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Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #2664 - חָפַשׂ

Transliteration

châphas

Phonetics

khaw-fas'

Origin

a primitive root

Parts of Speech

verb

TWOT

716

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

to search, search for, to search out, disguise oneself
1. (Qal)
  1. to search for
  2. to think out, devise
  3. to search, test
2. (Niphal) to be searched out, be exposed
3. (Piel) to search, search through, search for
4. (Pual) to be searched for, be sought out
5. (Hithpael)
  1. to disguise oneself
  2. to let oneself be searched for

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 2611 ‑ καταδέω (kat‑ad‑eh'‑o); 2619 ‑ κατακαλύπτω (kat‑ak‑al‑oop'‑to); 2901 ‑ κραταιόω (krat‑ah‑yo'‑o); 4028 ‑ περικαλύπτω (per‑ee‑kal‑oop'‑to); 2045 ‑ ἐραυνάω (er‑yoo‑nah'‑o); 2045 ‑ ἐραυνάω (er‑yoo‑nah'‑o);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (23)

Genesis 2

1 Samuel 2

1 Kings 4

2 Kings 1

2 Chronicles 3

Job 1

Psalms 2

Proverbs 3

Lamentations 1

Amos 1

Obadiah 2

Zephaniah 1

BSB (23)

Genesis 2

1 Samuel 2

1 Kings 4

2 Kings 1

2 Chronicles 3

Job 1

Psalms 3

Proverbs 3

Lamentations 1

Amos 1

Obadiah 1

Zephaniah 1

CSB (19)

Genesis 2

1 Samuel 2

1 Kings 4

2 Kings 1

2 Chronicles 3

Job 1

Psalms 3

Proverbs 3

Lamentations 1

Amos 1

Obadiah 1

Zephaniah 1

ESV (22)

Genesis 2

1 Samuel 2

1 Kings 4

2 Kings 1

2 Chronicles 3

Job 1

Psalms 3

Proverbs 3

Lamentations 1

Amos 1

Zephaniah 1

KJV (23)

Genesis 2

1 Samuel 2

1 Kings 4

2 Kings 1

2 Chronicles 3

Job 1

Psalms 3

Proverbs 3

Lamentations 1

Amos 1

Obadiah 1

Zephaniah 1

LEB (23)

Genesis 2

1 Samuel 2

1 Kings 4

2 Kings 1

2 Chronicles 3

Job 1

Psalms 3

Proverbs 3

Lamentations 1

Amos 1

Obadiah 1

Zephaniah 1

LSB (29)

Genesis 2

1 Samuel 3

1 Kings 4

2 Kings 1

2 Chronicles 3

Job 1

Psalms 4

Proverbs 4

Lamentations 2

Amos 2

Obadiah 2

Zephaniah 1

N95 (20)

Genesis 2

1 Samuel 2

1 Kings 4

2 Kings 1

2 Chronicles 3

Job 1

Proverbs 3

Lamentations 1

Amos 1

Obadiah 1

Zephaniah 1

NAS (26)

Genesis 2

1 Samuel 2

1 Kings 4

2 Kings 1

2 Chronicles 3

Job 1

Psalms 3

Proverbs 3

Lamentations 1

Amos 1

Obadiah 1

Zephaniah 1

NLT (0)

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

WEB (24)

Genesis 2

1 Samuel 2

1 Kings 4

2 Kings 1

2 Chronicles 3

Job 1

Psalms 3

Proverbs 3

Lamentations 1

Amos 1

Obadiah 2

Zephaniah 1

ASV (23)

and disguised 1

and he searched 1

and search 1

and they shall search 1

disfigured 1

disguised 3

from him, but disguised 1

hide themselves 1

i will disguise 2

i will search 1

is upon me. and he searched 1

let us search 1

maketh diligent search 1

search 1

searched 1

searching 1

that i will search 2

they search out 1

treasures sought out 1

BSB (23)

and search it out 1

disguised himself 3

disguising himself 1

he disguised himself 1

he grasps 1

hide themselves 1

i will disguise 2

i will search 1

i will search him out 1

i will track them 1

let us examine 1

look around 1

plan 1

pondered 1

searching out 1

so laban searched 1

the steward searched 1

they devise 1

to search 1

will be pillaged 1

CSB (19)

carefully 1

devise 1

disguise 2

disguised 5

for 2

is distorted 1

out 1

search 1

searched 2

searching 1

them down 1

will be pillaged 1

ESV (22)

diligent 1

disfigured 1

disguise 2

disguised 4

disguising 1

hide themselves 1

search 7

search out 1

searched 2

searching 1

test 1

KJV (23)

changed 1

diligent 1

disguise 2

disguised 5

hidden 1

out 2

search 7

searched 2

searchest 1

searching 1

LEB (23)

