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Bible Lexicons
Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary Hebrew Lexicon
Strong's #3718 - כֶּפֶל
Transliteration
kephel
Phonetics
keh'-fel
Origin
from (H3717)
Parts of Speech
masculine noun
TWOT
1019a
Definition
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
- Strong
Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition
- double, a doubling
Frequency Lists
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Verse Results

ASV (3)
Job
2
Isaiah
1
BSB (3)
Job
2
Isaiah
1
CSB (3)
Job
2
Isaiah
1
ESV (1)
Job
1
Isaiah
1
KJV (3)
Job
2
Isaiah
1
LEB (3)
Job
2
Isaiah
1
LSB (4)
Job
3
Isaiah
1
N95 (4)
Job
3
Isaiah
1
NAS (4)
Job
3
Isaiah
1
NLT (0)
The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number
did not use
this Strong's Number
WEB (3)
Job
2
Isaiah
1
Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions
2280) lpk (כפל KPL) AC: ? CO: Double AB: ?
V) lpk (כפל KPL) - Double: KJV (5): (vf: Paal, Niphal) double - Strongs: H3717 (כָּפַל)
Nm) lpk (כפל KPL) - Double: KJV (3): double - Strongs: H3718 (כֶּפֶל)
AHL Definitions Copyright: ©1999-2025
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
כֶּ֫פֶל noun [masculine] the double: — ׳כ construct: ׳בְּכרִסְנוֺ Job 41:5 within the double of his jaw (i.e. his double jaws) who can come ? elsewhere dual כִּפְלַיִם (compare Arabic
), לְתוּשִׁיָּה Job 11:6 double in sound wisdom (beyond what Job imagines), of retribution Isaiah 40:2.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition
כֶּפֶל m. a doubling. Job 41:5, כֶּפֶל דִסְנוֹ “the doubling of his jaws,” i.e. his jaw armed with a double row of teeth.
Dual
(1) pr. two folds, foldings. Job 11:6, כִּי כִפְלַיִם לְתוּשִׁיָּה “for God’s wisdom has double folds,” i.e. the wisdom of God is complicated, inexplicable. According to others, double, i.e. manifold, infinite, is the wisdom of God.
(2) double, Isaiah 40:2.
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List of Word Forms
בְּכֶ֥פֶל בכפל כִּפְלַ֖יִם כִפְלַ֪יִם כפלים bə·ḵe·p̄el beChefel bəḵep̄el chifLayim kifLayim kip̄·la·yim ḵip̄·la·yim kip̄layim ḵip̄layim