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Thursday, September 19th, 2024
the Week of Proper 19 / Ordinary 24

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Bible Lexicons

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Strong's #3716 - כְּפִירָה

Transliteration

Kᵉphîyrâh

Phonetics

kef-ee-raw'

Origin

feminine of (H3715)

Parts of Speech

proper locative noun

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

Chephirah = "lioness"
1. a city of the Gibeonites subsequently assigned to the tribe of Benjamin

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (4)

Joshua 2

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 1

BSB (4)

Joshua 2

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 1

CSB (4)

Joshua 2

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 1

ESV (4)

Joshua 2

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 1

KJV (4)

Joshua 2

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 1

LEB (4)

Joshua 2

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 1

LSB (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

N95 (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

NAS (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

NLT (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

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}.)

List of Word Forms

וְהַכְּפִירָ֔ה וְהַכְּפִירָ֖ה והכפירה כְּפִירָ֣ה כפירה kə·p̄î·rāh kefiRah kəp̄îrāh vehakkefiRah wə·hak·kə·p̄î·rāh wəhakkəp̄îrāh