H3724 כֹּפֶר
Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 17 KJV occurrences
כֹּפֶר
kôpher · ko'-fer
Definition
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
KJV Renderings
bribe, camphire, pitch, ransom, satisfaction, sum of money, village.
Derivation / Etymology
from H3722 (כָּפַר);
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 17)
- Genesis 6:14¶ Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.
- Exodus 30:12When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel after their number, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto the LORD, when thou numberest them; that there be no plague among them, when thou numberest them.
- Numbers 35:32And ye shall take no satisfaction for him that is fled to the city of his refuge, that he should come again to dwell in the land, until the death of the priest.
- 1 Samuel 12:3Behold, here I am: witness against me before the LORD, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.
- Job 36:18Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.
- Proverbs 6:35He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.
- Proverbs 21:18The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.
- Song of Solomon 4:13Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard,