Bible Names

Chephirah: meaning of the name

Chephirah means “a little lioness.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

Chephirah in Hebrew and Greek

כְּפִירָה H3716

Kᵉphîyrâh (kef-ee-raw') — Kephirah, a place in Palestine

feminine of H3715 (כְּפִיר); the village (always with the art.);

Places named Chephirah

Chephirah in Scripture

“Chephirah” appears in 4 verses of the King James Version.

  • Joshua 9:17

    And the children of Israel journeyed, and came unto their cities on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and Kirjath–jearim.

  • Joshua 18:26

    And Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah,

  • Ezra 2:25

    The children of Kirjath–arim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred and forty and three.

  • Nehemiah 7:29

    The men of Kirjath–jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred forty and three.