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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.
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 BoxGen 6:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:14 - “Make H6213 for yourself an ark H8392 of [fn]gopher H1613 wood H6086; you shall make H6213 the ark H8392 with compartments H7064, and [fn]cover H3722 it inside H4480 H1004 and out with pitch H3724.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:30 - “If H518 a ransom H3724 is [fn]demanded H7896 of him, then he shall give H5414 for the redemption H6306 of his life H5315 whatever H3605 H834 is [fn]demanded H7896 of him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:12 - “When H3588 you take H5375 a [fn]census H7218 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 [fn]to count H6485 them, then each H376 one H376 of them shall give H5414 a ransom H3724 for [fn]himself H5315 to the LORD H3068, when you [fn]count H6485 them, so that there will be no H3808 plague H5063 among them when you [fn]count H6485 them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:31 - ‘Moreover, you shall not accept H3947 a ransom H3724 for the life H5315 of a murderer H7523 who H834 is [fn]condemned H7563 to death H4191, but he must H4191 be put H4191 to H4191 death H4191.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:32 - ‘And you shall not accept H3947 a ransom H3724 for one who has fled H5127 to his city H5892 of refuge H4733, so that he may return H7725 to live H3427 in the land H776 [fn]before H5704 the death H4194 of the priest H3548.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:18 - and the gold H2091 mice H5909, corresponding to the number H4557 of all H3605 the cities H5892 of the Philistines H6430 belonging to the five H2568 governors H5633, both H4480 of fortified H4013 cities H5892 and of country H6521 villages H3724. The large H1419 [fn]stone H68 on which H834 they placed H5117 the ark H727 of the LORD H3068 is a witness to this H2088 day H3117 in the field H7704 of Joshua H3091 the Beth-shemite H1030.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:3 - “Here H2009 I am; testify H6030 against me before H5048 the LORD H3068 and His anointed H4899. Whose H4310 ox H7794 have I taken H3947, or whose H4310 donkey H2543 have I taken H3947, or whom H4310 have I exploited H6231? Whom H4310 have I oppressed H7533, or from whose H4310 hand H3027 have I taken H3947 a bribe H3724 to close H5956 my eyes H5869 with it? I will return H7725 it to you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:24 -

And he is H2603 gracious H2603 to him, and says H559,

‘Free H6308 him from going H3381 down H3381 to the pit H7845,

I have found H4672 a ransom H3724’;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:18 -

“Beware that wrath H2534 does not entice H5496 you to mockery H5607;

And do not let the greatness H7230 of the ransom H3724 turn H5186 you aside H5186.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:7 -

No H3808 one H376 can by H6299 any H6299 means H6299 redeem H6299 another H251

Or H3808 give H5414 God H430 a ransom H3724 for him—

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:35 -

He will not [fn]accept H5375 H6440 any H3605 settlement H3724,

Nor H3808 will he be [fn]satisfied H14 though H3588 you make H7235 it a large H7235 gift H7810.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:8 -

The ransom H3724 of a person’s H376 life H5315 is his wealth H6239,

But the poor H7326 hears H8085 no H3808 rebuke H1606.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:18 -

The wicked H7563 is a ransom H3724 for the righteous H6662,

And the treacherous H898 is in H8478 the place H8478 of H8478 the upright H3477.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:14 -

“My beloved H1730 is to me a cluster H811 of henna H3724 blossoms

In the vineyards H3754 of Engedi H5872.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:13 -

“Your branches H7973 are an [fn]orchard H6508 of pomegranates H7416

With delicious H4022 fruits H6529, henna H3724 with nard H5373 plants H5373,

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“For I am the LORD H3068 your God H430,

The Holy H6918 One H6918 of Israel H3478, your Savior H3467;

I have given H5414 Egypt H4714 as your ransom H3724,

[fn]Cush H3568 and Seba H5434 in exchange H8478 for you.

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For I know H3045 your offenses H6588 are many H7227 and your sins H2403 are great H6099,

You who are hostile H6887 to the righteous H6662 and accept H3947 bribes H3724,

And [fn]turn H5186 away H5186 the poor H34 from justice at the [fn]gate H8179.

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