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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
caphar .
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* "Atonement" was coined in the 16th century by William Tyndale, who sought to offer a more complete English gesture for the Hebrew concept of kaphar, meaning "to cover over."
Scott Cairns: And One For All: The Profound Mystery Of The Body Of Christ 2010
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From this noun, perhaps, the verb kaphar is derived, yielding the expression here used "to pitch with pitch."
Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1 1892-1972 1942
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But the word for pitch in Exodus is zepheth or asphalt, not kaphar.
Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] Danielitld 2009
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If with kaphar/kupru we are meant to understand an atonement because "the earth became corrupt" (v. 6: 11), then the expiation of that corruption was attained through the flood in both Genesis and the Epic.
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But the word for pitch in Exodus is zepheth or asphalt, not kaphar.
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In the comment to verse 6: 14, we are told that, with the word pitch or kaphar in Hebrew
Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] Danielitld 2009
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If with kaphar/kupru we are meant to understand an atonement because "the earth became corrupt" (v. 6: 11), then the expiation of that corruption was attained through the flood in both Genesis and the Epic.
Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] Danielitld 2009
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In the comment to verse 6: 14, we are told that, with the word pitch or kaphar in Hebrew
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Most commonly this is a rendering of the Hebrew verb kaphar "to cover," which is usually translated something like "to make an atonement."
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Most commonly this is a rendering of the Hebrew verb kaphar "to cover," which is usually translated something like "to make an atonement."
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