כָּפַר
kâphar · kaw-far'
to cover (specifically with bitumen); figuratively, to expiate or condone, to placate or cancel
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to cover (specifically with bitumen); figuratively, to expiate or condone, to placate or cancel
- to cover (specifically with bitumen)
- figuratively, to expiate or condone, to placate or cancel
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: appease, make (an atonement, cleanse, disannul, forgive, be merciful, pacify, pardon, purge (away), put off, (make) reconcile(-liation).
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
- 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 head, the highest
The open hand that covers that works to speak, the word of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of כָּפַר 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
102 occurrences · 102 OT · 0 NT · 47 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- shall make an atonement20 · 26%
- to make an atonement16 · 21%
- and make an atonement10 · 13%
- and he shall make an atonement4 · 5%
- and to make an atonement2 · 3%
- and made an atonement2 · 3%
- shall not be purged2 · 3%
- to make atonement2 · 3%
- to make reconciliation2 · 3%
- thou shalt make an atonement1 · 1%
- of reconciling1 · 1%
- when thou hast made an atonement1 · 1%
- those things wherewith the atonement was made1 · 1%
- shall he make atonement1 · 1%
- in to make an atonement1 · 1%
- which is for himself, and shall make an atonement1 · 1%
- it, to make reconciliation1 · 1%
- that maketh atonement1 · 1%
- to reconcile1 · 1%
- for him to make atonement1 · 1%
- i shall make an atonement1 · 1%
- and have made an atonement1 · 1%
- i will appease1 · 1%
- shall the priest make an atonement1 · 1%
- and shalt pitch1 · 1%
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.