כְּפִירָה proper name, of a location city of the Hivites subsequently assigned to Benjamin., Joshua 9:17; Joshua 18:26; Ezra 2:25 = Nehemiah 7:29; ᵐ5 Κεφειρα, etc.; = modern Kefireh Rob^{BR iii, 146} Guérin^{Jud. i. 283 ff.} Mem^{iii. 36} Buhl^{G. § 94, p.169}.

כְּפִירִים Nehemiah 6:2, probably = foregoing (ᵐ5 and others appellative noun = villages).

IV. כפר (√ of following, = dig ? compare Sabean כפר, verb dig, noun cave, DHM^{Anzeiger d. Wiener Akkadian, phil.-hist. Cl., Dec. 17, 1884}, quoted by Eut^{Nab 27}; Nö^ib. compare also Ethiopic basket, measure; Nabataean כפר cave, sepulcher, synonym of קברא Nö in Eut^{Nab ib}.)