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Bible Lexicons

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Strong's #3716 - כְּפִירָה

Transliteration

Kᵉphîyrâh

Phonetics

kef-ee-raw'

Origin

feminine of (H3715)

Parts of Speech

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

Chephirah = “lioness”

1) a city of the Gibeonites subsequently assigned to the tribe of Benjamin

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

KJV (4)

Joshua 2

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 1

HCS (0)

HCS (4)

Joshua 2

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 1

BSB (4)

Joshua 2

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 1

ESV (4)

Joshua 2

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 1

WEB (4)

Joshua 2

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 1

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

כְּפִירָה proper name, of a location city of the Hivites subsequently assigned to Benjamin., Joshua 9:17; Joshua 18:26; Ezra 2:25 = Nehemiah 7:29; ᵐ5 Κεφειρα, etc.; = modern Kefireh Rob^{BR iii, 146} Guérin^{Jud. i. 283ff.} Mem^{iii. 36} Buhl^{G. § 94, p.169}.

כְּפִירִים Nehemiah 6:2, probably = foregoing (ᵐ5 and others appellative noun = villages).

IV. כפר (√ of following, = dig ? compare Sabean כפר, verb dig, noun cave, DHM^{Anzeiger d. Wiener Akkadian, Philippians -hist. Cl., Dec. 17,1884}, quoted by Eut^{Nab 27}; Nö^ib. compare also Ethiopic basket, measure; Nabataean כפר cave, sepulcher, synonym of קברא Nö in Eut^{Nab ib}.)

List of Word Forms

וְהַכְּפִירָ֔ה וְהַכְּפִירָ֖ה והכפירה כְּפִירָ֣ה כפירה kə·p̄î·rāh kefiRah kəp̄îrāh vehakkefiRah wə·hak·kə·p̄î·rāh wəhakkəp̄îrāh