Strong's Hebrew · H3724

כֹּפֶר

kôpher · ko'-fer

bribe, camphire, pitch, ransom, satisfaction, sum of money, village.

Definition

properly, a cover, i.e. (literally) a village (as covered in); (specifically) bitumen (as used for coating), and the henna plant (as used for dyeing); figuratively, a redemption-price

Derivation

from H3722 (כָּפַר);

Appears 17 times in Scripture

Job 36:18

Be careful that no one lures you with riches; do not let a large bribe lead you astray.

Song of Solomon 4:13

Your branches are an orchard of pomegranates with the choicest of fruits, with henna and nard,

1 Samuel 6:18

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.

Numbers 35:32

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.

Job 33:24

to be gracious to him and say, ‘Spare him from going down to the Pit; I have found his ransom,’

Genesis 6:14

Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood; make rooms in the ark and coat it with pitch inside and out.

Numbers 35:31

You are not to accept a ransom for the life of a murderer who deserves to die; he must surely be put to death.

Exodus 30:12

“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.

Exodus 21:30

If payment is demanded of him instead, he may redeem his life by paying the full amount demanded of him.

1 Samuel 12:3

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.”

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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