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Lexicon :: Strong's H3715 - kᵊp̄îr

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כְּפִיר
Transliteration
kᵊp̄îr
Pronunciation
kef-eer'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1025a,1025d

Strong’s Definitions

כְּפִיר kᵉphîyr, kef-eer'; from H3722; a village (as covered in by walls); also a young lion (perhaps as covered with a mane):—(young) lion, village. Compare H3723.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 32x

The KJV translates Strong's H3715 in the following manner: lion (30x), villages (1x), young (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 32x
The KJV translates Strong's H3715 in the following manner: lion (30x), villages (1x), young (1x).

  1. young lion

  2. village

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
כְּפִיר kᵉphîyr, kef-eer'; from H3722; a village (as covered in by walls); also a young lion (perhaps as covered with a mane):—(young) lion, village. Compare H3723.
STRONGS H3715: Abbreviations
† כְּפִיר noun masculine young lion; — כ׳ Judges 14:5 + 16 times; plural כְּפִרִים Jeremiah 2:15 + 3 times; כְּפִירִים Zechariah 11:3 + 7 times; suffix כְּפִירַיִךְ Nahum 2:14; כְּפִירֶיהָ Ezekiel 38:13 (Co reads כנעניה); — literal אֲרָיוֺת כ׳ Judges 14:5 young lion of lions; Amos 3:4; Psalm 17:12. It differs from whelp גּוּר Ezekiel 19:2, 3 as old enough to hunt its prey, Jeremiah 25:38; Isaiah 11:6; Zechariah 11:3; Psalm 104:21; in simile of roar of hostile army Isaiah 5:29 ׅ || (לָבִיא compare Jeremiah 51:38 ׅ || (גּוֺרֵי אריות; similie of י׳'s invincible might Isaiah 31:4 ׅ || (אַרְיֵה; of Israel among the nations, Micah 5:7; of Assyrian princes Nahum 2:12; of prince of Israel Ezekiel 19:5, 6; other cases are: || לָבִיא Job 38:39; || שַׁחַל Hosea 5:14; Psalm 91:13; Job 4:10; of bloodthirsty enemies Psalm 34:11; Psalm 35:17; Psalm 58:7; Jeremiah 2:15; גוים כ׳ Ezekiel 32:2, of young warriors Nahum 2:14; Ezekiel 38:13 (?; see Co above); righteous compared with, Proverbs 28:1; king's wrath like roaring of, Proverbs 19:12; Proverbs 20:2; of one of faces of cherubim Ezekiel 41:19.

כְּפִירִים Nehemiah 6:2, probably = foregoing H3716 (Greek Version of the LXX and others appellative noun = villages).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Judges

14:5; 14:5

Nehemiah

6:2

Job

4:10; 38:39

Psalms

17:12; 34:11; 35:17; 58:7; 91:13; 104:21

Proverbs

19:12; 20:2; 28:1

Isaiah

5:29; 11:6; 31:4

Jeremiah

2:15; 2:15; 25:38; 51:38

Ezekiel

19:2; 19:3; 19:5; 19:6; 32:2; 38:13; 38:13; 41:19

Hosea

5:14

Amos

3:4

Micah

5:7

Nahum

2:12

Zechariah

11:3; 11:3

H3715

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Strong's Number H3715 matches the Hebrew כְּפִיר (kᵊp̄îr),
which occurs 32 times in 32 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 14:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:5 - Then Samson went down with his father and mother to Timnah, and he came to the vineyards of Timnah. And behold, a young lion roared against him;

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:2 - Sanbal'lat and Geshem sent to me, saying, "Come and let us meet together in one of the villages in the plain of Ono." But they intended to do me harm.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:10 - The roar of the lion, the voice of the fierce lion, the teeth of the young lions, are broken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:39 - "Can you hunt the prey for the lion, or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 17:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:12 - They are like a lion eager to tear, as a young lion lurking in ambush.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 34:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:10 - The young lions suffer want and hunger; but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:17 - How long, O LORD, wilt thou look on? Rescue me from their ravages, my life from the lions!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 58:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:6 - O God, break the teeth in their mouths; tear out the fangs of the young lions, O LORD!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 91:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:13 - You will tread on the lion and the adder, the young lion and the serpent you will trample under foot.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:21 - The young lions roar for their prey, seeking their food from God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 19:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:12 - A king's wrath is like the growling of a lion, but his favor is like dew upon the grass.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 20:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:2 - The dread wrath of a king is like the growling of a lion; he who provokes him to anger forfeits his life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 28:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:1 - The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are bold as a lion.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:29

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:29 - Their roaring is like a lion, like young lions they roar; they growl and seize their prey, they carry it off, and none can rescue.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:6 - The wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid, and the calf and the lion and the fatling together, and a little child shall lead them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 31:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:4 - For thus the LORD said to me, As a lion or a young lion growls over his prey, and when a band of shepherds is called forth against him is not terrified by their shouting or daunted at their noise, so the LORD of hosts will come down to fight upon Mount Zion and upon its hill.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:15 - The lions have roared against him, they have roared loudly. They have made his land a waste; his cities are in ruins, without inhabitant.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:38 - Like a lion he has left his covert, for their land has become a waste because of the sword of the oppressor, and because of his fierce anger."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:38 - "They shall roar together like lions; they shall growl like lions' whelps.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 19:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:2 - and say: What a lioness was your mother among lions! She couched in the midst of young lions, rearing her whelps.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 19:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:3 - And she brought up one of her whelps; he became a young lion, and he learned to catch prey; he devoured men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 19:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:5 - When she saw that she was baffled, that her hope was lost, she took another of her whelps and made him a young lion.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 19:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:6 - He prowled among the lions; he became a young lion, and he learned to catch prey; he devoured men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 32:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:2 - "Son of man, raise a lamentation over Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say to him: "You consider yourself a lion among the nations, but you are like a dragon in the seas; you burst forth in your rivers, trouble the waters with your feet, and foul their rivers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 38:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:13 - Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish and all its villages will say to you, 'Have you come to seize spoil? Have you assembled your hosts to carry off plunder, to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to seize great spoil?'

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 41:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:19 - the face of a man toward the palm tree on the one side, and the face of a young lion toward the palm tree on the other side. They were carved on the whole temple round about;

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:14 - For I will be like a lion to E'phraim, and like a young lion to the house of Judah. I, even I, will rend and go away, I will carry off, and none shall rescue.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:4 - Does a lion roar in the forest, when he has no prey? Does a young lion cry out from his den, if he has taken nothing?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:8 - And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the nations, in the midst of many peoples, like a lion among the beasts of the forest, like a young lion among the flocks of sheep, which, when it goes through, treads down and tears in pieces, and there is none to deliver.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:11 - Where is the lions' den, the cave of the young lions, where the lion brought his prey, where his cubs were, with none to disturb?

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:13 - Behold, I am against you, says the LORD of hosts, and I will burn your chariots in smoke, and the sword shall devour your young lions; I will cut off your prey from the earth, and the voice of your messengers shall no more be heard.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 11:3

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:3 - Hark, the wail of the shepherds, for their glory is despoiled! Hark, the roar of the lions, for the jungle of the Jordan is laid waste!
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