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Strong's #3716 - כְּפִירָה

Transliteration
Kᵉphîyrâh
Phonetics
kef-ee-raw'
Origin
feminine of (H3715)
Parts of Speech
Proper Name Location
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Definition   
Brown-Driver-Briggs'

Chephirah = “lioness”

1) a city of the Gibeonites subsequently assigned to the tribe of Benjamin

Frequency Lists
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
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