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Lexicon :: Strong's H3715 - kᵊp̄îr

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כְּפִיר
Transliteration
kᵊp̄îr
Pronunciation
kef-eer'
Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From כָּפַר (H3722)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1025a,1025d

Strong’s Definitions

כְּפִיר kᵉphîyr, kef-eer'; from H3722; a village (as covered in by walls); also a young lion (perhaps as covered with a mane):—(young) lion, village. Compare H3723.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 32x

The KJV translates Strong's H3715 in the following manner: lion (30x), villages (1x), young (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 32x
The KJV translates Strong's H3715 in the following manner: lion (30x), villages (1x), young (1x).

  1. young lion

  2. village

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
כְּפִיר kᵉphîyr, kef-eer'; from H3722; a village (as covered in by walls); also a young lion (perhaps as covered with a mane):—(young) lion, village. Compare H3723.
STRONGS H3715: Abbreviations
† כְּפִיר noun masculine young lion; — כ׳ Judges 14:5 + 16 times; plural כְּפִרִים Jeremiah 2:15 + 3 times; כְּפִירִים Zechariah 11:3 + 7 times; suffix כְּפִירַיִךְ Nahum 2:14; כְּפִירֶיהָ Ezekiel 38:13 (Co reads כנעניה); — literal אֲרָיוֺת כ׳ Judges 14:5 young lion of lions; Amos 3:4; Psalm 17:12. It differs from whelp גּוּר Ezekiel 19:2, 3 as old enough to hunt its prey, Jeremiah 25:38; Isaiah 11:6; Zechariah 11:3; Psalm 104:21; in simile of roar of hostile army Isaiah 5:29 ׅ || (לָבִיא compare Jeremiah 51:38 ׅ || (גּוֺרֵי אריות; similie of י׳'s invincible might Isaiah 31:4 ׅ || (אַרְיֵה; of Israel among the nations, Micah 5:7; of Assyrian princes Nahum 2:12; of prince of Israel Ezekiel 19:5, 6; other cases are: || לָבִיא Job 38:39; || שַׁחַל Hosea 5:14; Psalm 91:13; Job 4:10; of bloodthirsty enemies Psalm 34:11; Psalm 35:17; Psalm 58:7; Jeremiah 2:15; גוים כ׳ Ezekiel 32:2, of young warriors Nahum 2:14; Ezekiel 38:13 (?; see Co above); righteous compared with, Proverbs 28:1; king's wrath like roaring of, Proverbs 19:12; Proverbs 20:2; of one of faces of cherubim Ezekiel 41:19.

כְּפִירִים Nehemiah 6:2, probably = foregoing H3716 ( and others appellative noun = villages).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Judges

14:5; 14:5

Nehemiah

6:2

Job

4:10; 38:39

Psalms

17:12; 34:11; 35:17; 58:7; 91:13; 104:21

Proverbs

19:12; 20:2; 28:1

Isaiah

5:29; 11:6; 31:4

Jeremiah

2:15; 2:15; 25:38; 51:38

Ezekiel

19:2; 19:3; 19:5; 19:6; 32:2; 38:13; 38:13; 41:19

Hosea

5:14

Amos

3:4

Micah

5:7

Nahum

2:12

Zechariah

11:3; 11:3

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