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Lexicon :: Strong's H3722 - kāp̄ar

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כָּפַר
Transliteration
kāp̄ar
Pronunciation
kaw-far'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1023,1024,102

Strong’s Definitions

כָּפַר kâphar, kaw-far'; a primitive root; to cover (specifically with bitumen); figuratively, to expiate or condone, to placate or cancel:—appease, make (an atonement, cleanse, disannul, forgive, be merciful, pacify, pardon, purge (away), put off, (make) reconcile(-liation).


KJV Translation Count — Total: 102x

The KJV translates Strong's H3722 in the following manner: atonement (71x), purge (7x), reconciliation (4x), reconcile (3x), forgive (3x), purge away (2x), pacify (2x), atonement...made (2x), merciful (2x), cleansed (1x), disannulled (1x), appease (1x), put off (1x), pardon (1x), pitch (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 102x
The KJV translates Strong's H3722 in the following manner: atonement (71x), purge (7x), reconciliation (4x), reconcile (3x), forgive (3x), purge away (2x), pacify (2x), atonement...made (2x), merciful (2x), cleansed (1x), disannulled (1x), appease (1x), put off (1x), pardon (1x), pitch (1x).
  1. to cover, purge, make an atonement, make reconciliation, cover over with pitch

    1. (Qal) to coat or cover with pitch

    2. (Piel)

      1. to cover over, pacify, propitiate

      2. to cover over, atone for sin, make atonement for

      3. to cover over, atone for sin and persons by legal rites

    3. (Pual)

