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כְּפִיר H3715
H3715 is the Hebrew word כְּפִיר, transliterated kᵉphîyr and said kef-eer'. The King James Version most often renders it young lions.
What it means
a village (as covered in by walls); also a young lion (perhaps as covered with a mane).
Where it comes from
from H3722 (כָּפַר).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 27 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: (young) lion, village. Compare H3723 (כָּפָר).
Verses using כְּפִיר
All 27 verses, quoted in full.
Judges 14:5 · KJV
Then went Samson down, and his father and his mother, to Timnath, and came to the vineyards of Timnath: and, behold, a young lion roared against him.
Nehemiah 6:2 · KJV
That Sanballat and Geshem sent unto me, saying, Come, let us meet together in some one of the villages in the plain of Ono. But they thought to do me mischief.
Job 4:10 · KJV
The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.
Psalm 17:12 · KJV
Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
Psalm 34:10 · KJV
The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing.
Psalm 58:6 · KJV
Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.
Psalm 91:13 · KJV
Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.
Psalm 104:21 · KJV
The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.
Proverbs 19:12 · KJV
The king’s wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.
Proverbs 20:2 · KJV
The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.
Isaiah 5:29 · KJV
Their roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry it away safe, and none shall deliver it.
Isaiah 11:6 · KJV
The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.
Isaiah 31:4 · KJV
For thus hath the LORD spoken unto me, Like as the lion and the young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called forth against him, he will not be afraid of their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so shall the LORD of hosts come down to fight for mount Zion, and for the hill thereof.
Jeremiah 2:15 · KJV
The young lions roared upon him, and yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant.
Jeremiah 25:38 · KJV
He hath forsaken his covert, as the lion: for their land is desolate because of the fierceness of the oppressor, and because of his fierce anger.
Jeremiah 51:38 · KJV
They shall roar together like lions: they shall yell as lions’ whelps.
Ezekiel 19:3 · KJV
And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men.
Ezekiel 19:6 · KJV
And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion, and learned to catch the prey, and devoured men.
Ezekiel 32:2 · KJV
Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him, Thou art like a young lion of the nations, and thou art as a whale in the seas: and thou camest forth with thy rivers, and troubledst the waters with thy feet, and fouledst their rivers.
Ezekiel 38:13 · KJV
Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?
Ezekiel 41:19 · KJV
So that the face of a man was toward the palm tree on the one side, and the face of a young lion toward the palm tree on the other side: it was made through all the house round about.
Hosea 5:14 · KJV
For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will take away, and none shall rescue him.
Amos 3:4 · KJV
Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? will a young lion cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing?
Micah 5:8 · KJV
And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep: who, if he go through, both treadeth down, and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver.
Nahum 2:11 · KJV
Where is the dwelling of the lions, and the feedingplace of the young lions, where the lion, even the old lion, walked, and the lion’s whelp, and none made them afraid?
Nahum 2:13 · KJV
Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour thy young lions: and I will cut off thy prey from the earth, and the voice of thy messengers shall no more be heard.
Zechariah 11:3 · KJV
There is a voice of the howling of the shepherds; for their glory is spoiled: a voice of the roaring of young lions; for the pride of Jordan is spoiled.
Common questions
What does Strong's H3715 mean?
H3715 is the Hebrew word כְּפִיר (kᵉphîyr), meaning a village (as covered in by walls); also a young lion (perhaps as covered with a mane).
How is H3715 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it young lions (9 times), young lion (9 times), lion (3 times), became a young lion (2 times), behold a young (1 time), among others.
How many times does H3715 appear in the Bible?
כְּפִיר (kᵉphîyr) is tagged in 27 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H3715 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: from H3722 (כָּפַר).
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