Strong's Lexicon

H3715

H3715 — כְּפִיר

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

Hebrewkphiyrnoun mascOccurrences: 32TWOT: 1025a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H3715
Word:כְּפִיר
Part of Speech:noun masc
Etymology:from H3722
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:32
Transliteration:kphiyr
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:kef-eer'
Meaning:1. a village (as covered in by walls) 2. also a young lion (perhaps as covered with a mane)
KJV Renderings:(young) lion, village.

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כְּפִיר noun masculine young lion; — ׳ כ Judg 14:5 + 16 t.; plural כְּפִרִים Jer 2:15 + 3 t.; כְּפִירִים Zech 11:3 + 7 t.; suffix כְּפִירַיִךְ Nah 2:14 כְּפִירֶיהָ Ezek 38:13 ( Co reads כנעניה); — literal אֲרָיוֺת ׳ כ Judg 14:5 young lion of lions; Amos 3:4; Ps 17:12. It differs from whelp גּוּר Ezek 19:2; Ezek 19:3 as old enough to hunt its prey, Jer 25:38; Isa 11:6; Zech 11:3; Ps 104:21 in simile of roar of hostile army Isa 5:29 ׅ || (לָבִיא compare Jer 51:38 ׅ || (גּוֺרֵי אריות; sim of ׳ י's invincible might Isa 31:4 ׅ || (אַרְיֵה; of Israel among the nations, Mic 5:7 of Assyr. princes Nah 2:12 of prince of Israel Ezek 19:5; Ezek 19:6 other cases are: || לָבִיא Job 38:39 || שַׁחַל Hos 5:14; Ps 91:13; Job 4:10 of bloodthirsty enemies Ps 34:11; Ps 35:17; Ps 58:7; Jer 2:15 גוים ׳ כ Ezek 32:2, of young warriors Nah 2:14 ; Ezek 38:13 (?; see Co above); righteous compared with, Prov 28:1 king's wrath like roaring of, Prov 19:12; Prov 20:2 of one of faces of cherubim Ezek 41:19.


Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

כפיר (k’pheer)

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.against…: Heb. in meeting him
EHCC: a young lion (lit. ₪ ies ae lionesses)

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.
EHCC: n (some one of) the villages

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.
EHCC: the teeth of the young lions,

Job 88:39

EHCC: fill the appetite of the young lions,

Psalms 17:12

KJV: Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.Like…: Heb. The likeness of him (that is, of every one of them) is as a lion that desireth to ravinlurking: Heb. sitting
EHCC: and as it were 4 young lion

Psalms 84:10

KJV: For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.I had…: Heb. I would choose rather to sit at the threshold
EHCC: 11( . The young lions do lack, and suffer

Psalms 85:17

EHCC: my darling from the lions,

Psalms 91:13

KJV: Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.adder: or, asp
EHCC: the young lion and the dragon

Psalms 104:21

KJV: The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.
EHCC: The young lions roar after their prey,

Proverbs 19:12

KJV: The king’s wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.
EHCC: king's wrath (is) as the rosring of 3 tion ;

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.
EHCC: of a king (is) as the roaring alion:

Proverbs 28:16

KJV: The prince that wanteth understanding is also a great oppressor: but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days.
EHCC: righteous are bold asa lion.

Jeremiah 2:55

EHCC: The young lions yosred upon him,

Jeremiah 25:36

KJV: A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and an howling of the principal of the flock, shall be heard: for the Lord hath spoiled their pasture.
EHCC: He hath forsaken his covert, aa the lion:

Jeremiah 51:38

KJV: They shall roar together like lions: they shall yell as lions’ whelps.yell: or, shake themselves
EHCC: They shall roar together like lions :

Jeremiah 82:2

EHCC: Thou art like a young Hon

Jeremiah 38:19

KJV: And Zedekiah the king said unto Jeremiah, I am afraid of the Jews that are fallen to the Chaldeans, lest they deliver me into their hand, and they mock me.
EHCC: all the young lions thereof,

Jeremiah 41:19

EHCC: the face of a young lion

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.
EHCC: and asa yong lion to the house of Judah:

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?cry: Heb. give forth his voice
EHCC: will a young מסה cry out of his den,

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.sheep: or, goats
EHCC: (7).as a young lion among the flocks of

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?
EHCC: ( rene feedingplece of the young lions,

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.
EHCC: a voice of the roaring of young lions ;
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