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; —
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
(loan-word, compare Frä
150), Syriac
.
כּוּפְרָא; Assyrian
kupru,
kupur Dl
HWB 348; compare
גֹּפֶר ?) —
Genesis 6:14 (P).
III. כֹּ֫פֶר noun masculine name of a plant,
El Ḥenna (√ dubious; Late Hebrew
כּוֺפֶר; Aramaic
כּוּפְרָא,
Arabic
El Ḥenna, see Löw
No. 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
