H3720 — כָּפָן (kâphân)
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Strong's H3720 (Hebrew)
Hebrew: כָּפָן (kâphân)
Pronunciation: kaw-fawn'
Morphology: n-m
Derivation: from כָּפַן (kâphan) [H3719];
Definition: hunger (as making to stoop with emptiness and pain)
KJV Renderings: famine.
Senses
- hunger, famine, painful hunger
Cross References
| Strong's | Original | Transliteration | Derivation | Definition | KJV Renderings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G3042 | λιμός | limós | probably from G3007 (through the idea of destitution) | a scarcity of food | dearth, famine, hunger |
| H3719 | כָּפַן | kâphan | a primitive root | to bend | bend |
Sources. The definition, derivation and KJV renderings are James Strong's own wording from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890) — public domain. The numbered senses and the Hebrew–Greek cross-references are the editorial work of the OpenScriptures Strong's dictionary, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0; their sense-outline conventions match the Outline of Biblical Usage (Online Bible, Larry Pierce), noted as a convention match rather than a documented claim.