# כָּפַר (kafar)

Israeli respelling: ka-far. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H3722. 94 Old Testament occurrences.

to cover (specifically with bitumen); figuratively, to expiate or condone, to placate or cancel

King James renderings: appease, make (an atonement, cleanse, disannul, forgive, be merciful, pacify, pardon, purge (away), put off, (make) reconcile(-liation).

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/kafar-h3722

## Occurrences

- [Genesis 6:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/6/14) — Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.
- [Genesis 32:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/32/20) — And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and aft…
- [Exodus 29:33](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/29/33) — And they shall eat those things wherewith the atonement was made, to consecrate and to sanctify them: but a stranger shall not eat thereof,…
- [Exodus 29:36](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/29/36) — And thou shalt offer every day a bullock for a sin offering for atonement: and thou shalt cleanse the altar, when thou hast made an atoneme…
- [Exodus 29:37](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/29/37) — Seven days thou shalt make an atonement for the altar, and sanctify it; and it shall be an altar most holy: whatsoever toucheth the altar s…
- [Exodus 30:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/30/10) — And Aaron shall make an atonement upon the horns of it once in a year with the blood of the sin offering of atonements: once in the year sh…
- [Exodus 30:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/30/15) — The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when they give an offering unto the LORD, to make an ato…
- [Exodus 30:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/30/16) — And thou shalt take the atonement money of the children of Israel, and shalt appoint it for the service of the tabernacle of the congregati…
- [Exodus 32:30](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/32/30) — And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses said unto the people, Ye have sinned a great sin: and now I will go up unto the LORD; peradve…
- [Leviticus 1:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/1/4) — And he shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt offering; and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him.
- [Leviticus 4:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/4/20) — And he shall do with the bullock as he did with the bullock for a sin offering, so shall he do with this: and the priest shall make an aton…
- [Leviticus 4:26](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/4/26) — And he shall burn all his fat upon the altar, as the fat of the sacrifice of peace offerings: and the priest shall make an atonement for hi…
- [Leviticus 4:31](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/4/31) — And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat is taken away from off the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall burn i…
- [Leviticus 4:35](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/4/35) — And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat of the lamb is taken away from the sacrifice of the peace offerings; and the priest…
- [Leviticus 5:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/5/6) — And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD for his sin which he hath sinned, a female from the flock, a lamb or a kid of the go…
- [Leviticus 5:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/5/10) — And he shall offer the second for a burnt offering, according to the manner: and the priest shall make an atonement for him for his sin whi…
- [Leviticus 5:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/5/13) — And the priest shall make an atonement for him as touching his sin that he hath sinned in one of these, and it shall be forgiven him: and t…
- [Leviticus 5:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/5/16) — And he shall make amends for the harm that he hath done in the holy thing, and shall add the fifth part thereto, and give it unto the pries…
- [Leviticus 5:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/5/18) — And he shall bring a ram without blemish out of the flock, with thy estimation, for a trespass offering, unto the priest: and the priest sh…
- [Leviticus 6:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/6/7) — And the priest shall make an atonement for him before the LORD: and it shall be forgiven him for any thing of all that he hath done in tres…
- [Leviticus 6:30](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/6/30) — And no sin offering, whereof any of the blood is brought into the tabernacle of the congregation to reconcile withal in the holy place, sha…
- [Leviticus 7:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/7/7) — As the sin offering is, so is the trespass offering: there is one law for them: the priest that maketh atonement therewith shall have it.
- [Leviticus 8:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/8/15) — And he slew it; and Moses took the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about with his finger, and purified the altar, and p…
- [Leviticus 8:34](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/8/34) — As he hath done this day, so the LORD hath commanded to do, to make an atonement for you.
- [Leviticus 9:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/9/7) — And Moses said unto Aaron, Go unto the altar, and offer thy sin offering, and thy burnt offering, and make an atonement for thyself, and fo…
- [Leviticus 10:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/10/17) — Wherefore have ye not eaten the sin offering in the holy place, seeing it is most holy, and God hath given it you to bear the iniquity of t…
- [Leviticus 12:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/12/7) — Who shall offer it before the LORD, and make an atonement for her; and she shall be cleansed from the issue of her blood. This is the law f…
- [Leviticus 12:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/12/8) — And if she be not able to bring a lamb, then she shall bring two turtles, or two young pigeons; the one for the burnt offering, and the oth…
- [Leviticus 14:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/14/18) — And the remnant of the oil that is in the priest’s hand he shall pour upon the head of him that is to be cleansed: and the priest shall mak…
