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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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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 - Make H6213 thee an ark H8392 of H6086➔ gopher H1613 wood; ➔H6086 rooms H7064 shalt thou make H6213 in H854 the ark, H8392 and shalt pitch H3722 it H853 within H1004 and without H2351 with pitch. H3724

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:30 - If H518 there be laid H7896 on him H5921 a sum of money, H3724 then he shall give H5414 for the ransom H6306 of his life H5315 whatsoever H3605 H834 is laid H7896 upon him. H5921

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:12 - When H3588 thou takest H5375 the sum H7218 of the children H1121 of Israel H3478 after their number, H6485 then shall they give H5414 every man H376 a ransom H3724 for his soul H5315 unto the LORD, H3068 when thou numberest H6485 them; H853 that H3808➔ there be H1961 no ➔H3808 plague H5063 among them, when thou numberest H6485 them. H853

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:31 - Moreover H3808➔ ye shall take H3947 no ➔H3808 satisfaction H3724 for the life H5315 of a murderer, H7523 which H834 is guilty H7563 of death: H4191 but H3588 he shall be H4191➔ surely H4191 put to death. ➔H4191

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:32 - And H3808➔ ye shall take H3947 no ➔H3808 satisfaction H3724 for him that is fled H5127 to H413 the city H5892 of his refuge, H4733 that he should come again H7725 to dwell H3427 in the land, H776 until H5704 the death H4194 of the priest. H3548

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:18 - And H5909➔ the golden H2091 mice, ➔H5909 according to the number H4557 of all H3605 the cities H5892 of the Philistines H6430 belonging to the five H2568 lords, H5633 both of H5892➔ fenced H4013 cities, ➔H5892 and of H5704 country H6521 villages, H3724 even unto H5704 the great H1419 stone of Abel, H59 whereon H834 they set down H3240 the ark H727 of the LORD: H3068 which stone remaineth unto H5704 this H2088 day H3117 in the field H7704 of Joshua, H3091 the Bethshemite. H1030

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:3 - Behold, here I H2005 am: witness H6030 against me before H5048 the LORD, H3068 and before H5048 his anointed: H4899 whose H4310 ox H7794 have I taken? H3947 or H2543➔ whose H4310 ass ➔H2543 have I taken? H3947 or H853 whom H4310 have I defrauded? H6231 whom H4310 have I oppressed? H7533 or of H3027➔ whose H4310 hand ➔H3027 have I received H3947 any bribe H3724 to blind H5956 mine eyes H5869 therewith? and I will restore it H7725 you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:24 - Then he is gracious unto him, H2603 and saith, H559 Deliver him H6308 from going down H3381 to the pit: H7845 I have found H4672 a ransom. H3724

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:18 - Because H3588 there is wrath, H2534 beware lest H6435 he take thee away H5496 with his stroke: H5607 then H7227➔ a H3724➔ great ➔H7227 ransom ➔ H3724 cannot H408 deliver thee. H5186

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:7 - None H3808 of them can H6299➔ by any means H6299 redeem ➔H6299 his brother, H251 nor H3808 give H5414 to God H430 a ransom for him: H3724

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:35 - He will H5375➔ not H3808 regard ➔H5375 H6440 any H3605 ransom; H3724 neither H3808 will he rest content, H14 though H3588 thou givest many H7235 gifts. H7810

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:8 - The ransom H3724 of H5315➔ a man's H376 life ➔H5315 are his riches: H6239 but the poor H7326 heareth H8085 not H3808 rebuke. H1606

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:18 - The wicked H7563 shall be a ransom H3724 for the righteous, H6662 and H8478➔ the transgressor H898 for ➔H8478 the upright. H3477

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:14 - My beloved H1730 is unto me H589 as a cluster H811 of camphire H3724 in the vineyards H3754 of Engedi. H5872

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:13 - Thy plants H7973 are an orchard H6508 of pomegranates, H7416 with H5973 pleasant H4022 fruits; H6529 camphire, H3724 with H5973 spikenard, H5373

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:3 - For H3588 I H589 am the LORD H3068 thy God, H430 the Holy One H6918 of Israel, H3478 thy Saviour: H3467 I gave H5414 Egypt H4714 for thy ransom, H3724 Ethiopia H3568 and Seba H5434 for thee. H8478

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:12 - For H3588 I know H3045 your H6588➔ manifold H7227 transgressions ➔H6588 and H6099➔ your H2403➔ mighty ➔H6099 sins: ➔H2403 they afflict H6887 the just, H6662 they take H3947 a bribe, H3724 and H34➔ they turn aside H5186 the poor ➔H34 in the gate H8179 from their right.
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