כְּפִיר
kĕpîrîm
young lion
Strong's H3715NounHebrewTWOT 1025a

כְּפִיר (kĕpîrîm) is a Hebrew noun meaning young lion. It appears 32 times in 13 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H3715).

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Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1025a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1025a)young lion; village; lion
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

כְּפִיר noun, masculine: young lion

Strong's H3715 כְּפִיר: a village (as covered in by walls); also a young lion (perhaps as covered with a mane)
KJV:(young) lion, village. Compare H3723.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 1025: כפר kpr — Root of: כְּפִיר young lion; כְּפִירִים villages; כָּפָר village, village of the Ammonites; כֹּ֫פֶר El Ḥenna; כֹּפֶר villages

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Judges 14:5Nehemiah 6:2Job 4:10

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