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כִּפֶּר

ki.pherH3722

to atone

Used 102 times in the tagged text.

H3722A · כִּפֶּר · to atone

What it means

  • to cover, purge, make an atonement, make reconciliation
Full dictionary entry (technical)
  • 1) to cover, purge, make an atonement, make reconciliation
  • 1a) (Piel)
  • 1a1) to cover over, pacify, propitiate
  • 1a2) to cover over, atone for sin, make atonement for
  • 1a3) to cover over, atone for sin and persons by legal rites
  • 1b) (Pual)
  • 1b1) to be covered over
  • 1b2) to be atoned for
  • 1c) (Hithpael) to be covered

H3722B · כָּפַר · to cover

Full dictionary entry (technical)
  • (Qal) to coat or cover with pitch

Same idea, other words · Forgiveness, atonement and reconciliation

The Old Testament pictures forgiveness as lifting or covering sin and atonement as a covering made by sacrifice. The New Testament adds release and reconciliation, and names Christ as the place where propitiation happens.

Where it appears

  • Genesis2
  • Exodus8
  • Leviticus49
  • Numbers16
  • Deuteronomy3
  • 1 Samuel1
  • 2 Samuel1
  • 1 Chronicles1
  • 2 Chronicles2
  • Nehemiah1
  • Psalms3
  • Proverbs2
  • Isaiah5
  • Jeremiah1
  • Ezekiel6
  • Daniel1

Every use · 51–100 of 102 · BSB

  1. Leviticus 16:32וְכִפֶּ֨רand he will make atonement

    The priest who is anointed and ordained to succeed his father as high priest shall make atonement. He will put on the sacred linen garments

  2. Leviticus 16:33וְכִפֶּר֙and he will make atonement for

    and make atonement for the Most Holy Place, the Tent of Meeting, and the altar, and for the priests and all the people of the assembly.

  3. Leviticus 16:33יְכַפֵּ֑רhe will make atonement for

    and make atonement for the Most Holy Place, the Tent of Meeting, and the altar, and for the priests and all the people of the assembly.

  4. Leviticus 16:33יְכַפֵּֽרhe will make atonement

    and make atonement for the Most Holy Place, the Tent of Meeting, and the altar, and for the priests and all the people of the assembly.

  5. Leviticus 16:34לְכַפֵּ֞רto make atonement

    This is to be a permanent statute for you, to make atonement once a year for the Israelites because of all their sins.” And all this was done as the LORD had commanded Moses.

  6. Leviticus 17:11לְכַפֵּ֖רto make atonement

    For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you to make atonement for your souls upon the altar; for it is the blood that makes atonement for the soul.

  7. Leviticus 17:11יְכַפֵּֽרit makes atonement

    For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you to make atonement for your souls upon the altar; for it is the blood that makes atonement for the soul.

  8. Leviticus 19:22וְכִפֶּר֩and he will make atonement

    The priest shall make atonement on his behalf before the LORD with the ram of the guilt offering for the sin he has committed, and he will be forgiven the sin he has committed.

  9. Leviticus 23:28לְכַפֵּ֣רto make atonement

    On this day you are not to do any work, for it is the Day of Atonement, when atonement is made for you before the LORD your God.

  10. Numbers 5:8יְכַפֶּר־he will make atonement

    But if the man has no relative to whom restitution can be made for the wrong, the restitution belongs to the LORD and must be given to the priest along with the ram of atonement, by which the atonement is made for him.

  11. Numbers 6:11וְכִפֶּ֣רand he will make atonement

    And the priest is to offer one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering to make atonement for him, because he has sinned by being in the presence of the dead body. On that day he must consecrate his head again.

  12. Numbers 8:12לְכַפֵּ֖רto make atonement

    And the Levites are to lay their hands on the heads of the bulls, and offer to the LORD one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering, to make atonement for the Levites.

  13. Numbers 8:19וּלְכַפֵּ֖רand to make atonement

    And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and his sons from among the Israelites, to perform the service for the Israelites at the Tent of Meeting and to make atonement on their behalf, so that no plague will come against the Israelites when they approach the sanctuary.”

