כְּפִיר kephir
Hebrew word for “lion” · Strong’s H3715 · used 32 times in 32 verses
Meaning
young lion
Senses in the lexicon
- lion (31)
- Hakkephirim (1)
How it is translated
Glosses given for kephir in context, with how often each is used:
- young lions 12
- young lion 10
- like young lion 4
- like a young lion 3
- like young lions 2
- kephirim 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ezekiel | 7 | 0.4 | |
| Psalms | 6 | 0.3 | |
| Proverbs | 3 | 0.4 | |
| Isaiah | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Jeremiah | 3 | 0.1 | |
| Job | 2 | 0.2 | |
| Nahum | 2 | 3.6 | |
| Judges | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Nehemiah | 1 | 0.2 | |
| Hosea | 1 | 0.4 | |
| Amos | 1 | 0.5 | |
| Micah | 1 | 0.7 |
Also in 1 more book.
Chapters where it is used most
Ezekiel 19 (4), Nahum 2 (2), Judges 14 (1), Nehemiah 6 (1), Job 4 (1), Job 38 (1), Psalms 17 (1), Psalms 34 (1), Psalms 35 (1), Psalms 58 (1)
Forms
- כפיר 8
- כפירים 5
- ככפיר 5
- וככפיר 2
- כפרים 2
- מכפירים 1
- הכפירים 1
- ככפירים 1
- וכפיר 1
- והכפיר 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with kephir more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- אַרְיֵה aryeh “lion” 10
- טֶרֶף tereph “prey” 8
- שָׁאַג shaag “to roar” 6
- טָרַף taraph “to tear” 5
- גּוּר gur “whelp” 4
- לָבִיא lavi “lion” 4
- שַׁחַל shachal “lion” 3
- שְׁאָגָה sheagah “roaring” 3
- קוֹל qol “voice” 6
- אַיִן ayin “nothing” 6
- נַהַם naham “roaring” 2
- יָחְדָּו yachdav “together” 3
Key verses
The verses using kephir that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Psalms 91:13 — Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.
- Proverbs 19:12 — The king’s wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.
- Proverbs 28:1 — The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.
- Isaiah 5:29 — Their roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry it away safe, and none…
- Isaiah 11:6 — The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little…
- Isaiah 31:4 — For thus hath the LORD spoken unto me, Like as the lion and the young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called forth against him, he…
- Jeremiah 2:15 — The young lions roared upon him, and yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant.
- Ezekiel 32:2 — Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him, Thou art like a young lion of the nations, and thou art as a whale in the seas:…
- Hosea 5:14 — For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will take away, and none shall rescue him.
- Micah 5:8 — And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of…
- Nahum 2:13 — Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour thy young lions: and I will cut off…
- Zechariah 11:3 — There is a voice of the howling of the shepherds; for their glory is spoiled: a voice of the roaring of young lions; for the pride of Jordan is spoiled.
See all 32 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.