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Thursday, November 21st, 2024
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33

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Bible Lexicons

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Strong's #2636 - חַסְפַּס

Transliteration

chaçpaç

Phonetics

khas-pas'

Origin

reduplicated from an unused root meaning apparently to peel

Parts of Speech

verb

TWOT

704

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

(Pual) to peel, flake off (only in the participle)
1. scale-like, flake-like, scaled-off

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (1)

Exodus 1

BSB (1)

Exodus 1

CSB (1)

Exodus 1

ESV (1)

Exodus 1

KJV (1)

Exodus 1

LEB (1)

Exodus 1

LSB (2)

Exodus 2

N95 (2)

Exodus 2

NAS (2)

Exodus 2

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (1)

Exodus 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

3017) x p x h (ההספס HhSPS) AC: ? CO: ? AB: ?

N^m ) x p x h (ההספס HhSPS) - Hhaspas: An unknown item KJV (1): round - Strongs: H2636 (חַסְפַּס)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

[חַסְמַּס] verb only Passive participle ( scaled off) scale-like (apparent reduplication from *חסף for חספסף, see Ew^{§ 158 c} Ol^{§§ 214,276} Ges^{§ 55}, 6 Sta^{§ 291}; Kö^{i, 250} thinks euphon. for מְחֻסְמָּף; to be compare are Arabic

, have scab, itch (Frey; but

= ס ?); Aramaic חַסְמָּא potsherd, חַסְמְּנִיתָא scale (of fish), scurf; Ethiopic

scabiosus fuit Di⁵⁸⁷ and Exodus 16:14) — hence מְחֻסְמָּס scaled off, scale-like as Syrver ᵑ7 Thes Rob-Ges MV SS VB; — of the manna דַּק מְחֻסְמָּ֔ס דַּק כַּכְּפֹר Exodus 16:14 a fine, scale-like thing, fine as the hoar-frost.

List of Word Forms

מְחֻסְפָּ֔ס מחספס mə·ḥus·pās mechusPas məḥuspās