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Isaiah 28:18

“And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

כָּפַרkâphar · kaw-far'
H3722 · Hebrew
Definition
to cover (specifically with bitumen); figuratively, to expiate or condone, to placate or cancel
Derivation
a primitive root;
KJV renderings
appease, make (an atonement, cleanse, disannul, forgive, be merciful, pacify, pardon, purge (away), put off, (make) reconcile(-liation).
Grammar
  • וְ — conjunction
  • כֻפַּ֤ר — verb Pual, sequential perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
Code HC/VPq3ms
Usage
Occurs 103 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 6:14Genesis 32:21Exodus 29:33Exodus 29:36Exodus 29:37

Theological interpretation (AI)

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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.