כְּפוֹר
ke.phorbowlHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentNoun · masculine12 occurrences5 books6 verses
Definition
from H3722; properly, a cover, i.e. (by implication) a tankard (or covered goblet); also white frost (as covering the ground)
Traditional renderings: bason, hoar(-y) frost.
Traditional renderings: bason, hoar(-y) frost.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders כְּפוֹר:
- καίkai“and”always
Usage patterns
Occurrences
12 total
- Exodus 16:14כַּכְּפֹ֖ר · as frostWhen the layer of dew had evaporated, there were thin flakes on the desert floor, as fine as frost on the ground.
- 1 Chronicles 28:17וְלִכְפוֹרֵ֨י · dish; לִכְפ֣וֹר; וּכְפ֔וֹר · bowl; וְלִכְפוֹרֵ֥י; לִכְפ֥וֹר; וּכְפֽוֹר׃…the weight of the pure gold for the forks, sprinkling bowls, and pitchers; the weight of each gold dish; the weight of each silver bowl;
- Ezra 1:10כְּפוֹרֵ֤י · bowls; כְּפ֤וֹרֵי · bowls…30 gold bowls, 410 matching silver bowls, and 1,000 other articles.
- Ezra 8:27וּכְפֹרֵ֤י · bowls…20 gold bowls valued at 1,000 darics, and two articles of fine polished bronze, as precious as gold.
- Job 38:29וּכְפֹ֥ר · the frostFrom whose womb does the ice emerge? Who gives birth to the frost from heaven,
- Psalm 147:16כְּ֝פ֗וֹר · the frostHe spreads the snow like wool; He scatters the frost like ashes;