⌊the perfect 1

⌊they carefully plot⌋ 1

and disguised himself 1

and he searched 1

and he searched carefully 1

and search 1

disguised himself 3

has been pillaged 1

he disguised himself 1

he seizes 1

he who searches 1

i will disguise myself 2

i will search 2

let us test 1

search 1

searches to understand 1

then i will seek 1

will be hidden 1

you that they might search 1

LSB (29)

diligent 1

disguise 2

disguised 5

distorted 1

out 6

search 7

searched 4

searching 2

sought 1

N95 (20)

disguise 2

disguised 5

distorted 1

examine 1

hide 1

ransacked 1

search 6

searched 2

searching 1

NAS (26)

carefully 1

conceived 1

devise 1

disguise 2

disguised 5

distorted 1

down 1

examine 1

hide 1

out 1

ponders 1

search 5

searched 3

searching 1

track 1

NLT (0)

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

WEB (24)

a perfect 1

and disguised 1

and search 1

and they shall search 1

diligently inquires 1

disfigured 1

disguised 3

he searched 2

hide themselves 1

i will disguise 2

i will search 1

let us search 1

search 1

searching 1

that i will search 2

they plot 1

treasures are sought out 1

will be ransacked 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2189) x p h (ההפס HhPS) AC: Search CO: ? AB: ?: [from: ph- searching for something of value]

V) x p h (ההפס HhPS) - Search: [df: Vpx] KJV (23): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hitpael, Pual, Piel) search, disguise, search, change, diligent, hidden - Strongs: H2664 (חָפַשׂ)

N^m ) x p h (ההפס HhPS) - Search: [df: Vpx] KJV (1): search - Strongs: H2665 (חֵפֶשׂ)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

[חָפַשׂ] verb search (ᵑ7^Jer חֲפַס dig, seek; Palestinian, Syriac dig (Schw); perhaps Assyrian êppêšu, êtpêšu, sensible, Lyon^{Sargontexte 65}) —

Qal Imperfect 2 masculine singular suffix תַּחְמְּשֶׂ֫נָּה Proverbs 2:4; יַחְמְּשׂוּ Psalm 64:7; נַחְמְּשָׂה Lamentations 3:40; Participle חֹפֵשׂ Proverbs 20:27; — search, search out, figurative;

1 search for, object בִּינָה etc. Proverbs 2:4 ("" בקשׁ).

2 = think out, devise, with accusative עולות unjust acts Psalm 64:7 (compare also sub. Pu`al)

3 search = test, Lamentations 3:40 (object דרכינו; "" חקר), Proverbs 20:27.

Niph`al Perfect נַחְמְּשׁוּ Obadiah 6 subject עֵשָׂו collective; searched out = exposed and plundered ("" נִבְעוּ מַצְמּוּנָיו).

Pi`el Perfect וְחִמַּשְׂתִּ֫י 1 Samuel 23:23; וְחִמְּשׂוּ 1 Kings 20:6; Imperfect וַיְחַמֵּשׂ Genesis 31:35 2t.; אֲחַמֵּשׂ Amos 9:3; Zephaniah 1:12; Imperative חַמְּשׂוּ 2 Kings 10:23; —

1 search through, with accusative, a house 1 Kings 20:6, Jerusalem (metaphor) Zephaniah 1:12; no object expressed 2 Kings 10:23.

2 search for:

a. a person with accusative 1 Samuel 23:23.

b. a thing, with accusative Genesis 44:12 (J; Joseph searching for his cup); Genesis 31:35 (E; no object expressed, Laban looking for his teraphim); Amos 9:3 (׳י searching for evildoers), Psalm 77:7 (soul searching to understand ׳י s dealings with his servants).

Pu`al Imperfect יְחֻמַּשׂ Proverbs 28:12 be searched for = be hidden; Participle מְחֻמָּשׂ Psalm 64:7 in ׳חֵפֶשׂ מ = a searched out search, i.e. a device well thought out (compare Che; ""

Qal q. v.); see also חֵ֫פֶשׂ.

