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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 - Then went Shimshon down, and his father and his mother, to Timnah, and 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 - that Sanvallat and Geshem sent to me, saying, Come, let us meet together in one of 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 roaring of the lion, and 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 lioness, Or 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 his prey, As it were 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 do lack, and suffer hunger, But those who seek the LORD shall not lack any good thing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:17 - Lord, how long will you look on? Rescue my soul from their destruction, My precious life from the lions.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 58:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:6 - Break their teeth, God, in their mouth. Break out the great teeth of the young lions, LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 91:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:13 - You will tread on the lion and cobra. You will trample the young lion and the serpent underfoot.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:21

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 19:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:12 - The king's wrath is like the roaring of a lion, But his favor is like dew on the grass.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 20:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:2 - The terror of a king is like the roaring of a lion: He who provokes him to anger forfeits his own 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 as bold as a lion.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:29

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:29 - Their roaring will be like a lioness. They will roar like young lions. Yes, they shall roar, And seize their prey and carry it off, And there will be no one to deliver.

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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 young lion and the fattened calf 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 says the LORD to me, As the lion and the young lion growling over his prey, if a multitude of shepherds are called forth against him, will not be dismayed at their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so will the LORD of Hosts come down to fight on Mount Tziyon, and on the hill of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:15 - The young lions have roared on him, and yelled; and they have made his land waste: his cities are burned up, without inhabitant.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:38 - He has left his covert, as the lion; for their land is become an astonishment because of the fierceness of the oppressing sword, 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; they shall growl as lions' cubs.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 19:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:2 - and say, What was your mother? A lioness: she couched among lions, in the midst of the young lions she nourished her cubs.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 19:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:3 - She brought up one of her cubs: he 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 - Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her cubs, and made him a young lion.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 19:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:6 - He went up and down among the lions; he became a young lion, and he 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 over Par`oh king of Mitzrayim, and tell him, You were likened to a young lion of the nations: yet are you as a monster in the seas; and you did break forth with your rivers, and troubled the waters with your feet, and fouled their rivers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 38:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:13 - Sheva, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions of it, shall tell you, Are you come to take the spoil? have you assembled your company to take the prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take great spoil?

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 41:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:19 - so that there was 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. thus was it made through all the house round about:

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:14 - For I will be to Efrayim like a lion, And like a young lion to the house of Yehudah. I myself will tear in pieces and go away. I will carry off, and there will be no one to deliver.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:4 - Will a lion roar in the thicket, When he has no prey? Does a young lion cry out of his den, If he has caught nothing?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:8 - The remnant of Ya`akov will be among the nations, In the midst of many peoples, Like a lion among the animals of the forest, Like a young lion among the flocks of sheep; Who, if he goes through, treads down and tears in pieces, And there is no one to deliver.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:11 - Where is the den of the lions, and the feeding-place of the young lions, where the lion and the lioness walked, the lion's cubs, and no one made them afraid?

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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 her chariots in the smoke, and the sword will devour your young lions; and I will cut off your prey from the eretz, and the voice of your messengers will no longer be heard."

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 11:3

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:3 - A voice of the wailing of the shepherds! For their glory is destroyed: a voice of the roaring of young lions! For the pride of the Yarden is ruined.
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