Strong's Lexicon

H3713

H3713 — כְּפוֹר

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewkphowrnoun mascOccurrences: 12TWOT: 1026ab

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H3713
Word:כְּפוֹר
Part of Speech:noun masc
Etymology:from H3722
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:12
Transliteration:kphowr
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:kef-ore'
Meaning:1. (properly) a cover 2. (by implication) a tankard (or covered goblet) 3. also white frost (as covering the ground)
KJV Renderings:bason, hoar(-y) frost.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB4169

I. כְּפוֺר noun masculine bowl (Late Hebrew id.; ᵑ7 . כְּפוֺרָא) — bowl of gold or sliver, used in the temple (late), ׳ כ 1Chr 28:17 (4 t. in verse); plural construct כְּפוֺרֵי 1Chr 28:17 (twice in verse); Ezra 1:10 (twice in verse); Ezra 8:27.


BDB4170

II. כְּפוֺר noun masculine hoar frost (Late Hebrew id.) — ׳ כ Ps 147:16 כְּפֹר Exod 16:14 ( P ), Job 38:29.


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

כפור (k’phohr)

Exodus 16:14

KJV: And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost on the ground.
EHCC: (as) small as the hoarfrost on the ground.

Ezra 1:10

KJV: Thirty basons of gold, silver basons of a second sort four hundred and ten, and other vessels a thousand.
EHCC: Thirty basons of gold, silver basons ofa

Ezra 8:27

KJV: Also twenty basons of gold, of a thousand drams; and two vessels of fine copper, precious as gold.fine…: Heb. yellow, or, shining brassprecious: Heb. desirable
EHCC: Also twenty basons of gold,

Job 38:29

KJV: Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?
EHCC: and the houry frost of fleaven,

Psalms 147:16

KJV: He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes.
EHCC: he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes.
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