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כָּפַר

kaphar

kaw-far'

Strong's 1890 spelling: kâphar

to cover (specifically with bitumen)

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

to cover (specifically with bitumen); figuratively, to expiate or condone, to placate or cancel

Rendered in the KJV as

appease, make (an atonement, cleanse, disannul, forgive, be merciful, pacify, pardon, purge (away), put off, (make) reconcile(-liation).

  • 102
    occurrencesin the Old Testament
  • 16 of 39
    Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
  • 47
    inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 102 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 47

  • וְכִפֶּ֥ר10
  • לְכַפֵּ֖ר10
  • לְכַפֵּ֥ר9
  • וְכִפֶּ֨ר7
  • וְכִפֶּ֣ר6
  • לְכַפֵּ֣ר5
  • יְכַפֵּ֥ר4
  • וְכִפֶּר֩3
  • וַיְכַפֵּ֖ר2
  • וְכִפֶּ֤ר2
  • וְכִפֶּ֧ר2
  • וְכַפֵּ֥ר2

and 35 more spellings in the ledger below.

How it is rendered · 36

  • and he will make atonement29
  • to make atonement25
  • he will make atonement6
  • it will be atoned for4
  • and he made atonement3
  • and make atonement3
  • and he will make atonement for2
  • and to make atonement2
  • and atone1
  • and he has made atonement1
  • and it will be annulled1
  • and it will be atoned for1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 26

  • Hc/Vpq3ms32
  • preposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)26
  • verb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular10
  • conjunction (“and”) + verb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine singular4
  • verb · intensive passive (pual), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular4
  • conjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)3
  • Hc/Vpw3ms3
  • verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common singular2
  • Hc/VDq3ms1
  • Hc/Vpq2mp1
  • Hc/Vpq2ms/Sp3ms1
  • Hc/VPq3ms1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
  • Hc/Vpq3ms · 32
  • HR/Vpcc · 26
  • HVpi3ms · 10
  • HC/Vpv2ms · 4
  • HVPi3ms · 4
  • HC/R/Vpcc · 3
  • Hc/Vpw3ms · 3
  • HVpc1cs · 2
  • Hc/VDq3ms · 1
  • Hc/Vpq2mp · 1
  • Hc/Vpq2ms/Sp3ms · 1
  • Hc/VPq3ms · 1

All 102, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Leviticus carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.

Genesis2 occurrences
Exodus8 occurrences
Leviticus49 occurrences
Numbers16 occurrences
Deuteronomy3 occurrences
1 Samuel1 occurrence
2 Samuel1 occurrence
1 Chronicles1 occurrence
2 Chronicles2 occurrences
Nehemiah1 occurrence
Psalms3 occurrences
Proverbs2 occurrences
Isaiah5 occurrences
Jeremiah1 occurrence
Ezekiel6 occurrences
Daniel1 occurrence

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Trails through this word

Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), CC BY 4.0 — their grammar codes written out in English here, and shown as tagged under each list. Dictionary: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).