כִּפֶּר kipher

Hebrew word for “to atone” · Strong’s H3722 · used 102 times in 94 verses

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Meaning

1) to cover, purge, make an atonement, make reconciliation;

Senses in the lexicon

• to atone (101)
• to cover (1)

How it is translated

Glosses given for kipher in context, with how often each is used:

• will make atonement 36
• make atonement 31
• will make atonement for 6
• will be atoned for 5
• made atonement 3
• will cover 2
• atone for 2
• atoned for 2
• atone 2
• atoned 1
• when making atonement 1
• will atone 1

Where it is used

Also in 4 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Leviticus 16 (13), Leviticus 14 (7), Leviticus 5 (5), Leviticus 4 (4), Exodus 29 (3), Exodus 30 (3), Numbers 8 (3), Ezekiel 45 (3), Leviticus 6 (2), Leviticus 8 (2)

Forms

• וכפר 37
• לכפר 25
• יכפר 14
• תכפר 3
• ולכפר 3
• ויכפר 3
• אכפרה 2
• כפר 2
• בכפרך 1
• מכפר 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with kipher more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• חַטָּאת chattat “sin” 38
• כֹּהֵן kohen “priest” 27
• עֹלָה olah “burnt offering” 17
• סָלַח salach “to forgive” 12
• מִזְבֵּחַ mizbeach “altar” 17
• טָהֵר taher “be pure” 12
• קֹדֶשׁ qodesh “holiness” 16
• חָטָא chata “to sin” 14
• אֶחָד echad “one” 16
• דָּם dam “blood” 12
• עָוֺן avan “iniquity” 10
• בַּעַד bead “about/through/for” 8

Key verses

The verses using kipher that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Leviticus 1:4 — And he shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt offering; and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him.
• Leviticus 4:31 — And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat is taken away from off the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall burn it upon the altar for…
• Leviticus 4:35 — And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat of the lamb is taken away from the sacrifice of the peace offerings; and the priest shall burn them upon…
• Numbers 16:46 — And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and put on incense, and go quickly unto the congregation, and make an…
• Numbers 25:13 — And he shall have it, and his seed after him, even the covenant of an everlasting priesthood; because he was zealous for his God, and made an atonement for the…
• Deuteronomy 32:43 — Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people: for he will avenge the blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will be merciful unto…
• Psalms 78:38 — But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath.
• Proverbs 16:6 — By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.
• Isaiah 27:9 — By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as…
• Ezekiel 16:63 — That thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more because of thy shame, when I am pacified toward thee for all that thou hast…
• Ezekiel 45:17 — And it shall be the prince’s part to give burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and drink offerings, in the feasts, and in the new moons, and in the sabbaths,…
• Daniel 9:24 — Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for…

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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.