      1. to be covered over

      2. to make atonement for

    4. (Hithpael) to be covered

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
כָּפַר kâphar, kaw-far'; a primitive root; to cover (specifically with bitumen); figuratively, to expiate or condone, to placate or cancel:—appease, make (an atonement, cleanse, disannul, forgive, be merciful, pacify, pardon, purge (away), put off, (make) reconcile(-liation).
STRONGS H3722: Abbreviations
כִּפֶּר verb Pi. etc.denominative cover over (figurative), pacify, make propitiation; —
Pi. Perfect כִּפֶּר Exodus 30:10 + 31 times; 2nd person masculine singular suffix כִּפַּרְתָּ֑הוּ Ezekiel 43:20; 3rd person masculine plural יְכַפְּרוּ Ezekiel 43:26; 2nd person masculine plural כִּפַּרְתֶּם Ezekiel 45:20; Imperfect יְכַפֵּר Exodus 30:10 + 10 times; יְכַפֶּר־ Leviticus 7:7; Numbers 5:8; suffix יְכַפְּרֶנָּה Proverbs 16:14; 1st person singular אֲכַפֵּר 2 Samuel 21:3; אֲכַפְּרָה Genesis 32:21; Exodus 32:30, etc.; Imperative כַּפֵּר Deuteronomy 21:8 + 4 times; Infinitive כַּפֵּר Exodus 30:15 + 28 times; suffixes כַּפְּרִי Ezekiel 16:63; כַּפֶּרְךָ Exodus 29:36; כַּפְּרָהּ Isaiah 47:11; —
1. cover over, pacify, propitiate; בַּמִּנְחָה פָנָיו אֲכַפְּרָה Genesis 32:21 let me cover his face by the present (so that he does not see the offence, i.e. pacify, him; E; RSOTJC, 2d ed., 381 'wipe clean the face,' blackened by displeasure, as the Arabs say 'whiten the face'); הֹוָה עָלַיִךְ וְתִפֹּל כַּפְּרָהּ תוּכְלִי לֹא Isaiah 47:11 and disaster will fall upon thee, thou wilt not be able to propitiate it (by payment of a כֹּפֶר, see Isaiah 43:3); pacify the wrath of a king Proverbs 16:14 (e.g. by a gift).
2. cover over, atone for sin, without sacrifice :
a. man as subject, אֲכַפֵּר בַּמָּה 2 Samuel 21:3, with what shall I cover over (namely, the bloodguiltiness of the house of Saul, says David The answer is by a death penalty of seven sons of the guilty house); בְּעַר חטאתכם Exodus 32:30 on behalf of your sins (J E; Moses, by intercession); with על of persons Numbers 17:11; Numbers 17:12 (P; by incense), Numbers 25:13 (P when Phinehas slays the ringleaders).
b. with God as subject, with accusative of person, cover, i.e. treat as covered, view propitiously, Yahweh's land Deuteronomy 32:43 (song); לְ person Deuteronomy 21:8 (bloodguiltiness flows away in the stream), Ezekiel 16:63; בְּעַד of person 2 Chronicles 30:18; with accusative of the sin Psalm 65:4; Psalm 78:38, probably also Daniel 9:24 (|| ׅחתם ׅחטאת); עַל of sin, Psalm 79:9; Jeremiah 18:23 ׅ || (מחה. It is conceived that God in his sovereignty may himself provide an atonement or covering for men and their sins which could not be provided by men.
3. cover over, atone for sin and persons by legal rites, in the codes of H, P, and Ezekiel: absolute הַכֹּהֵן וכ׳ and the priest shall make atonement Leviticus 16:32;
a. with accusative of sacred places (by the great sin-offering of the day of atonement), Leviticus 16:20, 33 (twice in verse); also Ezekiel 43:20, 26; Ezekiel 45:20 (by the blood of the sin-offering || חִטֵּא, טִהַר).
b. usually with עַל
(1) of things, e.g. of the altar to which the blood of the sin-offering was applied Exodus 29:36, 37; Exodus 30:10; Leviticus 8:15 ׅ || (קִדַּשׁ, Leviticus 16:18; and specifically the horns of the altar Exodus 30:10; the holy place of the tabernacle Leviticus 16:16 (by the great sin-offering, because of (מִן) the uncleannesses of the children of Israel and because of their transgressions); for the leprous house by ceremony of purification Leviticus 14:53 ׅ || (טִהַר; for the goat לעזאזל Leviticus 16:10 (which was presented before Yahweh to consecrate him for the bearing away of the sins of the people).
