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Lexicon :: Strong's H3701 - kesep̄

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כֶּסֶף
Transliteration
kesep̄
Pronunciation
keh'-sef
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1015a

Strong’s Definitions

כֶּסֶף keçeph, keh'-sef; from H3700; silver (from its pale color); by implication, money:—money, price, silver(-ling).


KJV Translation Count — Total: 403x

The KJV translates Strong's H3701 in the following manner: silver (287x), money (112x), price (3x), silverlings (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 403x
The KJV translates Strong's H3701 in the following manner: silver (287x), money (112x), price (3x), silverlings (1x).
  1. silver, money

    1. silver

      1. as metal

      2. as ornament

      3. as colour

    2. money, shekels, talents

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
כֶּסֶף keçeph, keh'-sef; from H3700; silver (from its pale color); by implication, money:—money, price, silver(-ling).
STRONGS H3701: Abbreviations
כֶּ֫סֶף 402 noun masculineGenesis 23:9 silver, money (Late Hebrew id.; Phoenician, Zinjirli כסף; Aramaic כַּסְמָּא bdb049401; Palmyrene כספא VogNo. 23; Assyrian kaspu; probably the pale metal Thes and others, compare RSJPh xiv,125) — כ׳ absolute Genesis 20:16 +, כָּ֑סֶף Exodus 21:11 +; construct Genesis 43:21 +; suffix כַּסְפִּי Genesis 42:28 + 3 times, כַּסְפְּךָ 1 Kings 20:3 + 2 times, כַּסְפֶּ֑ךָ Genesis 17:13; Isaiah 30:22, כַּסְפֵּךְ Isaiah 1:22, כַּסְפֵּנוּ Genesis 31:15 + 2 times, כַּסְפָּם Hosea 8:4 + 6 times; plural suffix כַּסְפֵּיהֶם Genesis 42:25, 35; — silver,
†1. = silver ore, raw silver (rare and mostly late) Job 28:1, also (in figurative) Ezekiel 22:20, 22; Zechariah 13:9; Proverbs 2:4; Proverbs 17:3; Proverbs 27:21; Malachi 3:3 (twice in verse); Psalm 12:7; Psalm 66:10; Isaiah 48:10; הָגוֺ סִיגים מִכּ׳ Proverbs 25:4 remove dross from silver, compare סִיגִים כ׳ Proverbs 26:23 and מִגִים כ׳ Ezekiel 22:18 (MT; Greek Version of the LXX ס׳ כ׳; Co strike out in view of Ezekiel 22:20); נִמְאָס כ׳ Jeremiah 6:30 (compare Jeremiah 6:29), לְסִיגִים הָיָה כַּסְפֵּךְ Isaiah 1:22.
†2. sliver as bright, shining, figurative of dove's wings בַכֶּ֑סֶף נֶחְפָּה יוֹנָה כַּנְפֵי Psalm 68:14.
3. silver, as wealth, Genesis 13:2 (J) + often (approximately + 54 times in all; frequently with gold, etc., see זהב); מְלֹא וזהב בֵיתוֺ כ׳ Numbers 22:18; Numbers 24:13; figurative of a slave as valuable, הוּא כַּסְפּוֹ Exodus 21:21 (all J E); silver as less valuable than gold 1 Kings 10:21 2 Chronicles 9:20; compare also 1 Kings 10:27 2 Chronicles 1:15; 9:27; נִבְחָר כ׳ choice silver, Proverbs 18:19; Proverbs 10:20.
4. silver as spoil of war (with זהב, which see) Judges 5:19; 2 Samuel 8:11 = 1 Chronicles 18:11 + 11 times
†5. sliver as merchandise Ezekiel 27:12; Proverbs 3:14 (סְחַרכֿ׳), Zephaniah 1:12; compare also 1 Kings 10:22 2 Chronicles 9:21.
6. silver as costly gift (with זהב, which see) 1 Kings 15:18, 19 2 Chronicles 16:2, 3; 2 Kings 16:8; 2 Kings 18:15; 2 Chronicles 9:14; 17:11; 21:3; Isaiah 60:9; Daniel 11:38 (other instances under 8).
7. silver as material (with + 117 times in all; often with זהב, which see), of cup Genesis 44:2 compare Genesis 44:8 (J), trumpets Numbers 10:2 (P), כְּלֵיכֿ׳ Genesis 24:53 (J) +; of idols Exodus 20:23; Isaiah 2:20; Deuteronomy 29:16; Ezekiel 16:17; Psalm 115:4; Psalm 135:15 + 4 times, compare Deuteronomy 7:25; Jeremiah 10:4; Habakkuk 2:19; especially of fittings of tabernacle Exodus 26; Exodus 27; Exodus 36; Exodus 38. (19 times), and those offered by chiefs of people Numbers 7 (28 times), etc.
