כָּפָרkâphâr

village (Joshua 18:24; Song of Solomon 7:12; 1 Chronicles 27:25)

Pronunciation: kaw-fawr' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3723

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 3 times in the Bible.

  • Joshua 18:24 Kephar-ammoni, Ophni, and Geba—twelve towns with their surrounding villages.
  • 1 Chronicles 27:25 Azmaveth son of Adiel was in charge of the palace treasuries. Jonathan son of Uzziah was in charge of the regional treasuries throughout the towns, villages, and fortresses of Israel.
  • Song of Solomon 7:11 Come, my love, let us go out to the fields and spend the night among the wildflowers.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).