(2) of persons, נפשׁתיכם עלֿ, for your persons, yourselves, e.g. by the payment of atonement-money הַכִּפֻּרִים כֶּסֶף at the census Exodus 30:15, 16; by the קרבן of the spoils Numbers 31:50; by the blood upon the altar Leviticus 17:11; in the ritual עֲלֵיהֶם, עָלָיו by ministry of priest through the blood of the sin-offering Leviticus 4:20, 31; Leviticus 8:34; Leviticus 10:17; Leviticus 12:7, 8; Leviticus 14:19, 31; Leviticus 16:30, 33; Leviticus 23:28; Numbers 8:12, 21; Numbers 15:25, 28 (twice in verse); Numbers 28:22, 30; Numbers 29:5; 2 Chronicles 29:24; Nehemiah 10:34; of the trespass-offering Leviticus 5:16, 18; Leviticus 5:26; Leviticus 7:7; Leviticus 14:21; Leviticus 19:22; Numbers 5:8; the whole burnt-offering Leviticus 1:4; Leviticus 14:20; Leviticus 16:24; by the oil used in purifying a leper Leviticus 14:18, 29; by the תרומה Ezekiel 45:15; by the priestly ministry in general 1 Chronicles 6:34; by the substitution of the Levites for the firstborn Numbers 8:19. Underlying all these offerings there is the conception that the persons offering are covered by that which is regarded as sufficient and satisfactory by Yahweh. (The purpose of the covering is stated Leviticus 16:30 יְכַפֵּר תִּטְהָ֑רוּ י׳ לִפְנֵי חַטֹּאתֵיכֶם מִכֹּל אֶתְכֶם לְטַהֵר עֲלֵיכֶם = shall atonement be made for you to cleanse you, from all your sins shall ye be clean before Yahweh, and Numbers 8:21 לְטַהֲרָם עֲלֵיהֶם וַיְכַפֵּר and (Aaron) made atonement for them to cleanse them.)
c. the need of the atonement is expressed by מִן : **others understand מִן as = away from; compare DiLev 4:26, RiSühne 50 f. מֵחטאתו because of his sin Leviticus 4:26; Leviticus 5:6, 10; Leviticus 16:34; מטמאתו Leviticus 14:19; Leviticus 16:16; מזוב Leviticus 15:15, 30; מֵאֲשֶׁר חָטָא Numbers 6:11; also עַל עַלחַֿטָּאתוֺ on account of his sin Leviticus 4:35; Leviticus 5:13; Leviticus 19:22; עלשֿׁגגתוֺ Leviticus 5:18.
d. with בְּ instrumental בְּאֵיל Leviticus 5:16; Leviticus 19:22; Numbers 5:8; with a trespass-offering Leviticus 7:7; יְכַפֵּר בַּנֶּפֶשׁ הוּא כִּי־הַדָּם Leviticus 17:11 for it is the blood with the living being that covers over (H, see נפשׁ 3 (a); RV by reason of the life after De Di Kn Bähr Kau and most moderns; AV follows Greek Version of the LXX Vulgate. Targum. so Ges Ew§ 282 a. Anm. 1 : ' for the soul '); with בְּ local בַּקֹּדֶשׁ Leviticus 6:23; Leviticus 16:17, 27.
e. with בַּעַד person, on behalf of Leviticus 9:7 (twice in verse); Leviticus 16:6, 11, 17, 24 (by Aaron), Ezekiel 45:17 (by the prince).
Pu. Perfect כֻּפַּר Exodus 29:33; Isaiah 28:18 (but read תֻּפַר, — √ I. פרר, — so Targum. Hu We Che SS and others see BrMP 209); Imperfect יְכֻפַּר Numbers 35:33 + 3 times; 3rd person feminine singular תְּכֻפָּ֑ר Isaiah 6:7 be covered over, atoned for.
1. apart from the ritual, חטאתך תכפר Isaiah 6:7 thy sin shall be covered over (|| וְסָר עֲוֺנֶךָ; by the touch of the live coal from the altar); הַזֶּה הֶעָוֺן אִם־יְכֻפַּר לָכֶםIsaiah 22:14 surely this iniquity shall not be covered over; with בְּ instrumental בזאת יכפר עון Isaiah 27:9 by this shall the iniquity of Jacob be covered over (|| הָסר חטאתו namely by the destruction of idolatrous objects); עוןבחסד יאמת יכפר Proverbs 16:6 by mercy and fidelity iniquity is covered over.
2. with לְ for whom, לארץ לא יכפר לדם Numbers 35:33 for the land atonement cannot be made, in view of the blood shed in it, except by the blood of the shedder of blood; in the ritual of P, with בְּ instrumental בָּהֶם כֻּפַּר אֲשֶׁר Exodus 29:33 wherewith atonement was made (ram of consecration).
Hithp. Imperfect יִתְכַּפֵּר 1 Samuel 3:14; with בְּ instrumental אִם־ וּבְמִנְחָה בְּזֶבַח בֵּית־עֵלִי עֲוֹן יִתְכַּפֵּר the iniquity of the house of Eli shall not be covered by peace offering or minchah (in other words there was no atonement for it; compare Pu. Isaiah 22:14).
Niph. Perfect הַדָּם לָהֶם וְנִכַּפֵּר Deuteronomy 21:8 and the blood shall be covered for them.