8. silver as measure of weight and value (approximately 184 times): —
†a. shekels: — שְׁלשִׁים שְׁקָלִים כ׳ Exodus 21:32 (JE), compare 2 Samuel 24:24; Leviticus 5:15; Numbers 18:16 (both P), Nehemiah 5:15; also (different order) חֲמִשָּׁה שׁקלים כ׳ Leviticus 27:6 (twice in verse) (P), compare Joshua 7:21 (JE), 2 Kings 15:20, and אַרְבַּע מֵאֹת שֶׁקֶל י׳ Genesis 23:15, 16, compare Leviticus 27:3, 16 (all P), 1 Samuel 9:8; once שִׁבְעָה שְׁקָלִים וַעֲשָׂרָה הַכּ׳ Jeremiah 32:9.
b. more often omitted שׁקל Genesis 20:16; Genesis 45:22 (E), Genesis 37:28 (J), Hosea 3:2; Songs 8:11 + 17 times
†c. talents: — כִּכַּר (הַ)כּ׳ Exodus 38:27 (P), compare 1 Kings 20:39; 2 Kings 5:22; 2 Kings 15:19; 2 Kings 18:14; 2 Kings 23:33 2 Chronicles 36:3; 1 Chronicles 19:6; 2 Chronicles 25:6; 27:5; Esther 3:9; עֶשֶׂר כִּכְּרֵיכֿ׳ 2 Kings 5:5; כִּכְּרַיִם כ׳ 1 Kings 16:24; 2 Kings 5:23; אלף אלפים ככרים כ׳ 1 Chronicles 22:14; compare 1 Chronicles 29:7; Ezra 8:26.
†d. minas: — מָנִים חֲמֵשֶׁת אֲלָפִים כ׳ Ezra 2:69 compare Nehemiah 7:70, 71.
e. more often = money, measure of value and exchange (approximately 112 times; not necessarily coined) Genesis 31:15; Genesis 42:25, 27 (E), Genesis 43:12 (twice in verse); Genesis 43:15, 18 (J), Genesis 23:13; Leviticus 27:18; Numbers 3:48 (P), Judges 16:18; 1 Kings 21:2; 2 Kings 12:5 etc.; so Psalm 68:31 Che, but see De Grill Bae, and Checritical note.; מִקְנַת כ׳ one bought for money Genesis 17:12, 13, 23, 27; Exodus 12:44 (all P); מִקְנָתוֺ כ׳ Leviticus 25:51 (H) money for which he was bought; מָלֵא כ׳ full price Genesis 23:9 (P) 1 Chronicles 21:22, 24; בְּמִשְׁקָוֹ כַּסְפֵּנוּ Genesis 43:21 i.e. our money in full; מִמְכָרוֺ כ׳ Leviticus 25:50 the price of his sale; אָשָׁם כ׳ 2 Kings 12:7 trespass-money, חַטָּאוֺת כ׳ 2 Kings 12:7 sin-money, הַכִּפֻּרִים כ׳ Exodus 30:16 atonement-money, הַפִּדְיוֹן כ׳ Numbers 3:49 redemption-money (both P); עֶרְכְּךָ כ׳ Leviticus 27:15, 19 i.e. estimated value, etc.
9. among verbs and phrase with כ׳ are: — צרף try, refine, Zechariah 13:9; Isaiah 48:10; Malachi 3:3a Psalm 12:7; Psalm 66:10; זִקַּק Malachi 3:3b, (compare הִתּוּךְ Ezekiel 22:22, √ נתך, see Ezekiel 22:20; Ezekiel 22:21); יפּה beautify בכ׳ Jeremiah 10:4; תָּפוּשׂ כ׳ Habakkuk 2:19 encased with gold and silver; לְ שָׁקַל אתהַֿכּ׳ weigh out the silver to or for a person Jeremiah 32:9; Genesis 23:16 (P) Ezra 8:25, without לְ Jeremiah 32:10, compare Exodus 22:16 (E), 1 Kings 20:39; ב׳ שׁקל כ׳ Isaiah 55:2 = spend money for; מְחִירָהּ לֹא יִשָּׁקֵל כ׳ Job 28:15; וַיִּשְׁקְלוּ אֶתשְֿׂכָרִי שׁלשׁים כ׳ Zechariah 11:12; בַּקָּנֶה ישׁקלו כ׳ Isaiah 46:6, of weighing material for idol; מָכַר בכ׳ sell for money Amos 2:6; Genesis 37:28 (J), Deuteronomy 21:14; נָתַן בכ׳ Deuteronomy 2:28b 1 Kings 21:6, 15; Genesis 23:9 (P), 1 Chronicles 21:22; also, of food, הִשְׁבִּיר ב׳ Deuteronomy 2:28a; השׂדה נתן כ׳ Genesis 23:13 (P) pay the price of the field; קָנָה בְכ׳ buy something for money Amos 8:6; Jeremiah 32:25, 44; Isaiah 43:24; 1 Chronicles 21:24, compare קָנָה נֶפֶשׁ קִנְיַן כ׳ Leviticus 22:11 (H); שׁבר בכ׳ Deuteronomy 2:6a Isaiah 55:1; כרה בכ׳ Deuteronomy 2:6b; peculiar is its use with פָּדָה, redeem (which see) in Numbers 18:16; לקח כ׳ receive money 2 Kings 5:26; 2 Kings 12:8; 2 Kings 12:9; לָוָה כ׳ Nehemiah 5:4 borrow money; הִלְוָה Exodus 22:24 (JE) lend money to (with 2 accusative); בְּנֶשֶׁךְ נתן כ׳ give money on usury Leviticus 25:37 (H), Psalm 15:5; compare לֹא תַשִּׁיךְ לְאָחִיךָ נֶשֶׁךְ כ׳ Deuteronomy 23:20.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