Hithpa`el Perfect הִתְחַמֵּשׂ 2 Chronicles 35:22 (but ᵐ5הִתְחַזֵּק, compare also ᵑ9ᵑ6 3Esdr 1:26; so Be Öttli); Imperfect יִתְחַמֵּשׂ Job 30:18; וַיִּתְחַמֵּשׂ 1 Samuel 28:8 3t.; Infinitive absolute הִתְחַמֵּשׂ 1 Kings 22:30 2 Chronicles 18:29; — disguise oneself (literally let oneself be searched for) 1 Samuel 28:8; 1 Kings 22:30 (twice in verse) = 2 Chronicles 18:29 (twice in verse), 2 Chronicles 35:22 (but see above), all of disguise by change of garments; 1 Kings 20:38 באפר i.e. with headgear over eyes; subject לבושׂ Job 30:18, i.e. his garment is disguised, no longer looks like the mantle it is.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

חָפַשׂ to search for [“LXX. σκάλλω, Psalms 76:7. Ch. and Sam. חֲפַס, id. Kindred perhaps to חָפַר, the ר and ש being interchanged”]. Always in Kal metaph. to seek out, e.g. wisdom. Proverbs 2:4 comp. Proverbs 20:7. Psalms 64:7, יַחְפְּשׂוּ עוֹלוֹת “they devise wicked things.” (In Chald. and Sam. the proper sense is that of digging the ground, searching in the earth, comp. חָפַר No. I. 2.)

Niphal pass. to be sought out, Obadiah 1:6.

Piel, to search, Genesis 31:35, 44:12 followed by an acc. 1 Samuel 23:23 to search through, 1 Kings 20:6; Zephaniah 1:12. Metaph. once Psalms 77:7, וַיְחַפֵּשׂ רוּחִי “and my spirit made diligent search.”

Pual

(1) to be sought, hence to let one’s self be sought for; to hide one’s self, Proverbs 28:12 compare verse 28 Proverbs 28:28 and Hithpael.

(2) to be devised, Psalms 64:7.

Hithpael, properly to allow one’s self to be sought for; to hide one’s self (see Pual No. 1), hence to feign one’s self to be another, to disguise one’s self. 1 Samuel 28:8. 1 Kings 20:38, וַיִּתְחַפֵּשׂ בָּֽאֲפֵר עַל־עֵינָיו “and he disguised himself, having a bandage over his eyes.” 1 Kings 22:30. Job 30:18, בְּרָב־כֹּחַ יִתְחַפֵּשׂ לְבוּשִׁי “by (its) great power my garment (i.e. skin) is changed,” comp. verse 19 Job 30:19.

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List of Word Forms

אֲחַפֵּ֖שׂ אֲחַפֵּ֥שׂ אחפש הִתְחַפֵּ֔שׂ הִתְחַפֵּשׂ֙ התחפש וְחִפְּשׂוּ֙ וְחִפַּשְׂתִּ֣י וַיְחַפֵּ֕שׂ וַיְחַפֵּ֥שׂ וַיִּתְחַפֵּ֣שׂ וַיִּתְחַפֵּ֥שׂ וַיִּתְחַפֵּשׂ֙ וחפשו וחפשתי ויחפש ויתחפש חֵ֣פֶשׂ חַפְּשׂ֤וּ חֹ֝פֵ֗שׂ חפש חפשו יְחֻפַּ֥שׂ יִתְחַפֵּ֣שׂ יַֽחְפְּֽשׂוּ־ יחפש יחפשו־ יתחפש נֶחְפְּשׂ֣וּ נַחְפְּשָׂ֤ה נחפשה נחפשו תַּחְפְּשֶֽׂנָּה׃ תחפשנה׃ ’ă·ḥap·pêś ’ăḥappêś achapPes chappeSu Chefes choFes ḥap·pə·śū ḥappəśū ḥê·p̄eś ḥêp̄eś hiṯ·ḥap·pêś hitchapPes hiṯḥappêś ḥō·p̄êś ḥōp̄êś nachpeSah naḥ·pə·śāh naḥpəśāh nechpeSu neḥ·pə·śū neḥpəśū tachpeSennah taḥ·pə·śen·nāh taḥpəśennāh vaiyitchapPes vaychapPes vechippasTi vechippeSu way·ḥap·pêś way·yiṯ·ḥap·pêś wayḥappêś wayyiṯḥappêś wə·ḥip·paś·tî wə·ḥip·pə·śū wəḥippaśtî wəḥippəśū yachpesu yaḥ·pə·śū- yaḥpəśū- yə·ḥup·paś yechupPas yəḥuppaś yiṯ·ḥap·pêś yitchapPes yiṯḥappêś