Lexical Summary kephir: young lion Original Word: כְּפִירTransliteration: kephir Phonetic Spelling: (kef-eer') Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Short Definition: young lion Meaning: a village, a young lion Strong's Concordance young lion, village From kaphar; a village (as covered in by walls); also a young lion (perhaps as covered with a mane) -- (young) lion, village. Compare kaphar. see HEBREW kaphar see HEBREW kaphar Brown-Driver-Briggs H3715. kephir כְּפִיר noun masculine young lion; — ׳כ Judges 14:5 16t.; plural כְּפִרִים Jeremiah 2:15 3t.; כְּפִירִים Zechariah 11:3 7t.; suffix כְּפִירַיִךְ Nahum 2:14; כְּפִירֶיהָ Ezekiel 38:13 (Co reads כנעניה); — literal ׳כ אֲרָיוֺת Judges 14:5 young lion of lions; Amos 3:4; Psalm 17:12. It differs from whelp גּוּר Ezekiel 19:2-3,as old enough to hunt its prey, Jeremiah 25:38; Isaiah 11:6; Zechariah 11:3; Psalm 104:21; in simile of roar of hostile army Isaiah 5:29 ׅ "" (לָבִיא compare Jeremiah 51:38 ׅ "" אריות (גּוֺרֵי; sim of ׳יs invincible might Isaiah 31:4 ׅ "" (אַרְיֵה; of Israel among the nations, Micah 5:7; of Assyr. princes Nahum 2:12; of prince of Israel Ezekiel 19:5-6, other cases are: "" לָבִיא Job 38:39; "" שַׁחַל Hosea 5:14; Psalm 91:13; Job 4:10; of bloodthirsty enemies Psalm 34:11; 35:17; 58:7; Jeremiah 2:15; ׳כ גוים Ezekiel 32:2, of young warriors Nahum 2:14; 38:13 (?; see Co above); righteous compared with, Proverbs 28:1; king's wrath like roaring of, 19:12; 20:2; of one of faces of cherubim Ezekiel 41:19. |
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