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Lexicon :: Strong's H3724 - kōp̄er

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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 Box Gen 6:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:14 - So make yourself an ark of cypress[fn] wood; make rooms in it and coat it with pitch inside and out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:30

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:30 - However, if payment is demanded, the owner may redeem his life by the payment of whatever is demanded.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:12 - “When you take a census of the Israelites to count them, each one must pay the LORD a ransom for his life at the time he is counted. Then no plague will come on them when you number them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:31 - “ ‘Do not accept a ransom for the life of a murderer, who deserves to die. They are to be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:32 - “ ‘Do not accept a ransom for anyone who has fled to a city of refuge and so allow them to go back and live on their own land before the death of the high priest.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:18 - And the number of the gold rats was according to the number of Philistine towns belonging to the five rulers—the fortified towns with their country villages. The large rock on which the Levites set the ark of the LORD is a witness to this day in the field of Joshua of Beth Shemesh.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 12:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:3 - Here I stand. Testify against me in the presence of the LORD and his anointed. Whose ox have I taken? Whose donkey have I taken? Whom have I cheated? Whom have I oppressed? From whose hand have I accepted a bribe to make me shut my eyes? If I have done any of these things, I will make it right.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:24 - and he is gracious to that person and says to God, ‘Spare them from going down to the pit; I have found a ransom for them—

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:18 - Be careful that no one entices you by riches; do not let a large bribe turn you aside.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 49:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:7 - No one can redeem the life of another or give to God a ransom for them—

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:35

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:35 - He will not accept any compensation; he will refuse a bribe, however great it is.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 13:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:8 - A person’s riches may ransom their life, but the poor cannot respond to threatening rebukes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 21:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:18 - The wicked become a ransom for the righteous, and the unfaithful for the upright.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:14 - My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms from the vineyards of En Gedi.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:13 - Your plants are an orchard of pomegranates with choice fruits, with henna and nard,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 43:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:3 - For I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior; I give Egypt for your ransom, Cush[fn] and Seba in your stead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:12 - For I know how many are your offenses and how great your sins. There are those who oppress the innocent and take bribes and deprive the poor of justice in the courts.
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