Kopher כֹּפֶר

Kopher (Hebrew כֹּפֶר, Strong's H3724) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “ransom”. It occurs 17 times in 17 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

H3724A: ransom

H3724C: henna

H3724B: pitch

H3724D: village

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

Translated as

Verses

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

Genesis

• Genesis 6:14
  Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood; make rooms in the ark and coat it with pitch inside and out.

Exodus

• Exodus 21:30
  If there be laid on him a sum of money, then he shall give for the ransom of his life whatsoever is laid upon him.If payment is demanded of him instead, he may redeem his life by paying the full amount demanded of him.
• Exodus 30:12
  When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel after their number, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto the Lord, when thou numberest them; that there be no plague among them, when thou numberest them.“When you take a census of the Israelites to number them, each man must pay the LORD a ransom for his life when he is counted. Then no plague will come upon them when they are numbered.

Numbers

• Numbers 35:31
  Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, which is guilty of death: but he shall be surely put to death.You are not to accept a ransom for the life of a murderer who deserves to die; he must surely be put to death.
• Numbers 35:32
  And ye shall take no satisfaction for him that is fled to the city of his refuge, that he should come again to dwell in the land, until the death of the priest.Nor should you accept a ransom for the person who flees to a city of refuge and allow him to return and live on his own land before the death of the high priest.

1 Samuel

• 1 Samuel 6:18
  And the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both of fenced cities, and of country villages, even unto the great stone of Abel, whereon they set down the ark of the Lord: which stone remaineth unto this day in the field of Joshua, the Beth–shemite.The number of gold rats also corresponded to the number of Philistine cities belonging to the five rulers—the fortified cities and their outlying villages. And the large rock on which they placed the ark of the LORD stands to this day in the field of Joshua of Beth-shemesh.
• 1 Samuel 12:3
  Behold, here I am: witness against me before the Lord, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.Here I am. Bear witness against me before the LORD and before His anointed: Whose ox or donkey have I taken? Whom have I cheated or oppressed? From whose hand have I accepted a bribe and closed my eyes? Tell me, and I will restore it to you.”

Job

• Job 33:24
  Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.to be gracious to him and say, ‘Spare him from going down to the Pit; I have found his ransom,’
• Job 36:18
  Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.Be careful that no one lures you with riches; do not let a large bribe lead you astray.

Psalms

• Psalm 49:7
  None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:No man can possibly redeem his brother or pay his ransom to God.

Proverbs

• Proverbs 6:35
  He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.He will not be appeased by any ransom, or persuaded by lavish gifts.
• Proverbs 13:8
  The ransom of a man’s life are his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke.Riches may ransom a man’s life, but a poor man hears no threat.
• Proverbs 21:18
  The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.The wicked become a ransom for the righteous, and the faithless for the upright.

Song of Solomon

• Song of Solomon 1:14
  My beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of En–gedi.My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms in the vineyards of En-gedi.
• Song of Solomon 4:13
  Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard,Your branches are an orchard of pomegranates with the choicest of fruits, with henna and nard,

Isaiah

• Isaiah 43:3
  For I am the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.For I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior; I give Egypt for your ransom, Cush and Seba in your place.

Amos

• Amos 5:12
  For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.For I know that your transgressions are many and your sins are numerous. You oppress the righteous by taking bribes; you deprive the poor of justice in the gate.

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).