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Leviticus 16:32
“And the priest, whom he shall anoint, and whom he shall consecrate to minister in the priest’s office in his father’s stead, shall make the atonement, and shall put on the linen clothes, even the holy garments:” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
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
- כִפֶּ֨ר — verb Piel, sequential perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 103 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 6:14Genesis 32:21Exodus 29:33Exodus 29:36Exodus 29:37
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 כָּפַר 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.