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3720 – כָּפָן (kafan)

famine


Type:
Noun Noun
 
masc. ♂ masculine
 
Hebrew: כָּפָן (kafan)
Pronunciation: ka-fan    Listen
Gematria: 800(20 + 80 + 700)    words with the same gematria
Origin: from H3719 (כָּפַן):unger (as making to stoop with emptiness and pain)
Usage: 2 times in OT

Description

1) hunger, famine, painful hunger


Origin

from H3719 (כָּפַן):unger (as making to stoop with emptiness and pain):

כָּפַןkafanH3719to hunger

Equivalent Greek words

In the greek translation Septuagint (LXX) the Hebrew word kafan was translated to the following:

λιμόςlimosG3042famine

Alternative forms

Grammatical code shortcode Swedish Quantity
Noun Noun
♂/♀ sing. masculine och feminine singular Absolute state
Ncbsa-2


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Usage in OT


2
Total    2

References (2 occurances in 2 verses)




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