כָּפַר

kaphar

kah-FAHR

to cover, to atone

Where it comes from

The root means to cover over, and it is the word used when Noah covers the ark with pitch. Atonement in Hebrew is not the erasing of a thing but the covering of it, done from the outside, by someone whose job it is.

Every place it appears

Strong's H3722. It stands in 94 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. See them →

Exodus 30:10

And Aaron shall make an atonement upon the horns of it once in a year with the blood of the sin offering of atonements: once in the year shall he make atonement upon it throughout your generations: it is most holy unto the LORD.

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