כְּפִיר
kᵉphîyr · kef-eer'
a village (as covered in by walls); also a young lion (perhaps as covered with a mane)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H3722 (כָּפַר);
a village (as covered in by walls); also a young lion (perhaps as covered with a mane)
- a village (as covered in by walls)
- also, a young lion (perhaps as covered with a mane)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (young) lion, village. Compare H3723 (כָּפָר).
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
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- 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 › the hand that works › the head, the highest
The open hand that covers that works to speak, the word of the hand that works of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of כְּפִיר 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
32 occurrences · 32 OT · 0 NT · 27 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of the young lions4 · 13%
- the young lions3 · 9%
- of a lion2 · 6%
- and the young lion2 · 6%
- and, behold, a young1 · 3%
- in some one of the villages1 · 3%
- and as it were a young lion1 · 3%
- from the lions1 · 3%
- the young lion1 · 3%
- as a lion1 · 3%
- like young lions1 · 3%
- as the lion1 · 3%
- like lions1 · 3%
- young lions1 · 3%
- it became a young lion1 · 3%
- him a young lion1 · 3%
- he became a young lion1 · 3%
- a young lion1 · 3%
- with all the young lions1 · 3%
- of a young lion1 · 3%
- and as a young lion1 · 3%
- will a young lion1 · 3%
- as a young lion1 · 3%
- thy young lions1 · 3%
- of young lions1 · 3%
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.