Lexicon :: Strong's H3724 - kōp̄er

כֹּפֶר

Transliteration

kōp̄er

Pronunciation

ko'-fer

Part of Speech

masculine noun

Root Word (Etymology)

From כָּפַר (H3722)

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1025b

Strong's Info

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).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

price of a life, ransom, bribe
asphalt, pitch (as a covering)
the henna plant, name of a plant (henna?)
village

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

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 (loan-word, compare Frä¹⁵⁰), 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

Concordance Results Shown Using the KJV

Strong's Number H3724 matches the Hebrew כֹּפֶר (kōp̄er),
which occurs 17 times in 17 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Gen 6:14

Gen 6:14 - Make^H6213 thee an ark^H8392 of gopher^H1613 wood;^H6086 rooms^H7064 shalt thou make^H6213 in^H854 the ark,^H8392 and shalt pitch^H3722 it within^H1004 and without^H2351 with pitch.^H3724

Exo 21:30

Exo 21:30 - If there be laid^H7896 on him a sum of money,^H3724 then he shall give^H5414 for the ransom^H6306 of his life^H5315 whatsoever is laid^H7896 upon him.

Exo 30:12

Exo 30:12 - When 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; that there be no plague^H5063 among them, when thou numberest^H6485 them.

Num 35:31

Num 35:31 - Moreover ye shall take^H3947 no satisfaction^H3724 for the life^H5315 of a murderer,^H7523 which is guilty^H7563 of death:^H4191 but he shall be surely^H4191 put to death.^H4191

Num 35:32

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

1Sa 6:18

1Sa 6:18 - And the golden^H2091 mice,^H5909 according to the number^H4557 of all the cities^H5892 of the Philistines^H6430 belonging to the five^H2568 lords,^H5633 both of fenced^H4013 cities,^H5892 and of country^H6521 villages,^H3724 even unto the great^H1419 stone of Abel,^H59 whereon they set down^H3240 the ark^H727 of the LORD:^H3068 which stone remaineth unto this day^H3117 in the field^H7704 of Joshua,^H3091 the Bethshemite.^H1030

1Sa 12:3

1Sa 12:3 - Behold, here I am: witness^H6030 against me before the LORD,^H3068 and before his anointed:^H4899 whose ox^H7794 have I taken?^H3947 or whose ass^H2543 have I taken?^H3947 or whom have I defrauded?^H6231 whom have I oppressed?^H7533 or of whose hand^H3027 have I received any bribe^H3724 to blind^H5956 mine eyes^H5869 therewith? and I will restore^H7725 it you.

Job 33:24

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

Job 36:18

Job 36:18 - Because there is wrath,^H2534 beware lest he take thee away^H5496 with his stroke:^H5607 then a great^H7230 ransom^H3724 cannot deliver^H5186 thee.

Psa 49:7

Psa 49:7 - None of them can^H376 by any means^H6299 redeem^H6299 his brother,^H251 nor give^H5414 to God^H430 a ransom^H3724 for him:

Pro 6:35

Pro 6:35 - He will not regard^H5375^H6440 any ransom;^H3724 neither will he rest content,^H14 though thou givest many^H7235 gifts.^H7810

Pro 13:8

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

Pro 21:18

Pro 21:18 - The wicked^H7563 shall be a ransom^H3724 for the righteous,^H6662 and the transgressor^H898 for the upright.^H3477

Sng 1:14

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

Sng 4:13

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

Isa 43:3

Isa 43:3 - For I 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.

Amo 5:12

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

Lexicon :: Strong's H3724 - kōp̄er

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