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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 vein for the silver, H3701 and a place for gold where they fine it.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:15 - It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver H3701 be weighed for the price thereof.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:39 - If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, H3701 or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 12:6 - The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver H3701 tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 15:5 - He that putteth not out his money H3701 to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:10 - For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver H3701 is tried.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:13 - Though ye have lien among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, H3701 and her feathers with yellow gold.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:30 - Rebuke the company of spearmen, the multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the people, till every one submit himself with pieces of silver: H3701 scatter thou the people that delight in war.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:37 - He brought them forth also with silver H3701 and gold: and there was not one feeble person among their tribes.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 115:4 - Their idols are silver H3701 and gold, the work of men's hands.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:72 - The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver. H3701
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 135:15 - The idols of the heathen are silver H3701 and gold, the work of men's hands.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:4 - If thou seekest her as silver, H3701 and searchest for her as for hid treasures;
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:14 - For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, H3701 and the gain thereof than fine gold.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:20 - He hath taken a bag of money H3701 with him, and will come home at the day appointed.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:10 - Receive my instruction, and not silver; H3701 and knowledge rather than choice gold.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:19 - My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenue than H3701 choice silver. H3701
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:20 - The tongue of the just is as choice silver: H3701 the heart of the wicked is little worth.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:16 - How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver! H3701
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:3 - The fining pot is for silver, H3701 and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:1 - A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver H3701 and gold.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:4 - Take away the dross from the silver, H3701 and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:11 - A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver. H3701
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:23 - Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver H3701 dross.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:21 - As the fining pot for silver, H3701 and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:8 - I gathered me also silver H3701 and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, and that of all sorts.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:10 - He that loveth silver H3701 shall not be satisfied with silver; H3701 nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:12 - For wisdom is a defence, and money H3701 is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:19 - A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money H3701 answereth all things.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:6 - Or ever the silver H3701 cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:11 - We will make thee borders of gold with studs of silver. H3701
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:10 - He made the pillars thereof of silver, H3701 the bottom thereof of gold, the covering of it of purple, the midst thereof being paved with love, for the daughters of Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:9 - If she be a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: H3701 and if she be a door, we will inclose her with boards of cedar.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:11 - Solomon had a vineyard at Baalhamon; he let out the vineyard unto keepers; every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand pieces of silver. H3701
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:22 - Thy silver H3701 is become dross, thy wine mixed with water:
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:7 - Their land also is full of silver H3701 and gold, neither is there any end of their treasures; their land is also full of horses, neither is there any end of their chariots:
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:20 - In that day a man shall cast his H3701 idols of silver, H3701 and his idols of gold, which they made each one for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats;
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:23 - And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place shall be, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, H3701 it shall even be for briers and thorns.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:17 - Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; H3701 and as for gold, they shall not delight in it.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:22 - Ye shall defile also the covering of thy H3701 graven images of silver, H3701 and the ornament of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt cast them away as a menstruous cloth; thou shalt say unto it, Get thee hence.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:7 - For in that day every man shall cast away his H3701 idols of silver, H3701 and his idols of gold, which your own hands have made unto you for a sin.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 39:2 - And Hezekiah was glad of them, and shewed them the house of his precious things, the silver, H3701 and the gold, and the spices, and the precious ointment, and all the house of his armour, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah shewed them not.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:19 - The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver H3701 chains.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:24 - Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money, H3701 neither hast thou filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices: but thou hast made me to serve with thy sins, thou hast wearied me with thine iniquities.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:6 - They lavish gold out of the bag, and H3701 weigh silver H3701 in the balance, and hire a goldsmith; and he maketh it a god: they fall down, yea, they worship.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:10 - Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; H3701 I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:3 - For thus saith the LORD, Ye have sold yourselves for nought; and ye shall be redeemed without money. H3701
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:1 - Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; H3701 come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money H3701 and without price.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:2 - Wherefore do ye spend money H3701 for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:9 - Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver H3701 and their gold with them, unto the name of the LORD thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee.

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