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Bible Lexicons
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Strong's #3716 - כְּפִירָה
Transliteration
Kᵉphîyrâh
Phonetics
kef-ee-raw'
Root Word (Etymology)
feminine of (H3715)
Parts of Speech
Proper Name Location
TWOT
None
Definition
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
- Strong
Brown-Driver-Briggs'
Chephirah = “lioness”
1) a city of the Gibeonites subsequently assigned to the tribe of Benjamin
Frequency Lists
- Book
- Word
Verse Results
KJV (4)
Joshua
2
Ezra
1
Nehemiah
1
HCS (0)
HCS (4)
Joshua
2
Ezra
1
Nehemiah
1
BSB (4)
Joshua
2
Ezra
1
Nehemiah
1
ESV (4)
Joshua
2
Ezra
1
Nehemiah
1
WEB (4)
Joshua
2
Ezra
1
Nehemiah
1
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
כְּפִירָה proper name, of a location city of the Hivites subsequently assigned to Benjamin., Joshua 9:17; Joshua 18:26; Ezra 2:25 = Nehemiah 7:29; ᵐ5 Κεφειρα, etc.; = modern Kefireh Rob BR iii, 146 Guérin Jud. i. 283ff. Mem iii. 36 Buhl G. § 94, p.169.
כְּפִירִים Nehemiah 6:2, probably = foregoing (ᵐ5 and others appellative noun = villages).
IV. כפר (√ of following, = dig ? compare Sabean כפר, verb dig, noun cave, DHM Anzeiger d. Wiener Akkadian, Philippians -hist. Cl., Dec. 17,1884, quoted by Eut Nab 27; Nö ib. compare also Ethiopic basket, measure; Nabataean כפר cave, sepulcher, synonym of קברא Nö in Eut Nab ib.)
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List of Word Forms
וְהַכְּפִירָ֔ה וְהַכְּפִירָ֖ה והכפירה כְּפִירָ֣ה כפירה kə·p̄î·rāh kefiRah kəp̄îrāh vehakkefiRah wə·hak·kə·p̄î·rāh wəhakkəp̄îrāh