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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).
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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 - And Samson goeth down -- also his father and his mother, to Timnath, and they come unto the vineyards of Timnath, and lo, a lion's whelp roareth at meeting him,

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:2 - that Sanballat sendeth, also Geshem, unto me, saying, 'Come and we meet together in the villages, in the valley of Ono;' and they are thinking to do to me evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:10 - The roaring of a lion, And the voice of a fierce lion, And teeth of young lions have been broken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:39 - Dost thou hunt for a lion prey? And the desire of young lions fulfil?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 17:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:12 - His likeness as a lion desirous to tear, As a young lion dwelling in secret places.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 34:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:10 - Young lions have lacked and been hungry, And those seeking Jehovah lack not any good,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:17 - Lord, how long dost thou behold? Keep back my soul from their desolations, From young lions my only one.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 58:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:6 - O God, break their teeth in their mouth, The jaw-teeth of young lions break down, O Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 91:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:13 - On lion and asp thou treadest, Thou trampest young lion and dragon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:21 - The young lions are roaring for prey, And to seek from God their food.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 19:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:12 - The wrath of a king is a growl as of a young lion, And as dew on the herb his good-will.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 20:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:2 - The fear of a king is a growl as of a young lion, He who is causing him to be wroth is wronging his soul.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 28:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:1 - The wicked have fled and there is no pursuer. And the righteous as a young lion is confident.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:29

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:29 - Its roaring is like a lioness, It roareth like young lions, And it howleth, and seizeth prey, And carrieth away safely, and there is none delivering.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:6 - And a wolf hath sojourned with a lamb, And a leopard with a kid doth lie down, And calf, and young lion, and fatling are together, And a little youth is leader over them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 31:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:4 - For thus said Jehovah unto me: 'As growl doth the lion and the young lion over his prey, Called against whom is a multitude of shepherds, From their voice he is not affrighted, And from their noise he is not humbled; So come down doth Jehovah of Hosts To war on mount Zion, and on her height.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:15 - Against him roar do young lions, They have given forth their voice, And make his land become a desolation, His cities have been burnt without inhabitant.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:38 - He hath forsaken, as a young lion, His covert, Surely their land hath become a desolation, Because of the oppressing fierceness, And because of the fierceness of His anger!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:38 - Together as young lions they roar, They have shaken themselves as lions' whelps.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 19:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:2 - and thou hast said: What is thy mother? -- a lioness, Among lions she hath crouched down, In the midst of young lions she hath multiplied her whelps.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 19:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:3 - And she bringeth up one of her whelps, A young lion it hath been, And it learneth to tear prey, man it hath devoured.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 19:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:5 - And she seeth, that stayed -- perished hath her hope, And she taketh one of her whelps, A young lion she hath made it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 19:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:6 - And it goeth up and down in the midst of lions, A young lion it hath been, And it learneth to tear prey, man it hath devoured.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 32:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:2 - 'Son of man, lift up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and thou hast said unto him: A young lion of nations thou hast been like, And thou art as a dragon in the seas, And thou comest forth with thy flowings, And dost trouble the waters with thy feet, And thou dost foul their flowings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 38:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:13 - Sheba, and Dedan, and merchants of Tarshish, And all its young lions say to thee: To take a spoil art thou come in? To take a prey assembled thine assembly? To bear away silver and gold? To take away cattle and substance? To take a great spoil?

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 41:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:19 - and the face of man is unto the palm-tree on this side, and the face of a young lion unto the palm-tree on that side; it is made unto all the house all round about.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:14 - For I am as a lion to Ephraim, And as a young lion to the house of Judah, I -- I tear and go, I bear away, and there is no deliverer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:4 - Roar doth a lion in a forest and prey he hath none? Give out doth a young lion his voice from his habitation, If he hath not caught?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:8 - Yea, the remnant of Jacob hath been among nations, In the midst of many peoples, As a lion among beasts of a forest, As a young lion among ranks of a flock, Which if it hath passed through, Hath both trodden down and hath torn, And there is no deliverer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:11 - Where is the habitation of lionesses? And a feeding-place it is for young lions Where walked hath a lion, an old lion, A lion's whelp, and there is none troubling.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:13 - Lo, I am against thee, An affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts, And I have burned in smoke its chariot, And thy young lions consume doth a sword, And I have cut off from the land thy prey, And not heard any more is the voice of thy messengers!

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 11:3

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:3 - A voice of the howling of the shepherds! For destroyed was their robe of honour, A voice of the roaring of young lions! For destroyed was the excellency of Jordan.
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