13:2; 17:12; 17:13; 17:13; 17:23; 17:27; 20:16; 20:16; 23:9; 23:9; 23:9; 23:13; 23:13; 23:15; 23:16; 23:16; 24:53; 31:15; 31:15; 37:28; 37:28; 42:25; 42:25; 42:27; 42:28; 42:35; 43:12; 43:15; 43:18; 43:21; 43:21; 44:2; 44:8; 45:22

Exodus

12:44; 20:23; 21:11; 21:21; 21:32; 22:16; 22:24; 26; 27; 30:16; 36; 38; 38:27

Leviticus

5:15; 22:11; 25:37; 25:50; 25:51; 27:3; 27:6; 27:15; 27:16; 27:18; 27:19

Numbers

3:48; 3:49; 7; 10:2; 18:16; 18:16; 22:18; 24:13

Deuteronomy

2:6; 2:6; 2:28; 2:28; 7:25; 21:14; 23:20; 29:16

Joshua

7:21

Judges

5:19; 16:18

1 Samuel

9:8

2 Samuel

8:11; 24:24

1 Kings

10:21; 10:22; 10:27; 15:18; 15:19; 16:24; 20:3; 20:39; 20:39; 21:2; 21:6; 21:15

2 Kings

5:5; 5:22; 5:23; 5:26; 12:5; 12:7; 12:7; 12:8; 12:9; 15:19; 15:20; 16:8; 18:14; 18:15; 23:33

