Places

כְּפִירָה Chephirah

Every verse in which this name stands — 4 places, in canonical order, first appearance to last. These are the occurrences our own corpus tags as this name, counting every form the text writes it in, which is the number on the list.

PlaceGematria 315×4 named in TanakhFirst appearance:

A place in Palestine. The name stands four times in the Tanakh, first at Joshua 9:17 and last at Nehemiah 7:29.

Joshua 9:17יהושע ט:יז

וַיִּסְעוּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיָּבֹאוּ אֶל־עָרֵיהֶם בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁלִישִׁי וְעָרֵיהֶם גִּבְעוֹן וְהַכְּפִירָה וּבְאֵרוֹת וְקִרְיַת יְעָרִֽים

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 Kiriath-jearim.

Ezra 2:25עזרא ב:כה

בְּנֵי קִרְיַת עָרִים כְּפִירָה וּבְאֵרוֹת שְׁבַע מֵאוֹת וְאַרְבָּעִים וּשְׁלֹשָֽׁה

The children of Kiriath-arim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred and forty and three.

Nehemiah 7:29נחמיה ז:כט

אַנְשֵׁי קִרְיַת יְעָרִים כְּפִירָה וּבְאֵרוֹת שְׁבַע מֵאוֹת אַרְבָּעִים וּשְׁלֹשָֽׁה

The men of Kiriath-jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred forty and three.

Quick answers

What is the gematria of Chephirah?

Chephirah — כפירה in Hebrew — has a gematria of 315 in the standard method.

How many times is Chephirah named in the Tanakh?

4 times, first at Joshua 9:17.

A spelling is not a name. The written word כפירה stands 2 times in the corpus, which is a different question and often a different number: the same letters can spell another name or an ordinary word, and a name written with a particle attached is a word that search never returns. It is here, as itself.

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