Strong's Hebrew · H3722
H3722 kâphar
כָּפַר
kaw-far'
to atone
Looking for Greek G3722 órthros? It has the same number in Strong's Greek lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of H3722. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.
kâphar appears 102 times in Scripture, including Genesis 32:20 and Exodus 29:33. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
to cover (specifically with bitumen); figuratively, to expiate or condone, to placate or cancel
In the King James Version
appease, make (an atonement, cleanse, disannul, forgive, be merciful, pacify, pardon, purge (away), put off, (make) reconcile(-liation).
Derivation
a primitive root;
Appears 102 times in Scripture
“Regarding any holy thing he has harmed, he must make restitution by adding a fifth of its value to it and giving it to the priest, who will make atonement on his behalf with the ram as a guilt offering, and he will be forgiven.”
“On this day you are not to do any work, for it is the Day of Atonement, when atonement is made for you before the LORD your God.”
“They must eat those things by which atonement was made for their ordination and consecration. But no outsider may eat them, because these things are sacred.”
“Sacrifice a bull as a sin offering each day for atonement. Purify the altar by making atonement for it, and anoint it to consecrate it.”
“He shall offer this bull just as he did the bull for the sin offering; in this way the priest will make atonement on their behalf, and they will be forgiven.”
“If, however, the person is poor and cannot afford these offerings, he is to take one male lamb as a guilt offering to be waved to make atonement for him, along with a tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with olive oil for a grain offering, a log of olive oil,”
“and offer it on the altar, with the grain offering, to make atonement for him, and he will be clean.”
“Then the priest is to sacrifice the sin offering and make atonement for the one to be cleansed from his uncleanness. After that, the priest shall slaughter the burnt offering”
“You are also to say, ‘Look, your servant Jacob is right behind us.’” For he thought, “I will appease Esau with the gift that is going before me. After that I can face him, and perhaps he will accept me.””
“He must burn all its fat on the altar, like the fat of the peace offerings; thus the priest will make atonement for that man’s sin, and he will be forgiven.”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
