matches the Hebrew כֶּסֶף (kesep̄),
which occurs 403 times in 343 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 6 / 7 (Job 28:1–Isa 60:9)

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:1 - “Surely there is a [fn]mine for silver H3701
And a place [fn]where they refine gold.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:15 - “Pure gold cannot be given in exchange for it,
Nor can silver H3701 be weighed as its price.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:39 - If I have eaten its [fn]fruit without money, H3701
Or have caused [fn]its owners to lose their lives,
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 12:6 - The words of the LORD are pure words;
As silver H3701 tried in a furnace on the earth, refined seven times.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 15:5 - He does not put out his money H3701 [fn]at interest,
Nor does he take a bribe against the innocent.
He who does these things will never be shaken.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:10 - For You have tried us, O God;
You have refined us as silver H3701 is refined.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:13 - [fn]When you lie down among the [fn]sheepfolds,
You are like the wings of a dove covered with silver, H3701
And its pinions with glistening gold.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:30 - Rebuke the beasts [fn]in the reeds,
The herd of bulls with the calves of the peoples,
Trampling under foot the pieces of silver; H3701
He has scattered the peoples who delight in war.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:37 - Then He brought them out with silver H3701 and gold,
And among His tribes there was not one who stumbled.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 115:4 - Their idols are silver H3701 and gold,
The work of man’s hands.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:72 - The law of Your mouth is better to me
Than thousands of gold and silver H3701 pieces.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 135:15 - The idols of the nations are but silver H3701 and gold,
The work of man’s hands.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:4 - If you seek her as silver H3701
And search for her as for hidden treasures;
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:14 - For her profit is better than the profit of silver H3701
And her gain better than fine gold.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:20 - He has taken a bag of money H3701 [fn]with him,
At the full moon he will come home.”
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:10 - “Take my instruction and not silver, H3701
And knowledge rather than choicest gold.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:19 - “My fruit is better than gold, even pure gold,
And my yield better than choicest silver. H3701
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:20 - The tongue of the righteous is as choice silver, H3701
The heart of the wicked is worth little.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:16 - How much better it is to get wisdom than gold!
And to get understanding is to be chosen above silver. H3701
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:3 - The refining pot is for silver H3701 and the furnace for gold,
But the LORD tests hearts.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:1 - A good name is to be more desired than great wealth,
Favor is better than silver H3701 and gold.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:4 - Take away the dross from the silver, H3701
And there comes out a vessel for the smith;
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:11 - Like apples of gold in settings of silver H3701
Is a word spoken in [fn]right circumstances.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:23 - Like an earthen vessel overlaid with silver H3701 dross
Are burning lips and a wicked heart.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:21 - The crucible is for silver H3701 and the furnace for gold,
And each is tested by the praise accorded him.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:8 - Also, I collected for myself silver H3701 and gold and the treasure of kings and provinces. I provided for myself male and female singers and the pleasures of menmany concubines.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:10 - He who loves money H3701 will not be satisfied with money, H3701 nor he who loves abundance with its income. This too is [fn]vanity.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:12 - For wisdom is [fn]protection just as money H3701 is [fn]protection,
But the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the lives of its possessors.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:19 - Men prepare a meal for enjoyment, and wine makes life merry, and money H3701 [fn]is the answer to everything.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:6 - Remember Him before the silver H3701 cord is [fn]broken and the golden bowl is crushed, the pitcher by the well is shattered and the wheel at the cistern is crushed;
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:11 - [fn]We will make for you ornaments of gold
With beads of silver.” H3701
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:10 - “He made its posts of silver, H3701
Its [fn]back of gold
And its seat of purple fabric,
With its interior lovingly fitted out
By the daughters of Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:9 - “If she is a wall,
We will build on her a battlement of silver; H3701
But if she is a door,
We will barricade her with planks of cedar.”
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:11 - “Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon;
He entrusted the vineyard to caretakers.
Each one was to bring a thousand shekels of silver H3701 for its fruit.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:22 - Your silver H3701 has become dross,
Your drink diluted with water.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:7 - Their land has also been filled with silver H3701 and gold
And there is no end to their treasures;
Their land has also been filled with horses
And there is no end to their chariots.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:20 - In that day men will cast away to the moles and the bats
Their idols of silver H3701 and their idols of gold,
Which they made for themselves to worship,
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:23 - And it will come about in that day, that every place where there used to be a thousand vines, valued at a thousand shekels of silver, H3701 will become briars and thorns.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:17 - Behold, I am going to stir up the Medes against them,
Who will not value silver H3701 or take pleasure in gold.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:22 - And you will defile your graven images overlaid with silver, H3701 and your molten images plated with gold. You will scatter them as an impure thing, and say to [fn]them, “Be gone!”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:7 - For in that day every man will cast away his silver H3701 idols and his gold idols, which your sinful hands have made for you as a sin.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 39:2 - Hezekiah [fn]was pleased, and showed them all his treasure house, the silver H3701 and the gold and the spices and the precious oil and his whole armory and all that was found in his treasuries. There was nothing in his house nor in all his dominion that Hezekiah did not show them.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:19 - As for the [fn]idol, a craftsman casts it,
A goldsmith plates it with gold,
And a silversmith fashions chains of silver. H3701
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:24 - “You have bought Me not [fn]sweet cane with money, H3701
Nor have you [fn]filled Me with the fat of your sacrifices;
Rather you have burdened Me with your sins,
You have wearied Me with your iniquities.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:6 - “Those who lavish gold from the purse
And weigh silver H3701 on the scale
Hire a goldsmith, and he makes it into a god;
They bow down, indeed they worship it.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:10 - “Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; H3701
I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:3 - For thus says the LORD, “You were sold for nothing and you will be redeemed without money.” H3701
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:1 - “Ho! Every one who thirsts, come to the waters;
And you who have no [fn]money H3701 come, buy and eat.
Come, buy wine and milk
Without money H3701 and without cost.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:2 - “Why do you [fn]spend money H3701 for what is not bread,
And your wages for what does not satisfy?
Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good,
And delight yourself in abundance.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:9 - “Surely the coastlands will wait for Me;
And the ships of Tarshish will come first,
To bring your sons from afar,
Their silver H3701 and their gold with them,
For the name of the LORD your God,
And for the Holy One of Israel because He has [fn]glorified you.

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