1 Chronicles

18:11; 19:6; 21:22; 21:22; 21:24; 21:24; 22:14; 29:7

2 Chronicles

1:15; 9:14; 9:20; 9:21; 9:27; 16:2; 16:3; 17:11; 21:3; 25:6; 27:5; 36:3

Ezra

2:69; 8:25; 8:26

Nehemiah

5:4; 5:15; 7:70; 7:71

Esther

3:9

Job

28:1; 28:15

Psalms

12:7; 12:7; 15:5; 66:10; 66:10; 68:14; 68:31; 115:4; 135:15

Proverbs

2:4; 3:14; 10:20; 17:3; 18:19; 25:4; 26:23; 27:21

Song of Songs

8:11

Isaiah

1:22; 1:22; 2:20; 30:22; 43:24; 46:6; 48:10; 48:10; 55:1; 55:2; 60:9

Jeremiah

6:29; 6:30; 10:4; 10:4; 32:9; 32:9; 32:10; 32:25; 32:44

Ezekiel

16:17; 22:18; 22:20; 22:20; 22:20; 22:21; 22:22; 22:22; 27:12

Daniel

11:38

Hosea

3:2; 8:4

Amos

2:6; 8:6

Habakkuk

2:19; 2:19

Zephaniah

1:12

Zechariah

11:12; 13:9; 13:9

Malachi

3:3; 3:3; 3:3

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3701 matches the Hebrew כֶּסֶף (kesep̄),
which occurs 403 times in 343 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 7 (Exo 27:10–Num 18:16)

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:10 - and its pillars shall be twenty, with their twenty bases of bronze; the hooks of the pillars and their [fn]bands shall be of silver H3701.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:11 - “Likewise for the north side in length there shall be hangings one hundred cubits long, and its twenty pillars with their twenty bases of bronze; the hooks of the pillars and their bands shall be of silver H3701.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:17 - “All the pillars around the court shall be furnished with silver H3701 bands with their hooks of silver H3701 and their bases of bronze.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:16 - “And you shall take the atonement money H3701 from the sons of Israel and shall give it for the service of the tent of meeting, that it may be a remembrance for the sons of Israel before Yahweh, to make atonement for your souls.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:4 - to devise artistic designs for work in gold, in silver H3701, and in [fn]bronze,
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:5 - ‘Take from among you a [fn]contribution to Yahweh; whoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it as a [fn]contribution to Yahweh: gold, silver H3701, and [fn]bronze,
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:24 - Everyone who could raise up a [fn]contribution of silver H3701 and [fn]bronze brought the [fn]contribution to Yahweh; and every man [fn]who had in his possession acacia wood for any work of the service brought it.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:32 - to devise [fn]designs for working in gold and in silver H3701 and in [fn]bronze,
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:24 - and he made forty bases of silver H3701 under the twenty boards; two bases under one board for its two tenons and two bases under another board for its two tenons.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:26 - and their forty bases of silver H3701; two bases under one board and two bases under another board.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:30 - And there were eight boards with their bases of silver H3701, sixteen bases, two bases under every board.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:36 - And he made four pillars of acacia for it and overlaid them with gold, with their hooks of gold; and he cast four bases of silver H3701 for them.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:10 - their twenty pillars, and their twenty bases, made of bronze; the hooks of the pillars and their [fn]bands were of silver H3701.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:11 - For the north side there were one hundred cubits; their twenty pillars and their twenty bases were of bronze, the hooks of the pillars and their bands were of silver H3701.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:12 - For the west side there were hangings of [fn]fifty cubits with their ten pillars and their ten bases; the hooks of the pillars and their bands were of silver H3701.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:17 - The bases for the pillars were of bronze, the hooks of the pillars and their bands were of silver H3701; and the overlaying of their tops were of silver H3701, and all the pillars of the court were furnished with silver H3701 bands.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:19 - Their four pillars and their four bases were of bronze; their hooks were of silver H3701, and the overlaying of their tops and their bands were of silver H3701.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:25 - The silver H3701 of those of the congregation who were [fn]numbered was [fn]100 talents and [fn]1,775 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary;
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:27 - One hundred talents of silver H3701 were for casting the bases of the sanctuary and the bases of the veil; one hundred bases for one hundred talents, a talent for a base.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:15 - “If a person acts unfaithfully and sins unintentionally against the holy things of Yahweh, then he shall bring his guilt offering to Yahweh: a ram without blemish from the flock, according to your valuation in silver H3701 by [fn]shekels, in terms of the shekel of the sanctuary, for a guilt offering.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:11 - ‘But if a priest buys a person as his property with his money H3701, [fn]that one may eat of it, and those who are born in his house may eat of his [fn]food.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:37 - ‘You shall not give him your silver H3701 at interest nor your food for gain.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:50 - ‘He then with his purchaser shall calculate from the year when he sold himself to him up to the year of jubilee; and the price H3701 of his sale shall correspond to the number of years. It is like the days of a hired man that he shall be with him.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:51 - ‘If there are still many years, he shall return part of his purchase price H3701 in proportion to them for his own redemption;
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:3 - ‘If your valuation is of the male from twenty years even to sixty years old, then your valuation shall be [fn]fifty shekels of silver H3701, according to the shekel of the sanctuary.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:6 - ‘But if they are from a month even up to five years old, then your valuation shall be five shekels of silver H3701 for the male, and for the female your valuation shall be three shekels of silver H3701.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:15 - ‘Yet if the one who sets it apart as holy should wish to redeem his house, then he shall add one-fifth of your valuation price H3701 to it, so that it may be his.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:16 -

