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Lexicon :: Strong's H3724 - kōp̄er

Aa
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.
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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 BoxGen 6:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:14 - Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood with rooms in it, and make it safe from the water inside and out.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:30

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:30 - If a price is put on his life, let him make payment of whatever price is fixed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:12 - When you are taking the number of the children of Israel, let every man who is numbered give to the Lord a price for his life, so that no disease may come on them when they are numbered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:31 - Further, no price may be given for the life of one who has taken life and whose right reward is death: he is certainly to be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:32 - And no price may be offered for one who has gone in flight to a safe town, for the purpose of letting him come back to his place before the death of the high priest.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:18 - And the gold mice, one for every town of the Philistines, the property of the five lords, walled towns as well as country places: and the great stone where they put the ark of the Lord is still in the field of Joshua the Beth-shemite to this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:3 - Here I am: give witness against me before the Lord and before the man on whom he has put the holy oil: whose ox or ass have I taken? to whom have I been untrue? who has been crushed down by me? from whose hand have I taken a price for the blinding of my eyes? I will give it all back to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:24 - And if he has mercy on him, and says, Let him not go down to the underworld, I have given the price for his life:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:7 - Truly, no man may get back his soul for a price, or give to God the payment for himself;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:35

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:35 - He will not take any payment; and he will not make peace with you though your money offerings are increased.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:8 - A man will give his wealth in exchange for his life; but the poor will not give ear to sharp words.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:18 - The evil-doer will be given as a price for the life of the good man, and the worker of deceit in the place of the upright.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:14 - My love is to me as a branch of the cypress-tree in the vine-gardens of En-gedi.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:13 - The produce of the garden is pomegranates; with all the best fruits, henna and spikenard,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:3 - For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your saviour; I have given Egypt as a price for you, Ethiopia and Seba for you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:12 - For I have seen how your evil-doing is increased and how strong are your sins, you troublers of the upright, who take rewards and do wrong to the cause of the poor in the public place.
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