Word Study · Strong's H3716 · Hebrew
כְּפִירָה
Kephirah
kef-ee-raw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Kᵉphîyrâh
“Kephirah, a place in Palestine”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Kephirah, a place in Palestine
Rendered in the KJV as
Chephirah.
- 4occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 3inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 4 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 3
- כְּפִירָ֣ה2
- וְהַכְּפִירָ֔ה1
- וְהַכְּפִירָ֖ה1
How it is rendered · 2
- and the Kephirah2
- Kephirah2
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)2
- proper noun (a name)2
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- HC/Td/Npl · 2
- HNpl · 2
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Where this word lives
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Joshua2 occurrences
- Joshua 9:17וְהַכְּפִירָ֔הvehakefirahconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)So the Israelites set out and on the third day arrived at their cities—Gibeon, Chephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath-jearim.here: and the Kephirah
- Joshua 18:26וְהַכְּפִירָ֖הvehakefirahconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)Mizpeh, Chephirah, Mozah,here: and the Kephirah