Lexical Summary Kphiyrah: a city in Benjamin Original Word: כְּפִירָהTransliteration: Kphiyrah Phonetic Spelling: (kef-ee-raw') Part of Speech: Proper Name Location Short Definition: a city in Benjamin Meaning: a city in Benjamin Strong's Concordance Chephirah Feminine of kphiyr; the village (always with the art.); Kephirah, a place in Palestine -- Chephirah. see HEBREW kphiyr Brown-Driver-Briggs H3716. Kphiyrah כְּפִירָה proper name, of a location city of the Hivites subsequently assigned to Benjamin., Joshua 9:17; 18:26; Ezra 2:25 = Nehemiah 7:29; ᵐ5 Κεφειρα, etc.; = modern Kefireh RobBR iii, 146 GuérinJud. i. 283 ff. Memiii. 36 BuhlG. § 94, p.169. כְּפִירִים Nehemiah 6:2, probably = foregoing (ᵐ5 and others appellative noun = villages). IV. כפר (√ of following, = dig ? compare Sabean כפר, verb dig, noun cave, DHMAnzeiger d. Wiener Akkadian, phil.-hist. Cl., Dec. 17, 1884, quoted by EutNab 27; Nöib. compare also Ethiopic basket, measure; Nabataean כפר cave, sepulcher, synonym of קברא Nö in EutNab ib.) |
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