Word Study · Strong's H3725 · Hebrew
כִּפֻּר
kippur
kip-poor'
“expiation (only in plural)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
expiation (only in plural)
Rendered in the KJV as
atonement.
- 8occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 5inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 8 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 5
- הַכִּפֻּרִ֔ים3
- הַכִּפֻּרִ֗ים2
- הַכִּפֻּרִ֣ים1
- הַכִּפֻּרִים֙1
- כִּפֻּרִים֙1
How it is rendered · 2
- the atonements7
- atonements1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine plural7
- noun · masculine plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HTd/Ncmpa · 7
- HNcmpa · 1
All 8, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Exodus carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Exodus3 occurrences
- Exodus 29:36הַכִּפֻּרִ֔יםhakipurimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluralSacrifice a bull as a sin offering each day for atonement. Purify the altar by making atonement for it, and anoint it to consecrate it.here: the atonements
- Exodus 30:10הַכִּפֻּרִ֗יםhakipurimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluralOnce a year Aaron shall make atonement on the horns of the altar. Throughout your generations he shall make atonement on it annually with the blood of the sin offering of atonement. The altar is most holy to the LORD.”here: the atonements
- Exodus 30:16הַכִּפֻּרִ֗יםhakipurimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluralTake the atonement money from the Israelites and use it for the service of the Tent of Meeting. It will serve as a memorial for the Israelites before the LORD to make atonement for your lives.”here: the atonements
Leviticus3 occurrences
- Leviticus 23:27הַכִּפֻּרִ֣יםhakipurimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine plural“The tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement. You shall hold a sacred assembly and humble yourselves, and present an offering made by fire to the LORD.here: the atonements
- Leviticus 23:28כִּפֻּרִים֙kipurimnoun · masculine pluralOn this day you are not to do any work, for it is the Day of Atonement, when atonement is made for you before the LORD your God.here: atonements
- Leviticus 25:9הַכִּפֻּרִ֔יםhakipurimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluralThen you are to sound the horn far and wide on the tenth day of the seventh month, the Day of Atonement. You shall sound it throughout your land.here: the atonements
Numbers2 occurrences
- Numbers 5:8הַכִּפֻּרִ֔יםhakipurimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluralBut if the man has no relative to whom restitution can be made for the wrong, the restitution belongs to the LORD and must be given to the priest along with the ram of atonement, by which the atonement is made for him.here: the atonements
- Numbers 29:11הַכִּפֻּרִים֙hakipurimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluralInclude one male goat for a sin offering, in addition to the sin offering of atonement and the regular burnt offering with its grain offering and drink offerings.here: the atonements