Hebrew noun (masculine) · H3713
כְּפוֹר
kephorkef-ore'
bowl; frost
12 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: kᵉphôwr
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H3713is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 39Old Testament books
- 12spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H3713
properly, a cover, i.e. (by implication) a tankard (or covered goblet); also white frost (as covering the ground)
The King James renders it: bason, hoar(-y) frost.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
kephor is rendered "bowl; frost". It stands 12 times in the Hebrew text, across five books.
- Six of the uses stand in 1 Chronicles, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "bowl".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Exodus 16:14When the layer of dew had evaporated, there were thin flakes on the desert floor, as fine as frost on the ground.
- The Greek text spells it twelve different ways.
The first use
When the layer of dew had evaporated, there were thin flakes on the desert floor, as fine as frost on the ground.
Exodus 16:14כַּכְּפֹ֖ר
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Six of the word's twelve uses are in 1 Chronicles.
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: bowl, and frost.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| bowlStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereExodus 16:14When the layer of dew had evaporated, there were thin flakes on the desert floor… |
| frostStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- and a bowl2
- and for bowls of2
- bowls of2
- for a bowl2
- and bowls of1
- and frost of1
- frost1
- like the frost1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
The words it stands beside
All 12, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
12 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- וּכְפ֔וֹר1
- וּכְפֽוֹר׃1
- וּכְפֹ֥ר1
- וּכְפֹרֵ֤י1
- וְלִכְפוֹרֵ֨י1
- וְלִכְפוֹרֵ֥י1
- כַּכְּפֹ֖ר1
- כְּ֝פ֗וֹר1
- כְּפוֹרֵ֤י1
- כְּפ֤וֹרֵי1
- לִכְפ֣וֹר1
- לִכְפ֥וֹר1
The grammar of each form
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular2HC/Ncmsa
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)2HC/R/Ncmpc
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)2HNcmpc
- preposition + noun · masculine singular2HR/Ncmsa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)1HC/Ncmpc
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HC/Ncmsc
- noun · masculine singular1HNcmsa
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular1HRd/Ncmsa
Exodus
one use
When the layer of dew had evaporated, there were thin flakes on the desert floor, as fine as frost on the ground.
- כַּכְּפֹ֖רkakeforpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: like the frost
1 Chronicles
six uses
the weight of the pure gold for the forks, sprinkling bowls, and pitchers; the weight of each gold dish; the weight of each silver bowl;
- וְלִכְפוֹרֵ֨יvelikhforeiconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and for bowls of
- לִכְפ֣וֹרlikhforpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: for a bowl
- וּכְפ֔וֹרukheforconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and a bowl
- וְלִכְפוֹרֵ֥יvelikhforeiconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and for bowls of
- לִכְפ֥וֹרlikhforpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: for a bowl
- וּכְפֽוֹר׃ukheforconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and a bowl
Ezra
three uses
30 gold bowls, 410 matching silver bowls, and 1,000 other articles.
- כְּפוֹרֵ֤יkeforeinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: bowls of
- כְּפ֤וֹרֵיkeforeinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: bowls of
20 gold bowls valued at 1,000 darics, and two articles of fine polished bronze, as precious as gold.
- וּכְפֹרֵ֤יukheforeiconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and bowls of
Job
one use
From whose womb does the ice emerge? Who gives birth to the frost from heaven,
- וּכְפֹ֥רukheforconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and frost of
Psalms
one use
He spreads the snow like wool; He scatters the frost like ashes;
- כְּ֝פ֗וֹרkefornoun · masculine singulartagged: frost
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.