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Psalms 104:21
“The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
כְּפִירkᵉphîyr · kef-eer'
H3715 · Hebrew
H3715 · Hebrew
- Definition
- a village (as covered in by walls); also a young lion (perhaps as covered with a mane)
- Derivation
- from H3722 (כָּפַר);
- KJV renderings
- (young) lion, village. Compare H3723 (כָּפָר).
- Grammar
- הַ֭ — particle (definite article)
- כְּפִירִים — common noun, masculine, plural, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 32 times in the Hebrew Bible.Judges 14:5Nehemiah 6:2Job 4:10Job 38:39Psalms 17:12
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 כְּפִיר 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.