✡ Hebrew · Strong's H3720
H3720

כָּפָן

kâphân [kaw-fawn'] Noun
Core meaninghunger (as making to stoop with emptiness and pain)

Lexical Definition

Strong's Hebrew H3720

hunger (as making to stoop with emptiness and pain)

KJV usage: famine.
Etymology: from 3719 ;
Brown–Driver–Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

hunger. Usage: famine. famine.

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