BDB4147
כָּפָן noun [masculine] hunger, famine (Aramaism; on form compare LagBN 144 ), Job 5:22 ; Job 30:3.
Strong's Lexicon
H3720
H3720 — כָּפָן
Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | H3720 |
|---|---|
| Word: | כָּפָן |
| Part of Speech: | noun masc |
| Etymology: | from H3719 |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 2 |
| Transliteration: | kaphan |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | kaw-fawn' |
| Meaning: | 1. hunger (as making to stoop with emptiness and pain) |
| KJV Renderings: | famine. |
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Other Resources
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke
Englishman's Hebrew Concordance
כפן (kah-phahn’)
Job 5:22
- KJV: At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.
- EHCC: At destruction ead famine thou shalt
Job 30:3
- KJV: For want and famine they were solitary; fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste.solitary: or, dark as the nightin…: Heb. yesternight
- EHCC: For want aad famine (they were) solitary;