† II. [כָּפַר] verb denominative (from II. כֹּפֶר) — Perfect 2nd person masculine singular וְכָֽפַרְתָּ֫ בַּכֹּפֶד Genesis 6:14 and thou shalt pitch it with pitch (P).
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Strong's Number H3722 matches the Hebrew כָּפַר (kāp̄ar),
which occurs 103 times in 94 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 2 (Lev 17:11–Dan 9:24)

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:11 - ‘For the [fn]life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you on the altar to make H3722 atonement H3722 for your souls; for it is the blood that makes H3722 atonement H3722 by the [fn]life.’
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:22 - ‘The priest shall also make H3722 atonement H3722 for him with the ram of the guilt offering before Yahweh for his sin which he has committed, and the sin which he has committed will be forgiven him.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:28 - “And you shall not do any work on this same day, for it is a day of atonement, to make H3722 atonement H3722 on your behalf before Yahweh your God.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:8 - ‘But if the man has no kinsman redeemer to whom restitution may be made for the wrong, the restitution which is made for the wrong must go to Yahweh for the priest, besides the ram of atonement, by which atonement H3722 is made H3722 for him.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:11 - ‘And the priest shall offer one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering and make H3722 atonement H3722 for him [fn]concerning his sin because of the dead person. And that same day he shall set apart his head as holy,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:12 - “Now the Levites shall lay their hands on the heads of the bulls; then offer the one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering to Yahweh, to make H3722 atonement H3722 for the Levites.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:19 - “And I have given the Levites as [fn]a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the sons of Israel, to perform the service of the sons of Israel at the tent of meeting and to make H3722 atonement H3722 on behalf of the sons of Israel, so that there will be no plague among the sons of Israel by [fn]their coming near to the sanctuary.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:21 - The Levites, too, purified themselves from sin and washed their clothes; and Aaron presented them as a wave offering before Yahweh. Aaron also made H3722 atonement H3722 for them to cleanse them.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:25 - ‘Then the priest shall make H3722 atonement H3722 for all the congregation of the sons of Israel, and they will be pardoned; for it was an error, and they have brought their offering, an offering by fire to Yahweh, and their sin offering before Yahweh, for their error.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:28 - ‘And the priest shall make H3722 atonement H3722 before Yahweh for the person who goes astray when he sins unintentionally, making H3722 atonement H3722 for him [fn]that he may be pardoned.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:46 - And Moses said to Aaron, “Take your censer and put in it fire from the altar, and lay incense on it; then bring it quickly to the congregation and make H3722 atonement H3722 for them, for wrath has gone forth from Yahweh, the plague has begun!”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:47 - Then Aaron took it as Moses had spoken, and ran into the midst of the assembly, for behold, the plague had begun among the people. So he put on the incense and made H3722 atonement H3722 for the people.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:13 - and it shall be for him and his seed after him, a covenant of a perpetual priesthood, because he was jealous for his God and made H3722 atonement H3722 for the sons of Israel.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:22 - and one male goat for a sin offering to make H3722 atonement H3722 for you.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:30 - also one male goat to make H3722 atonement H3722 for you.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:5 - ‘And offer one male goat for a sin offering, to make H3722 atonement H3722 for you,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:50 - “So we have brought near as an offering to Yahweh what each man found—articles of gold, armlets and bracelets, signet rings, earrings and necklaces—to make H3722 atonement H3722 for ourselves before Yahweh.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:33 - ‘So you shall not pollute the land in which you are; for blood pollutes the land, and no propitiation H3722 can be made H3722 for the land for the blood that is shed on it, except by the blood of him who shed it.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:8 - ‘Atone H3722 for Your people Israel whom You have redeemed, O Yahweh, and do not place the guilt of innocent blood in the midst of Your people Israel.’ And the bloodguiltiness shall be atoned H3722 for them.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:43 -

“O nations, cause His people to shout for joy;

For He will avenge the blood of His slaves,

And He will render vengeance on His adversaries,

And He will atone H3722 for His land and His people.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:14 - “Now therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli that the iniquity of Eli’s house shall not be atoned H3722 for by sacrifice or offering forever.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:3 - Thus David said to the Gibeonites, “What should I do for you? And how can I make H3722 atonement H3722 that you may bless the inheritance of Yahweh?”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:49 -

