What does כְּפִיר · λέων mean in the Bible?
כְּפִיר · λέων is a Hebrew phrase meaning "young lion, roaring lion".
Hebrew · H3715, G3023
כְּפִיר
A village (as covered in by walls); also a young lion (perhaps as covered with a mane) · a "lion"
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כְּפִיר H3715 a village (as covered in by walls); also a young lion (perhaps as covered with a mane)
Pronunciation kĕpiyr
Two distinct meanings share one root: young lion dominates biblical usage; village sense rare and archaic.
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λέων G3023 a "lion"
Pronunciation léōn
A lion represents both the threatening enemy devouring believers and the conquering Christ-figure in Revelation.
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What does כְּפִיר (kephir) mean in the Bible?
כְּפִיר · λέων is a Hebrew phrase meaning "young lion, roaring lion".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H3715, G3023?
H3715, G3023 is connected to 32 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. young lion, roaring lion
Strong's H3715, G3023
Lexical occurrences 32 verses Source Gloss
young lion, roaring lion
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
כְּפִיר is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain