The meaning of “כֹּפֶר”
Understanding kôpher reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
bribe, camphire, pitch, ransom, satisfaction, sum of money, village. - properly, a cover, i.e. (literally) a village (as...
כֹּפֶר
bribe, camphire, pitch, ransom, satisfaction, sum of money, village. - 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 1) price of a life, ransom, bribe 2) asphalt, pitch (as a covering) 3) the henna plant, name of a plant (henna?) 4) village
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 6:14 | “Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.” Word: כֹּפֶר (kôpher) | |
| Numbers 35:32 | “And ye shall take no satisfaction for him that is fled to the city of his refuge, that he should come again to dwell in the land, until the death of the priest.” Word: כֹּפֶר (kôpher) | |
| Job 36:18 | “Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.” Word: כֹּפֶר (kôpher) | |
| Proverbs 13:8 | “The ransom of a man’s life are his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke.” Word: כֹּפֶר (kôpher) | |
| 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.” Word: כֹּפֶר (kôpher) |
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