Strong's H3715 · Hebrew
כְּפִיר
kᵉphîyr · /kef-eer'/
Definition
a village (as covered in by walls); also a young lion (perhaps as covered with a mane)
KJV: (young) lion, village. Compare H3723 (כָּפָר).
Root / derivation: from H3722 (כָּפַר);
KJV usage breakdown
How the Authorized (KJV) translators rendered כְּפִיר across 32 verses.
Every occurrence (KJV)
32 verses use this word, grouped by book — the translated form is highlighted.
Job2 verses
Psalms6 verses
Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places. Like: Heb. The likeness of him (that is, of every one of them) is as a lion that desireth to ravin lurking: Heb. sitting
Psalms 34:10The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing.
Psalms 35:17Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions. darling: Heb. only one
Psalms 58:6Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.
Psalms 91:13Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet. adder: or, asp
Psalms 104:21The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.
Proverbs3 verses
The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.
Proverbs 20:2The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.
Proverbs 28:1The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.
Isaiah3 verses
Their roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry it away safe, and none shall deliver it.
Isaiah 11:6The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.
Isaiah 31:4For thus hath the LORD spoken unto me, Like as the lion and the young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called forth against him, he will not be afraid of their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so shall the LORD of hosts come down to fight for mount Zion, and for the hill thereof. noise: or, multitude
Jeremiah3 verses
The young lions roared upon him, and yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant. yelled: Heb. gave out their voice
Jeremiah 25:38He hath forsaken his covert, as the lion: for their land is desolate because of the fierceness of the oppressor, and because of his fierce anger. desolate: Heb. a desolation
Jeremiah 51:38They shall roar together like lions: they shall yell as lions' whelps. yell: or, shake themselves
Ezekiel7 verses
And say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions.
Ezekiel 19:3And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men.
Ezekiel 19:5Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her whelps, and made him a young lion.
Ezekiel 19:6And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion, and learned to catch the prey, and devoured men.
Ezekiel 32:2Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him, Thou art like a young lion of the nations, and thou art as a whale in the seas: and thou camest forth with thy rivers, and troubledst the waters with thy feet, and fouledst their rivers. whale: or, dragon
Ezekiel 38:13Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?
Ezekiel 41:19So that the face of a man was toward the palm tree on the one side, and the face of a young lion toward the palm tree on the other side: it was made through all the house round about.
Nahum2 verses
Where is the dwelling of the lions, and the feedingplace of the young lions, where the lion, even the old lion, walked, and the lion's whelp, and none made them afraid?
Nahum 2:13Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour thy young lions: and I will cut off thy prey from the earth, and the voice of thy messengers shall no more be heard.
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Frequently asked questions
What does Strong's H3715 (kᵉphîyr) mean?
a village (as covered in by walls); also a young lion (perhaps as covered with a mane)
How many times does H3715 appear in the Bible?
Strong's H3715 (כְּפִיר) appears in 32 verses of the King James Version, most often translated “lion.”
How is kᵉphîyr translated in the KJV?
In the KJV, Strong's H3715 is rendered as “lion” (16×), “lions” (14×), “villages” (1×), “young” (1×).
Where does the Hebrew word כְּפִיר come from?
from H3722 (כָּפַר);