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כֹּפֶר H3724

H3724 is the Hebrew word כֹּפֶר, transliterated kôpher and said ko'-fer. The King James Version most often renders it ransom.

Word: כֹּפֶרTransliteration: kôpherSaid: ko'-ferLanguage: HebrewIn the KJV: 14 verses

What it means

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.

Where it comes from

from H3722 (כָּפַר).

How the King James Version translates it

Across 14 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

ransom 6×no satisfaction 2×camphire 2×sum of money 1×villages 1×received any bribe 1×bribe 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: bribe, camphire, pitch, ransom, satisfaction, sum of money, village.

Verses using כֹּפֶר

All 14 verses, quoted in full.

Exodus 21:30 · KJV

If there be laid on him a sum of money, then he shall give for the ransom of his life whatsoever is laid upon him.

Exodus 30:12 · KJV

When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel after their number, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto the LORD, when thou numberest them; that there be no plague among them, when thou numberest them.

Numbers 35:31 · KJV

Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, which is guilty of death: but he shall be surely put to death.

Numbers 35:32 · KJV

And ye shall take no satisfaction for him that is fled to the city of his refuge, that he should come again to dwell in the land, until the death of the priest.

1 Samuel 6:18 · KJV

And the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both of fenced cities, and of country villages, even unto the great stone of Abel, whereon they set down the ark of the LORD: which stone remaineth unto this day in the field of Joshua, the Bethshemite.

1 Samuel 12:3 · KJV

Behold, here I am: witness against me before the LORD, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.

Job 36:18 · KJV

Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.

Proverbs 6:35 · KJV

He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.

Proverbs 13:8 · KJV

The ransom of a man’s life are his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke.

Proverbs 21:18 · KJV

The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.

Song of Solomon 1:14 · KJV

My beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of Engedi.

Song of Solomon 4:13 · KJV

Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard,

Isaiah 43:3 · KJV

For I am the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.

Amos 5:12 · KJV

For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.

Common questions

What does Strong's H3724 mean?

H3724 is the Hebrew word כֹּפֶר (kôpher), meaning 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.

How is H3724 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it ransom (6 times), no satisfaction (2 times), camphire (2 times), sum of money (1 time), villages (1 time), among others.

How many times does H3724 appear in the Bible?

כֹּפֶר (kôpher) is tagged in 14 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H3724 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: from H3722 (כָּפַר).

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