כֹּפֶר
kôpher · ko'-fer
properly, a cover, i.e. (literally) a village (as covered in); (specifically) bitumen (as used for coating), and the henna plant (as used for dyeing); figuratively, a redemption-price
Lexicon
Derivation: from H3722 (כָּפַר);
properly, a cover, i.e. (literally) a village (as covered in); (specifically) bitumen (as used for coating), and the henna plant (as used for dyeing); figuratively, a redemption-price
- properly, a cover, i.e. (literally) a village (as covered in)
- (specifically) bitumen (as used for coating), and the henna plant (as used for dyeing)
- figuratively, a redemption-price
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: bribe, camphire, pitch, ransom, satisfaction, sum of money, village.
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 כֹּפֶר 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
17 occurrences · 17 OT · 0 NT · 13 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- a ransom3 · 18%
- no satisfaction2 · 12%
- with pitch1 · 6%
- on him a sum of money1 · 6%
- villages1 · 6%
- have i received any bribe1 · 6%
- ransom1 · 6%
- any ransom1 · 6%
- the ransom1 · 6%
- shall be a ransom1 · 6%
- of camphire1 · 6%
- camphire1 · 6%
- for thy ransom1 · 6%
- a bribe1 · 6%
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.