- [Leviticus 14:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/14/19) — And the priest shall offer the sin offering, and make an atonement for him that is to be cleansed from his uncleanness; and afterward he sh…
- [Leviticus 14:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/14/20) — And the priest shall offer the burnt offering and the meat offering upon the altar: and the priest shall make an atonement for him, and he…
- [Leviticus 14:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/14/21) — And if he be poor, and cannot get so much; then he shall take one lamb for a trespass offering to be waved, to make an atonement for him, a…
- [Leviticus 14:29](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/14/29) — And the rest of the oil that is in the priest’s hand he shall put upon the head of him that is to be cleansed, to make an atonement for him…
- [Leviticus 14:31](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/14/31) — Even such as he is able to get, the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, with the meat offering: and the priest shal…
- [Leviticus 14:53](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/14/53) — But he shall let go the living bird out of the city into the open fields, and make an atonement for the house: and it shall be clean.
- [Leviticus 15:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/15/15) — And the priest shall offer them, the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for…
- [Leviticus 15:30](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/15/30) — And the priest shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for her b…
- [Leviticus 16:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/16/6) — And Aaron shall offer his bullock of the sin offering, which is for himself, and make an atonement for himself, and for his house.
- [Leviticus 16:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/16/10) — But the goat, on which the lot fell to be the scapegoat, shall be presented alive before the LORD, to make an atonement with him, and to le…
- [Leviticus 16:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/16/11) — And Aaron shall bring the bullock of the sin offering, which is for himself, and shall make an atonement for himself, and for his house, an…
- [Leviticus 16:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/16/16) — And he shall make an atonement for the holy place, because of the uncleanness of the children of Israel, and because of their transgression…
- [Leviticus 16:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/16/17) — And there shall be no man in the tabernacle of the congregation when he goeth in to make an atonement in the holy place, until he come out,…
- [Leviticus 16:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/16/18) — And he shall go out unto the altar that is before the LORD, and make an atonement for it; and shall take of the blood of the bullock, and o…
- [Leviticus 16:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/16/20) — And when he hath made an end of reconciling the holy place, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar, he shall bring the live…
- [Leviticus 16:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/16/24) — And he shall wash his flesh with water in the holy place, and put on his garments, and come forth, and offer his burnt offering, and the bu…
- [Leviticus 16:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/16/27) — And the bullock for the sin offering, and the goat for the sin offering, whose blood was brought in to make atonement in the holy place, sh…
- [Leviticus 16:30](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/16/30) — For on that day shall the priest make an atonement for you, to cleanse you, that ye may be clean from all your sins before the LORD.
- [Leviticus 16:32](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/16/32) — And the priest, whom he shall anoint, and whom he shall consecrate to minister in the priest’s office in his father’s stead, shall make the…
- [Leviticus 16:33](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/16/33) — And he shall make an atonement for the holy sanctuary, and he shall make an atonement for the tabernacle of the congregation, and for the a…
- [Leviticus 16:34](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/16/34) — And this shall be an everlasting statute unto you, to make an atonement for the children of Israel for all their sins once a year. And he d…
- [Leviticus 17:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/17/11) — For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blo…
- [Leviticus 19:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/19/22) — And the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering before the LORD for his sin which he hath done: and th…
- [Leviticus 23:28](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/23/28) — And ye shall do no work in that same day: for it is a day of atonement, to make an atonement for you before the LORD your God.
- [Numbers 5:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/5/8) — But if the man have no kinsman to recompense the trespass unto, let the trespass be recompensed unto the LORD, even to the priest; beside t…
- [Numbers 6:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/6/11) — And the priest shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, and make an atonement for him, for that he sinne…
- [Numbers 8:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/8/12) — And the Levites shall lay their hands upon the heads of the bullocks: and thou shalt offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a…
- [Numbers 8:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/8/19) — And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Isr…
- [Numbers 8:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/8/21) — And the Levites were purified, and they washed their clothes; and Aaron offered them as an offering before the LORD; and Aaron made an aton…
- [Numbers 15:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/15/25) — And the priest shall make an atonement for all the congregation of the children of Israel, and it shall be forgiven them; for it is ignoran…
- [Numbers 15:28](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/15/28) — And the priest shall make an atonement for the soul that sinneth ignorantly, when he sinneth by ignorance before the LORD, to make an atone…
