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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 went down, and his father and his mother, to Timnathah; and they came to the vineyards of Timnathah. And behold, a young lion roared against him;

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:2 - that Sanballat and Geshem sent to me, saying, Come, let us meet together in the villages in the plain of Ono. But they thought to do me mischief.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 4:10

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:39 - Dost thou hunt the prey for the lioness, and dost thou satisfy the appetite of the young lions,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 17:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:12 - He is like a lion that is greedy of its prey, and as a young lion lurking in secret places.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 34:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:10 - The young lions are in need and suffer hunger; but they that seek Jehovah shall not want any good.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:17 - Lord, how long wilt thou look on? Rescue my soul from their destructions, my only one from the young lions.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 58:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:6 - O God, break their teeth in their mouth; break out the great teeth of the young lions, O Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 91:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:13 - Thou shalt tread upon the lion and the adder; the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under foot.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:21 - The young lions roar after the prey, and to seek their food from God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 19:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:12 - The king's displeasure is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 20:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:2 - The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion: he that provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 28:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:1 - The wicked flee when no man pursueth; 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 lioness, they roar as the young lions; yea, they growl, and snatch the prey, and carry it away safe, and there is none to deliver;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:6 - The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid, and the calf and the young lion and the fatted beast 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 hath Jehovah said unto me: Like as the lion and the young lion growling over his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called forth against him, is not afraid of their voice, nor giveth way before the multitude of them; so will Jehovah of hosts come down to war upon mount Zion, and on the hill thereof.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:15 - The young lions roared against him, they gave forth their voice, and they made his land desolate: his cities are burned, without inhabitant.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:38 - He hath forsaken his covert as a young lion; for their land is a desolation because of the fierceness 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 young lions, growl as lions' whelps.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 19:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:2 - and say, What was thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps in the midst of the young lions.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 19:3

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 19:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:5 - And when she saw that she had waited and 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 - And he went up and down among the lions; he became a young lion, and learned to catch the prey; he devoured men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 32:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:2 - Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him, Thou wast like a young lion among the nations, and thou wast as a monster in the seas; and thou didst break forth in thy rivers, and troubledst the waters with thy feet, and fouledst 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, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to seize a spoil? hast thou gathered thine assemblage to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take cattle and goods, to seize a great spoil?

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 41:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:19 - the face of a man was toward the palm-tree on the one side, and the face of a young lion toward the palm-tree on the other side: so was it made upon all the house round about.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:14 - For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah. I, I will tear and go away; I will carry off, and there shall be none to deliver.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:4 - Will a lion roar in the forest when he hath no prey? Will a young lion cry out of his den if he have 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, as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep: who, if he go through, treadeth down, and teareth 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 now the den of the lions, and the feeding-place of the young lions, where the lion, the lioness, and the lion's whelp walked, and none made them afraid?

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:13 - Behold, I am against thee, saith Jehovah of hosts: and I will burn her chariots into smoke; and the sword shall devour thy young lions, and I will cut off thy prey from the earth; and the voice of thy messengers shall no more be heard.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 11:3

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:3 - A voice of howling of the shepherds; for their glory is spoiled: a voice of roaring of young lions; for the pride of Jordan is spoiled.
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