But Aaron and his sons offered offerings up in smoke on the altar of burnt offering and on the altar of incense, for all the work of the Holy of Holies, and to make H3722 atonement H3722 for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:24 - And the priests slaughtered them and purged the altar with their blood to atone H3722 for all Israel, for the king ordered the burnt offering and the sin offering for all Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:18 - For a multitude of the people, even many from Ephraim and Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet they ate the Passover otherwise than what was written. For Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, “May Yahweh, who is good, atone H3722
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:33 - for the showbread, for the continual grain offering, for the continual burnt offering, the sabbaths, the new moon, for the appointed times, for the holy things and for the sin offerings to make H3722 atonement H3722 for Israel, and all the work of the house of our God.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 65:3 -

Words of iniquity prevail against me;

As for our transgressions, You atone H3722 for them.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:38 -

But He, being compassionate, atoned H3722 for their iniquity and did not destroy them;

And He abounded in turning back His anger

And did not arouse all His wrath.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:9 -

Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of Your name;

And deliver us and atone H3722 for our sins for Your name’s sake.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:6 -

By lovingkindness and truth iniquity is atoned H3722 for,

And by the [fn]fear of Yahweh one turns away from evil.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:14 -

The wrath of a king is like messengers of death,

But a wise man will atone H3722 for it.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:7 - And he touched my mouth with it and said, “Behold, this has touched your lips; and your iniquity is taken away, and your sin is atoned H3722 for.”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:14 -

But Yahweh of hosts revealed Himself in my ears,

“Surely this iniquity shall not be atoned H3722 for you

Until you die,” says Lord Yahweh of hosts.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:9 -

Therefore through this, Jacob’s iniquity will be atoned H3722 for;

And this will be the whole fruit of the turning away of his sin:

When he makes all the altar stones like pulverized chalk stones,

When [fn]Asherim and incense altars will not stand.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:18 -

“Your covenant with death will be [fn]canceled H3722,

And your pact with Sheol will not stand;

When the overflowing scourge passes through,

Then you will become its trampling place.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:11 -

“But evil will come on you

Which you will not know how to charm away;

And disaster will fall on you

For which you cannot atone H3722;

And destruction about which you do not know

Will come on you suddenly.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:23 -

Yet You, O Yahweh, know

All their [fn]deadly counsel against me;

Do not atone H3722 for their iniquity

Or blot out their sin from before You.

But may they be [fn]overthrown before You;

Deal with them in the time of Your anger!

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:63 - so that you may remember and be ashamed and never open your mouth anymore because of your dishonor, when I have atoned H3722 for you for all that you have done,” declares Lord Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:20 - ‘You shall also take some of its blood and put it on its four horns and on the four corners of the ledge and on the border round about; thus you shall purify it and make H3722 atonement H3722 for it.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:26 - ‘For seven days they shall make H3722 atonement H3722 for the altar and purify it; so shall they [fn]ordain it.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:15 - and one sheep from each flock of two hundred from the watering places of Israel—for a grain offering, for a burnt offering, and for peace offerings, to make H3722 atonement H3722 for them,” declares Lord Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:17 - “And it shall be the prince’s part to provide the burnt offerings, the grain offerings, and the drink offerings, at the feasts, on the new moons, and on the sabbaths, at all the appointed times of the house of Israel; he shall [fn]provide the sin offering, the grain offering, the burnt offering, and the peace offerings, to make H3722 atonement H3722 for the house of Israel.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:20 - “And thus you shall do on the seventh day of the month for everyone who errs or is simpleminded; so you shall make H3722 atonement H3722 for the house.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:24 -

“Seventy [fn]weeks have been determined for your people and for your holy city, to [fn]finish the transgression, to [fn]make an end of sin, to make H3722 atonement H3722 for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and [fn]prophecy, and to anoint the Holy of Holies.


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