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Strong's H3724 כֹּפֶר (kopher)

Kopher means “village” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G3724 — horizo (“declare”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H3724
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 17
Books 10

Strong's H3724 Quick Answer

Strong's H3724 כּוֹפֶר (kopher) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. kopher (ko'-fer) n-m. 1. (properly) a cover, i.e. (literally) a village (as covered in) 2. (specifically) bitumen (as used for coating), and the henna plant (as used for dyeing) It has 17 linked Bible usages across 10 books. Visible English usage signals include pitch and plants. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
kopher (ko'-fer) n-m. 1. (properly) a cover, i.e. (literally) a village (as covered in) 2. (specifically) bitumen (as used for coating), and the henna plant (as used for dyeing)
Usage
17 linked usages
Books
10 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
pitch and plants

Meaning and Definition

kopher (ko'-fer) n-m. 1. (properly) a cover, i.e. (literally) a village (as covered in) 2. (specifically) bitumen (as used for coating), and the henna plant (as used for dyeing) 3. (figuratively) a redemption-price [from H3722] KJV: bribe, camphire, pitch, ransom, satisfaction, sum of money, village. Root(s): H3722

Original Word
כּוֹפֶר
Transliteration
kopher
Derivation
Root: כפר First root strongs: 3722
Morphology
noun masc

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H3724. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

How Strong's H3724 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render kopher, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

How Strong's H3724 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 17 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H3724 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H3724 in the Old Testament

17 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 6:14 KJV

Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.

Exodus 21:30 KJV

If there be laid on him a sum of money, then he shall give for the ransom of his life whatsoever is laid upon him.

Exodus 30:12 KJV

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 them; that there be no plague among them, when thou numberest them.

Usage Excerpts

First 17 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H3724.

Genesis 6:14 Old Testament, KJV
Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.
Exodus 21:30 Old Testament, KJV
If there be laid on him a sum of money, then he shall give for the ransom of his life whatsoever is laid upon him.
Exodus 30:12 Old Testament, KJV
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 them; that there be no plague among them, when thou numberest them.
Numbers 35:31 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Numbers 35:32 Old Testament, KJV
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.
1 Samuel 6:18 Old Testament, KJV
And the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both of fenced cities, and of country villages, even unto the great stone of Abel, whereon they set down the ark of the LORD: which stone remaineth unto this day in the field of Joshua, the Bethshemite.
1 Samuel 12:3 Old Testament, KJV
Behold, here I am: 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 have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.
Job 33:24 Old Testament, KJV
Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.
Job 36:18 Old Testament, KJV
Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.
Psalms 49:7 Old Testament, KJV
None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:
Proverbs 6:35 Old Testament, KJV
He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.
Proverbs 13:8 Old Testament, KJV
The ransom of a man's life are his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke.
Proverbs 21:18 Old Testament, KJV
The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.
Song of Solomon 1:14 Old Testament, KJV
My beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of Engedi.
Song of Solomon 4:13 Old Testament, KJV
Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard,
Isaiah 43:3 Old Testament, KJV
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 Old Testament, KJV
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 right.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H3724, grouped by book.

Genesis 1 usage, Old Testament
Exodus 2 usages, Old Testament
Numbers 2 usages, Old Testament
1 Samuel 2 usages, Old Testament
Job 2 usages, Old Testament
Psalms 1 usage, Old Testament
Proverbs 3 usages, Old Testament
Song of Solomon 2 usages, Old Testament
Isaiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Amos 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H3724 FAQ

What does kopher (כֹּפֶר) mean?

Kopher (Strong's H3724) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "village". kopher (ko'-fer) n-m. 1. (properly) a cover, i.e. (literally) a village (as covered in) 2. (specifically) bitumen (as used for coating), and the henna plant (as used for dyeing)

How many times is kopher (כֹּפֶר) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 17 linked usages for Strong's H3724 across 10 books.

Where can I study kopher (כֹּפֶר) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H3724 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate kopher (כֹּפֶר)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as pitch and plants. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.