TBESH · H3724A
כֹּפֶר · ko.pher · ransom
price of a life, ransom, bribe
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ko.pher H3724
כֹּפֶר (ko.pher) means “ransom” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
כֹּפֶר Hebrew · H3724 17 tagged occurrences in 17 verses
Pronunciation guide: ko'-fer Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
Lexicon entries
TBESH · H3724B
כֹּ֫פֶר · ko.pher · pitch
asphalt, pitch (as a covering)
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TBESH · H3724C
כֹּ֫פֶר · ko.pher · henna
the henna plant, name of a plant (henna?)
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TBESH · H3724D
כֹּפֶר · ko.pher · village
village Another spelling of ka.phar (כָּפָר "village" H3723H)
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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary
from H3722 (כָּפַר); 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 glosses: bribe, camphire, pitch, ransom, satisfaction, sum of money, village.
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How translators render H3724
Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| a ransom | 3 |
| his ransom | 2 |
| a bribe | 1 |
| become a ransom | 1 |
| bribe | 1 |
| bribes | 1 |
| for your ransom | 1 |
| may ransom | 1 |
| of henna blossoms | 1 |
| payment | 1 |
| ransom | 1 |
| villages | 1 |
| with henna | 1 |
| with pitch | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| a ransom | 4 |
| no satisfaction | 2 |
| a bribe | 1 |
| any ransom | 1 |
| bribe | 1 |
| camphire | 1 |
| of camphire | 1 |
| on him a sum of money | 1 |
| ransom | 1 |
| the ransom | 1 |
| thy ransom | 1 |
| villages | 1 |
| with pitch | 1 |
Verses containing H3724
Page 1 of 1. 17 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
- Genesis 6:14
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood; make rooms in the ark and coat it with pitch inside and out.
Read word by word - Exodus 21:30
· BSB · 1 occurrence
If payment is demanded of him instead, he may redeem his life by paying the full amount demanded of him.
Read word by word - Exodus 30:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“When you take a census of the Israelites to number them, each man must pay the LORD a ransom for his life when he is counted. Then no plague will come upon them when they are numbered.
Read word by word - Numbers 35:31
· BSB · 1 occurrence
You are not to accept a ransom for the life of a murderer who deserves to die; he must surely be put to death.
Read word by word - Numbers 35:32
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Nor should you accept a ransom for the person who flees to a city of refuge and allow him to return and live on his own land before the death of the high priest.
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 6:18
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The number of gold rats also corresponded to the number of Philistine cities belonging to the five rulers—the fortified cities and their outlying villages. And the large rock on which they placed the ark of the LORD stands to this day in the field of Joshua of Beth-shemesh.
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 12:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Here I am. Bear witness against me before the LORD and before His anointed: Whose ox or donkey have I taken? Whom have I cheated or oppressed? From whose hand have I accepted a bribe and closed my eyes? Tell me, and I will restore it to you.”
Read word by word - Job 33:24
· BSB · 1 occurrence
to be gracious to him and say, ‘Spare him from going down to the Pit; I have found his ransom,’
Read word by word - Job 36:18
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Be careful that no one lures you with riches; do not let a large bribe lead you astray.
Read word by word - Psalms 49:7
· BSB · 1 occurrence
No man can possibly redeem his brother or pay his ransom to God.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 49.8
- Proverbs 6:35
· BSB · 1 occurrence
He will not be appeased by any ransom, or persuaded by lavish gifts.
Read word by word - Proverbs 13:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Riches may ransom a man’s life, but a poor man hears no threat.
Read word by word - Proverbs 21:18
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The wicked become a ransom for the righteous, and the faithless for the upright.
Read word by word - Song of Solomon 1:14
· BSB · 1 occurrence
My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms in the vineyards of En-gedi.
Read word by word - Song of Solomon 4:13
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Your branches are an orchard of pomegranates with the choicest of fruits, with henna and nard,
Read word by word - Isaiah 43:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior; I give Egypt for your ransom, Cush and Seba in your place.
Read word by word - Amos 5:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For I know that your transgressions are many and your sins are numerous. You oppress the righteous by taking bribes; you deprive the poor of justice in the gate.
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