- [Numbers 16:46](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/16/46) — And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and put on incense, and go quickly unto the congregation…
- [Numbers 16:47](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/16/47) — And Aaron took as Moses commanded, and ran into the midst of the congregation; and, behold, the plague was begun among the people: and he p…
- [Numbers 25:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/25/13) — And he shall have it, and his seed after him, even the covenant of an everlasting priesthood; because he was zealous for his God, and made…
- [Numbers 28:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/28/22) — And one goat for a sin offering, to make an atonement for you.
- [Numbers 28:30](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/28/30) — And one kid of the goats, to make an atonement for you.
- [Numbers 29:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/29/5) — And one kid of the goats for a sin offering, to make an atonement for you:
- [Numbers 31:50](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/31/50) — We have therefore brought an oblation for the LORD, what every man hath gotten, of jewels of gold, chains, and bracelets, rings, earrings,…
- [Numbers 35:33](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/35/33) — So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed…
- [Deuteronomy 21:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/21/8) — Be merciful, O LORD, unto thy people Israel, whom thou hast redeemed, and lay not innocent blood unto thy people of Israel’s charge. And th…
- [Deuteronomy 32:43](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/32/43) — Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people: for he will avenge the blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and wil…
- [1 Samuel 3:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/3/14) — And therefore I have sworn unto the house of Eli, that the iniquity of Eli’s house shall not be purged with sacrifice nor offering for ever.
- [2 Samuel 21:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/21/3) — Wherefore David said unto the Gibeonites, What shall I do for you? and wherewith shall I make the atonement, that ye may bless the inherita…
- [1 Chronicles 6:49](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/6/49) — But Aaron and his sons offered upon the altar of the burnt offering, and on the altar of incense, and were appointed for all the work of th…
- [2 Chronicles 29:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/29/24) — And the priests killed them, and they made reconciliation with their blood upon the altar, to make an atonement for all Israel: for the kin…
- [2 Chronicles 30:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/30/18) — For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim, and Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet did they eat the…
- [Nehemiah 10:33](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/10/33) — For the shewbread, and for the continual meat offering, and for the continual burnt offering, of the sabbaths, of the new moons, for the se…
- [Psalms 65:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/65/3) — Iniquities prevail against me: as for our transgressions, thou shalt purge them away.
- [Psalms 78:38](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/78/38) — But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not st…
- [Psalms 79:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/79/9) — Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name: and deliver us, and purge away our sins, for thy name’s sake.
- [Proverbs 16:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/16/6) — By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.
- [Proverbs 16:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/16/14) — The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it.
- [Isaiah 6:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/6/7) — And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.
- [Isaiah 22:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/22/14) — And it was revealed in mine ears by the LORD of hosts, Surely this iniquity shall not be purged from you till ye die, saith the Lord GOD of…
- [Isaiah 27:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/27/9) — By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of t…
- [Isaiah 28:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/28/18) — And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass th…
- [Isaiah 47:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/47/11) — Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know from whence it riseth: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able t…
- [Jeremiah 18:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/18/23) — Yet, LORD, thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay me: forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy sight, but…
- [Ezekiel 16:63](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/16/63) — That thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more because of thy shame, when I am pacified toward thee for al…
- [Ezekiel 43:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/43/20) — And thou shalt take of the blood thereof, and put it on the four horns of it, and on the four corners of the settle, and upon the border ro…
- [Ezekiel 43:26](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/43/26) — Seven days shall they purge the altar and purify it; and they shall consecrate themselves.
- [Ezekiel 45:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/45/15) — And one lamb out of the flock, out of two hundred, out of the fat pastures of Israel; for a meat offering, and for a burnt offering, and fo…
- [Ezekiel 45:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/45/17) — And it shall be the prince’s part to give burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and drink offerings, in the feasts, and in the new moons, an…
- [Ezekiel 45:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/45/20) — And so thou shalt do the seventh day of the month for every one that erreth, and for him that is simple: so shall ye reconcile the house.
- [Daniel 9:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/daniel/9/24) — Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make r…