‘Again, if a man sets apart as holy to Yahweh a portion of the fields of his own possession, then your valuation shall be [fn]proportionate to the seed needed for it: a [fn]homer of barley seed at [fn]fifty shekels of silver H3701.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:18 - ‘If he sets apart his field as holy after the jubilee, however, then the priest shall calculate the price H3701 for [fn]him [fn]proportionate to the years that are left until the year of jubilee; and it shall be deducted from your valuation.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:19 - ‘If the one who sets it apart as holy should ever wish to redeem the field, then he shall add one-fifth of your valuation price H3701 to it so that it may stand as his own.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:48 - and give the money H3701, the redemption price of those who are in excess among them, to Aaron and to his sons.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:49 - So Moses took the money H3701 of the redemption price from those who were in excess, beyond those redeemed by the Levites;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:50 - from the firstborn of the sons of Israel he took the money H3701 in terms of the shekel of the sanctuary, 1,365.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:51 - Then Moses gave the money H3701 of the redemption price to Aaron and to his sons, at the [fn]command of Yahweh, just as Yahweh had commanded Moses.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:13 - and his offering was one silver H3701 [fn]dish whose weight was 130 shekels, one silver H3701 bowl of 70 shekels, according to the [fn]shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:19 - he brought near as his offering one silver H3701 dish whose weight was 130 shekels, one silver H3701 bowl of 70 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:25 - his offering was one silver H3701 dish whose weight was 130 shekels, one silver H3701 bowl of 70 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:31 - his offering was one silver H3701 dish whose weight was 130 shekels, one silver H3701 bowl of 70 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:37 - his offering was one silver H3701 dish whose weight was 130 shekels, one silver H3701 bowl of 70 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:43 - his offering was one silver H3701 dish whose weight was 130 shekels, one silver H3701 bowl of 70 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:49 - his offering was one silver H3701 dish whose weight was 130 shekels, one silver H3701 bowl of 70 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:55 - his offering was one silver H3701 dish whose weight was 130 shekels, one silver H3701 bowl of 70 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:61 - his offering was one silver H3701 dish whose weight was 130 shekels, one silver H3701 bowl of 70 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:67 - his offering was one silver H3701 dish whose weight was 130 shekels, one silver H3701 bowl of 70 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:73 - his offering was one silver H3701 dish whose weight was 130 shekels, one silver H3701 bowl of 70 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:79 - his offering was one silver H3701 dish whose weight was 130 shekels, one silver H3701 bowl of 70 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:84 -

This was the dedication offering [fn]for the altar from the leaders of Israel [fn]when it was anointed: twelve silver H3701 dishes, twelve silver H3701 bowls, twelve gold pans,

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:85 - each silver H3701 dish weighing 130 shekels and each bowl 70; all the silver H3701 of the utensils was 2,400 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:2 - “Make yourself two trumpets of silver H3701, of hammered work you shall make them; and you shall use them for summoning the congregation and for having the camps set out.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:16 - “Now as to their redemption price, from a month old you shall redeem them, by your valuation, five [fn]shekels in silver H3701, according to the [fn]shekel of the sanctuary, which is twenty gerahs.

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