כֹּפֶר kopher

Hebrew word for “ransom” · Strong’s H3724 · used 17 times in 17 verses

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Meaning

price of a life, ransom, bribe

Senses in the lexicon

• ransom (13)
• henna (2)
• pitch (1)
• village (1)

How it is translated

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

• ransom 13
• henna blossom 1
• henna plants 1
• pitch 1
• villages 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Numbers 35 (2), Genesis 6 (1), Exodus 21 (1), Exodus 30 (1), 1 Samuel 6 (1), 1 Samuel 12 (1), Job 33 (1), Job 36 (1), Psalms 49 (1), Proverbs 6 (1)

Forms

• כפר 12
• כפרו 1
• כפרך 1
• הכפר 1
• כפרים 1
• בכפר 1

Words used with it

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

• נֶפֶשׁ nephesh “soul” 4
• לָקַח laqach “to take” 4
• צַדִּיק tsaddiq “righteous” 2
• נָטָה natah “to stretch” 2
• רָשָׁע rasah “wicked” 2
• רַב rav “many” 2
• תַּחַת tachat “underneath” 2
• נָשָׂא nasa “to lift” 2
• נִי ni “me” 2
• עִיר ir “city” 2
• שׁוּב shuv “to return” 2
• עַד ad “till” 2

Key verses

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

• 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…
• 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.
• 1 Samuel 12:3 — Behold, here I 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…
• Job 33:24 — Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.
• Job 36:18 — Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.
• Psalms 49:7 — None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:
• Proverbs 6:35 — He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.
• Proverbs 13:8 — The ransom of a man’s life are his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke.
• Song of Solomon 1:14 — My beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of En-gedi.
• Song of Solomon 4:13 — Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard,
• 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.
• 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…

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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.