Strong's Hebrew · H3715
כְּפִיר
kᵉphîyr · kef-eer'
Definitiona village (as covered in by walls); also a young lion (perhaps as covered with a mane)
Derivationfrom H3722 (כָּפַר);
KJV usage(young) lion, village. Compare H3723 (כָּפָר).
Occurrences32 in the KJV · 32 verses
כְּפִיר in Scripture
Judges 14:5
Then went Samson down, and his father and his mother, to Timnath, and came to the vineyards of Timnath: and, behold, a young lion roared against him.
Nehemiah 6:2
That Sanballat and Geshem sent unto me, saying, Come, let us meet together in some one of the villages in the plain of Ono. But they thought to do me mischief.
Job 4:10
The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.
Job 38:39
Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,
Psalms 17:12
Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
Psalms 34:10
The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing .
Psalms 35:17
Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions.
Psalms 58:6
Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.
Psalms 91:13
Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.
Psalms 104:21
The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.
Proverbs 19:12
The king' s wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favor is as dew upon the grass.
Proverbs 20:2
The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.
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