  14. Numbers 8:21וַיְכַפֵּ֧רand he made atonement

    The Levites purified themselves and washed their clothes, and Aaron presented them as a wave offering before the LORD. Aaron also made atonement for them to cleanse them.

  15. Numbers 15:25וְכִפֶּ֣רand he will make atonement

    The priest is to make atonement for the whole congregation of Israel, so that they may be forgiven; for the sin was unintentional and they have brought to the LORD an offering made by fire and a sin offering, presented before the LORD for their unintentional sin.

  16. Numbers 15:28וְכִפֶּ֣רand he will make atonement

    And the priest shall make atonement before the LORD on behalf of the person who erred by sinning unintentionally; and when atonement has been made for him, he will be forgiven.

  17. Numbers 15:28לְכַפֵּ֥רto make atonement

    And the priest shall make atonement before the LORD on behalf of the person who erred by sinning unintentionally; and when atonement has been made for him, he will be forgiven.

  18. Numbers 16:46וְכַפֵּ֣רand make atonement

    Moses said to Aaron, “Take your censer, place fire from the altar in it, and add incense. Go quickly to the congregation and make atonement for them, because wrath has come out from the LORD; the plague has begun.”

  19. Numbers 16:47וַיְכַפֵּ֖רand he made atonement

    So Aaron took the censer as Moses had ordered and ran into the midst of the assembly. And seeing that the plague had begun among the people, he offered the incense and made atonement for the people.

  20. Numbers 25:13וַיְכַפֵּ֖רand he made atonement

    It will be a covenant of permanent priesthood for him and his descendants, because he was zealous for his God and made atonement for the Israelites.”

  21. Numbers 28:22לְכַפֵּ֖רto make atonement

    Include one male goat as a sin offering to make atonement for you.

  22. Numbers 28:30לְכַפֵּ֖רto make atonement

    Include one male goat to make atonement for you.

  23. Numbers 29:5לְכַפֵּ֖רto make atonement

    Include one male goat as a sin offering to make atonement for you.

  24. Numbers 31:50לְכַפֵּ֥רto make atonement

    So we have brought to the LORD an offering of the gold articles each man acquired—armlets, bracelets, rings, earrings, and necklaces—to make atonement for ourselves before the LORD.”

  25. Numbers 35:33יְכֻפַּ֗רit will be atoned

    Do not pollute the land where you live, for bloodshed pollutes the land, and no atonement can be made for the land on which the blood is shed, except by the blood of the one who shed it.

  26. Deuteronomy 21:8כַּפֵּר֩make atonement

    Accept this atonement, O LORD, for Your people Israel whom You have redeemed, and do not hold the shedding of innocent blood against them.” And the bloodshed will be atoned for.

  27. Deuteronomy 21:8וְנִכַּפֵּ֥רand it will be atoned for

    Accept this atonement, O LORD, for Your people Israel whom You have redeemed, and do not hold the shedding of innocent blood against them.” And the bloodshed will be atoned for.

  28. Deuteronomy 32:43וְכִפֶּ֥רand he will make atonement for

    Rejoice, O heavens, with Him, and let all God’s angels worship Him. Rejoice, O nations, with His people; for He will avenge the blood of His children. He will take vengeance on His adversaries and repay those who hate Him; He will cleanse His land and His people.

  29. 1 Samuel 3:14יִתְכַּפֵּ֞רit will be atoned for

    Therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli, ‘The iniquity of Eli’s house shall never be atoned for by sacrifice or offering.’”

  30. 2 Samuel 21:3אֲכַפֵּ֔רwill I make amends

    So David asked the Gibeonites, “What shall I do for you? How can I make amends so that you may bless the inheritance of the LORD?”

  31. 1 Chronicles 6:49וּלְכַפֵּר֙and to make atonement

    But Aaron and his sons did all the work of the Most Holy Place. They presented the offerings on the altar of burnt offering and on the altar of incense to make atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.

  32. 2 Chronicles 29:24לְכַפֵּ֖רto make atonement

    And the priests slaughtered the goats and put their blood on the altar for a sin offering, to make atonement for all Israel, because the king had ordered the burnt offering and the sin offering for all Israel.

