Kipher כִּפֶּר

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Kipher
כִּפֶּר
Transliterationkipher
Strong's numberH3722 (H3722A, H3722B)
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechverb
Glossto atone
Occurrences102 in 94 verses
Most frequent inLeviticus (44)

Kipher (Hebrew כִּפֶּר, Strong's H3722) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to atone”. It occurs 102 times in 94 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

H3722A: to atone

1) to cover, purge, make an atonement, make reconciliation
1a) (Piel)
1a1) to cover over, pacify, propitiate
1a2) to cover over, atone for sin, make atonement for
1a3) to cover over, atone for sin and persons by legal rites
1b) (Pual)
1b1) to be covered over
1b2) to be atoned for
1c) (Hithpael) to be covered

H3722B: to cover

(Qal) to coat or cover with pitch

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVatonement (71), purged (5), reconciliation (4), made (2), reconcile (2), merciful (2), away (2), purge (2), pitch (1), appease (1), reconciling (1), cleansed (1), and 8 other renderings
BSBmake atonement (32), will make atonement (14), shall make atonement (4), atone (3), makes atonement (3), making atonement (2), he shall make atonement (2), atonement is made (2), made atonement (2), will be atoned (2), be atoned (2), coat (1), and 27 other renderings

Topics

Verses

Every verse with Kipher, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

Exodus

Leviticus

Numbers

Deuteronomy

1 Samuel

2 Samuel

1 Chronicles

2 Chronicles

Nehemiah

Psalms

Proverbs

Isaiah

Jeremiah

Ezekiel

Daniel

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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