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H3723 כָּפָר (kâphâr) kaw-fawr'

Hebrew
Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)
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Quick Definition

Chephar

Biblical Persons & Places

Chephar-ammoni Chephar-ammoni
A location only mentioned at Jos.18.24; only referred to as Chephar-ammoni (כָּפָר הָעַמּוֹנִי).

Strong's Definition

a village (as protected by walls)

Derivation: from H3722 (כָּפַר);

KJV Usage: village. Compare H3715 (כְּפִיר).

TWOT Reference: 1025c

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) village

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

כָּפָר (ka.phar) — Chephar.

§ village

כָּפָר (ka.phar) — village. village Also means: ko.pher (כֹּפֶר "village" H3724D)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

noun m · כֹּפֶר · כְּפַר הָעַמֹּנָה

Towns

village = collection of dwellings, not surrounded by a wall

1CH 27:25 · SNG 7:12

noun m

1 SNG 7:12 RSV NIV NRSV GNT CEV ESV "villages" | NJPS REB "henna bushes" = כֹּפֶר

Reinier de Blois

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[כָּפָר] n.m. village;—sg. cstr. כְּפַר הָעַמּוֹנִי Jos 18:24 Kt village of the Ammonites base

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