Strong's Definition
from 3722; a village (as covered in by walls); also a young lion (perhaps as covered with a mane)
KJV Usage: (young) lion, village. Compare 3723
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
כְּפִיר (ke.phir) — lion. young lion
כְּפִירִים (ke.phi.rim) — Hakkephirim. village Another name of o.no (אוֹנוֹ "Ono" H0207)
כְּפִירִים (ke.phi.rim) — villages. village
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m
Wild Animals | ≈ אֲרִי · אַרְיָה · שַׁחַל
young lion = a young male lion; ≈ regarded as fierce and dangerous
JDG 14:5 · JOB 4:10 · JOB 38:39 · PSA 17:12 · PSA 34:11 · PSA 35:17 · PSA 58:7 · PSA 91:13 · PSA 104:21 · PRO 19:12 · PRO 20:2 · PRO 28:1 · ISA 5:29 · ISA 11:6 · ISA 31:4 · JER 2:15 · JER 25:38 · JER 51:38 · EZK 19:2 · EZK 19:3 · EZK 19:5 · EZK 19:6 · EZK 32:2 · EZK 38:13 · EZK 41:19 · HOS 5:14 · AMO 3:4 · MIC 5:7 · NAM 2:12 · NAM 2:14 · ZEC 11:3
noun m pl
name
Names of Locations
Kephirim, Hakkephirim = name of location ◄ in the valley of Ono, where Nehemiah was to meet Sanballat and Geshem
1 NEH 6:2 RSV NIV NRSV GNT CEV ESV "villages" = [1a] | NJPS "Kephirim" REB "Hakkephirim" = [2a]
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
כְּפִיר n.m. young lion base
כְּפִירִים Ne 6:2, prob. = foregoing [כְּפִירָה] (𝔊 al. n. appell. = villages). done