Lexical Definition

‎כָּפָר‎ kâphâr (kaw-fawr') Chephar ^H:N-M
from ‎כָּפַר‎

village. Compare ‎כְּפִיר‎.

• a village (as protected by walls)

1) village

See Greek: ἵλεως · κώμη · Καπερναούμ

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎כָּפָר‎] noun masculine village (√ dubious; Late Hebrew ‎כָּפָר‎; Aramaic ‎כַּפְרָנָא‎; Syriac , , Assyrian kapru Dl^{HWB 348}); — singular construct ‎כְּפַר הָעַמּוֺנִי‎ Josh 18:24 Kt village of the Ammonites, or ‎הָעַמּוֺנָה‎ ‎׳‎‎כ‎ Qri, a village of Benjamin, possibly Kefr' Ana' 3 miles north of Bethel Surv^{ii. 299}; plural ‎כְּפָרִים‎ Song 7:12*; 1Chr 27:25.

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