כִּפֻּרkippur
atonement (Exodus 30:10; Numbers 29:11; Leviticus 23:27; Leviticus 23:28; Leviticus 25:9)
Pronunciation: kip-poor' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3725
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 8 times in the Bible.
- Exodus 29:36 Each day you must sacrifice a young bull as a sin offering to purify them, making them right with the Lord. Afterward, cleanse the altar by purifying it; make it holy by anointing it with oil.
- Exodus 30:10 “Once a year Aaron must purify the altar by smearing its horns with blood from the offering made to purify the people from their sin. This will be a regular, annual event from generation to generation, for this is the Lord’s most holy altar.”
- Exodus 30:16 Receive this ransom money from the Israelites, and use it for the care of the Tabernacle. It will bring the Israelites to the Lord’s attention, and it will purify your lives.”
- Leviticus 23:27 “Be careful to celebrate the Day of Atonement on the tenth day of that same month—nine days after the Festival of Trumpets. You must observe it as an official day for holy assembly, a day to deny yourselves and present special gifts to the Lord.
- Leviticus 23:28 Do no work during that entire day because it is the Day of Atonement, when offerings of purification are made for you, making you right with the Lord your God.
- Leviticus 25:9 Then on the Day of Atonement in the fiftieth year, blow the ram’s horn loud and long throughout the land.
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).