Biblical Hebrew H3725 noun masculine plural 8 occurrences

כִּפּוּר

Transliteration: kippur (kippûr)

Pronunciation: /kip-POOR/

“atonement, expiation (Yom Kippur)”

Atonement, expiation; occurs in plural of intensity Yom Kippurim (Day of Atonement, Leviticus 23:27), annual cleansing of sanctuary and nation.

Lexical & Etymological Analysis

From כָּפַר (H3722) to atone.

atonement

Cross-Testament Bridge

How this lemma bridges Old Testament Hebrew and New Testament Koine Greek through the Septuagint (LXX) translation tradition.

LXX conceptual translation: כִּפּוּר (atonement, expiation (Yom Kippur)) -> ἱλασμός (an appeasing, a means of appeasing, propitiation)

LXX conceptual translation: כִּפּוּר (atonement, expiation (Yom Kippur)) -> καταλλαγή (exchange, reconciliation)

Direct Cross-Language Equivalents:

G2434 ἱλασμός (hilasmos — “an appeasing, a means of appeasing, propitiation”) G2643 καταλλαγή (katallage — “exchange, reconciliation”)

Foundational passages where כִּפּוּר (kippur) carries significant theological or narrative weight.