  33. 2 Chronicles 30:18יְכַפֵּ֥רmay he make atonement

    A large number of the people—many from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun—had not purified themselves, yet they ate the Passover, contrary to what was written. But Hezekiah interceded for them, saying, “May the LORD, who is good, provide atonement for everyone

  34. Nehemiah 10:33לְכַפֵּ֖רto make atonement

    for the showbread, for the regular grain offerings and burnt offerings, for the Sabbath offerings, for the New Moons and appointed feasts, for the holy offerings, for the sin offerings to make atonement for Israel, and for all the duties of the house of our God.

  35. Psalms 65:3תְכַפְּרֵֽםyou atone for them

    When iniquities prevail against me, You atone for our transgressions.

  36. Psalms 78:38יְכַפֵּ֥רhe atoned for

    And yet He was compassionate; He forgave their iniquity and did not destroy them. He often restrained His anger and did not unleash His full wrath.

  37. Psalms 79:9וְכַפֵּ֥רand atone

    Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of Your name; deliver us and atone for our sins, for the sake of Your name.

  38. Proverbs 16:6יְכֻפַּ֣רit is atoned for

    By loving devotion and faithfulness iniquity is atoned for, and by the fear of the LORD one turns aside from evil.

  39. Proverbs 16:14יְכַפְּרֶֽנָּהhe covers it

    The wrath of a king is a messenger of death, but a wise man will pacify it.

  40. Isaiah 6:7תְּכֻפָּֽרit will be atoned for

    And with it he touched my mouth and said: “Now that this has touched your lips, your iniquity is removed and your sin is atoned for.”

  41. Isaiah 22:14יְ֠כֻפַּרit will be atoned for

    The LORD of Hosts has revealed in my hearing: “Until your dying day, this sin of yours will never be atoned for,” says the Lord GOD of Hosts.

  42. Isaiah 27:9יְכֻפַּ֣רit will be atoned for

    Therefore Jacob’s guilt will be atoned for, and the full fruit of the removal of his sin will be this: When he makes all the altar stones like crushed bits of chalk, no Asherah poles or incense altars will remain standing.

  43. Isaiah 28:18וְכֻפַּ֤רand it will be annulled

    Your covenant with death will be dissolved, and your agreement with Sheol will not stand. When the overwhelming scourge passes through, you will be trampled by it.

  44. Isaiah 47:11כַּפְּרָ֑הּto cover it

    But disaster will come upon you; you will not know how to charm it away. A calamity will befall you that you will be unable to ward off. Devastation will happen to you suddenly and unexpectedly.

  45. Jeremiah 18:23תְּכַפֵּר֙you atone

    But You, O LORD, know all their deadly plots against me. Do not wipe out their guilt or blot out their sin from Your sight. Let them be overthrown before You; deal with them in the time of Your anger.

  46. Ezekiel 16:63בְּכַפְּרִי־when make atonement I

    so that when I make atonement for all you have done, you will remember and be ashamed and never again open your mouth because of your disgrace, declares the Lord GOD.”

  47. Ezekiel 43:20וְכִפַּרְתָּֽהוּand you will make atonement for it

    You are to take some of its blood and put it on the four horns of the altar, on the four corners of the ledge, and all around the rim; thus you will cleanse the altar and make atonement for it.

  48. Ezekiel 43:26יְכַפְּרוּ֙they will make atonement for

    For seven days the priests are to make atonement for the altar and cleanse it; so they shall consecrate it.

  49. Ezekiel 45:15לְכַפֵּ֣רto make atonement

    And one sheep shall be given from each flock of two hundred from the well-watered pastures of Israel. These are for the grain offerings, burnt offerings, and peace offerings, to make atonement for the people, declares the Lord GOD.

  50. Ezekiel 45:17לְכַפֵּ֖רto make atonement

    And it shall be the prince’s part to provide the burnt offerings, grain offerings, and drink offerings for the feasts, New Moons, and Sabbaths—for all the appointed feasts of the house of Israel. He will provide the sin offerings, grain offerings, burnt offerings, and peace offerings to make atonement for the house of Israel.

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