כְּפוֹר
kᵉphôwr · kef-ore'
properly, a cover, i.e. (by implication) a tankard (or covered goblet); also white frost (as covering the ground)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H3722 (כָּפַר);
properly, a cover, i.e. (by implication) a tankard (or covered goblet); also white frost (as covering the ground)
- properly, a cover, i.e. (by implication) a tankard (or covered goblet)
- also, white frost (as covering the ground)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: bason, hoar(-y) frost.
Letters
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the open hand that covers › to speak, the word › to fasten and establish › the head, the highest
The open hand that covers that works to speak, the word that works to fasten and establish of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of כְּפוֹר above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
12 occurrences · 12 OT · 0 NT · 12 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- basons4 · 44%
- for every bason2 · 22%
- as the hoar frost1 · 11%
- and the hoary frost1 · 11%
- the hoarfrost1 · 11%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.