Lexical Definition

‎כְּפִיר‎ kᵉphîyr (kef-eer') lion ^H:N-M
from ‎כָּפַר‎

(young) lion, village. Compare ‎כָּפָר‎.

• a village (as covered in by walls)
• also a young lion (perhaps as covered with a mane)

1) young lion
2) village

See Greek: δράκων · λέων · πλούσιος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎כְּפִיר‎ noun masculine young lion; — ‎׳‎‎כ‎ Judg 14:5 + 16 t.; plural ‎כְּפִרִים‎ Jer 2:15 + 3 t.; ‎כְּפִירִים‎ Zech 11:3 + 7 t.; suffix ‎כְּפִירַיִךְ‎ Nah 2:14* ‎כְּפִירֶיהָ‎ Ezek 38:13 (Co reads ‎כנעניה‎); — literal ‎אֲרָיוֺת‎ ‎׳‎‎כ‎ Judg 14:5 young lion of lions; Amos 3:4; Ps 17:12. It differs from whelp ‎גּוּר‎ Ezek 19:2; Ezek 19:3 as old enough to hunt its prey, Jer 25:38; Isa 11:6; Zech 11:3; Ps 104:21 in simile of roar of hostile army Isa 5:29 ‎ׅ‎ || ‎(לָבִיא‎ compare Jer 51:38 ‎ׅ‎ || ‎(גּוֺרֵי אריות‎; sim of ‎׳‎‎י‎'s invincible might Isa 31:4 ‎ׅ‎ || ‎(אַרְיֵה‎; of Israel among the nations, Mic 5:7* of Assyr. princes Nah 2:12* of prince of Israel Ezek 19:5; Ezek 19:6 other cases are: || ‎לָבִיא‎ Job 38:39 || ‎שַׁחַל‎ Hos 5:14; Ps 91:13; Job 4:10 of bloodthirsty enemies Ps 34:11*; Ps 35:17; Ps 58:7*; Jer 2:15 ‎גוים‎ ‎׳‎‎כ‎ Ezek 32:2, of young warriors Nah 2:14*; Ezek 38:13 (?; see Co above); righteous compared with, Prov 28:1 king's wrath like roaring of, Prov 19:12; Prov 20:2 of one of faces of cherubim Ezek 41:19.

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