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Ezra 8:27
“Also twenty basons of gold, of a thousand drams; and two vessels of fine copper, precious as gold.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
כְּפוֹרkᵉphôwr · kef-ore'
H3713 · Hebrew
H3713 · Hebrew
- Definition
- properly, a cover, i.e. (by implication) a tankard (or covered goblet); also white frost (as covering the ground)
- Derivation
- from H3722 (כָּפַר);
- KJV renderings
- bason, hoar(-y) frost.
- Grammar
- וּ — conjunction
- כְפֹרֵ֤י — common noun, masculine, plural, construct
- Usage
- Occurs 12 times in the Hebrew Bible.Exodus 16:141 Chronicles 28:171 Chronicles 28:171 Chronicles 28:171 Chronicles 28:17
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read כְּפוֹר here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.