H3724 - כֹּפֶר (kôpher)

H3724 כֹּפֶר (kôpher) ko'-fer

Hebrew

Strong's Definition

from 3722; 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

KJV Usage: bribe, camphire, pitch, ransom, satisfaction, sum of money, village

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

כֹּפֶר (ko.pher) — ransom. price of a life, ransom, bribe

כֹּ֫פֶר (ko.pher) — pitch. asphalt, pitch (as a covering)

כֹּ֫פֶר (ko.pher) — henna. the henna plant, name of a plant (henna?)

כֹּפֶר (ko.pher) — village. village Another spelling of ka.phar (כָּפָר "village" H3723H)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

כֹּפֶר (H3724a · H3724b · H3724c · H3724d)

noun m · כפר

Bitumen

pitch, tar = tarlike substance; ◄ naturally derived from petroleum; ► used in certain areas to make objects watertight

GEN 6:14

Exchange

ransom, bribe = a sum of money demanded or paid, either legally or illegally, in exchange for a service, or in exchange for someone's freedom or someone's life

EXO 21:30 · EXO 30:12 · NUM 35:31 · NUM 35:32 · 1SA 12:3 · JOB 33:24 · JOB 36:18 · PSA 49:8 · PRO 6:35 · PRO 13:8 · PRO 21:18 · ISA 43:3 · AMO 5:12

noun m · כָּפָר · כְּפַר הָעַמֹּנָה

Towns | ≠ עִיר מִבְצָר

Collocation: כֹּפֶר פְּרָזִי

unwalled village = collection of dwellings, not surrounded by a wall

1SA 6:18

noun m

Plants

henna plant = a shrub that reaches 2–3 meters in height, with opposite leaves and many fragrant white flowers; ► its leaves yield a red juice that people in many countries use for coloring the skin and hair; ≈ associated with fragrance and beauty

SNG 1:14 · SNG 4:13 · SNG 7:12

¹ SNG 7:12 NJPS REB "henna bushes" | RSV NIV NRSV GNT CEV ESV "villages" = כָּפָר

Reinier de Blois

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

כֹּפֶר n.m. the price of a life, ransom base

כֹּ֫פֶר n.m. pitch—Gn 6:14 (P). ref

כֹּ֫פֶר n.m. name of a plant, El Ḥenna base

כֹּפֶר n.[m.] village;—only sg. cstr. 1 S 6:18 ref