{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H3722",
  "lemma": "כָּפַר",
  "transliteration": "kâphar",
  "definition": "to cover (specifically with bitumen); figuratively, to expiate or condone, to placate or cancel",
  "kjv": "appease, make (an atonement, cleanse, disannul, forgive, be merciful, pacify, pardon…",
  "occurrences": 103,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "כִּפֶּר vb. Pi. etc. denom. cover over (fig.), pacify, make propitiation",
    "Pi.",
    "1. cover over, pacify, propitiate",
    "2. cover over, atone for sin, without sacrifice",
    "3. cover over, atone for sin and persons by legal rites",
    "Pu. be covered over, atoned for",
    "Hithp. the iniquity of the house of Eli shall not be covered by peace-offering or minchah",
    "Niph. and the blood shall be covered for them",
    "כָּפַר vb. denom",
    "כָּפַר vb. denom. Gn 6:14 and thou shalt pitch it with pitch (P)."
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 6:14",
      "text": "Make a ship of gopher wood. You shall make rooms in the ship, and shall seal it inside and outside with pitch.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/6?v=14"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 32:21",
      "text": "You shall say, ‘Not only that, but behold, your servant, Jacob, is behind us.’” For, he said, “I will appease him with…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/32?v=21"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 29:33",
      "text": "They shall eat those things with which atonement was made, to consecrate and sanctify them; but a stranger shall not…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/29?v=33"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 29:36",
      "text": "Every day you shall offer the bull of sin offering for atonement. You shall cleanse the altar when you make atonement…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/29?v=36"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 29:37",
      "text": "Seven days you shall make atonement for the altar, and sanctify it; and the altar shall be most holy. Whatever touches…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/29?v=37"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 30:10",
      "text": "Aaron shall make atonement on its horns once in the year; with the blood of the sin offering of atonement once in the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/30?v=10"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 30:15",
      "text": "The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less, than the half shekel, when they give the offering of…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/30?v=15"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 30:16",
      "text": "You shall take the atonement money from the children of Israel, and shall appoint it for the service of the Tent of…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/30?v=16"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 32:30",
      "text": "On the next day, Moses said to the people, “You have sinned a great sin. Now I will go up to the LORD. Perhaps I shall…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/32?v=30"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Leviticus 1:4",
      "text": "He shall lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/1?v=4"
    }
  ],
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