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the Week of Proper 21 / Ordinary 26
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Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary Hebrew Lexicon
Strong's #3720 - כָּפָן
Transliteration
kâphân
Phonetics
kaw-fawn'
Origin
from (H3719)
Parts of Speech
Noun Masculine
TWOT
1020a
Definition
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
- Strong
Brown-Driver-Briggs'
1) hunger, famine, painful hunger
Greek Equivalent Words:
Frequency Lists
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Verse Results

KJV (2)
Job
2
NAS (2)
Job
2
HCS (2)
Job
2
BSB (2)
Job
2
ESV (2)
Job
2
WEB (2)
Job
2
Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions
2281) npk (כפנ KPN) AC: Bend CO: Famine AB: ?: [from: pk- from the bent shape of the palm]
V) npk (כפנ KPN) - Bend: KJV (1): (vf: Paal) bend - Strongs: H3719 (כָּפַן)
Nm) npk (כפנ KPN) - Famine: One bent with hunger. KJV (2): famine - Strongs: H3720 (כָּפָן)
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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
כָּפָן noun [masculine] hunger, famine (Aramaism; on form compare Lag BN 144), Job 5:22; Job 30:3.
כפס (perhaps √ of following; compare ᵑ7. כְּפַס Esther 1:6 bind, fasten (so Levy, Jastrow)).
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Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition
כָּפָן m. hunger, penury, Job 5:22, 30:3.
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List of Word Forms
וּבְכָפָ֗ן וּלְכָפָ֣ן ובכפן ולכפן ū·ḇə·ḵā·p̄ān ū·lə·ḵā·p̄ān ūḇəḵāp̄ān ulechaFan ūləḵāp̄ān uvechaFan
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Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary developed by Jeff Garrison for StudyLight.org.
Copyright 1999-2023. All Rights Reserved, Jeff Garrison, Gdansk, Poland.
Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary developed by Jeff Garrison for StudyLight.org.
Copyright 1999-2023. All Rights Reserved, Jeff Garrison, Gdansk, Poland.