HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3716
כְּפִירָה
ke.phi.rah — Chephirah
§ Chephirah = "lioness" a city of the Gibeonites subsequently assigned to the tribe of Benjamin
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Chephirah
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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Historical dictionary entry
Village, one of the four cities of the Gibeonitish Hivites with whom Joshua made a league (9:17). It belonged to Benjamin. It has been identified with the modern Kefireh, on the west confines of Benjamin, about 2 miles west of Ajalon and 11 from Jerusalem.
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.