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Lexicon :: Strong's H2244 - ḥāḇā'

Aa
חָבָא
Transliteration
ḥāḇā'
Pronunciation
khaw-baw'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root [compare חָבַב (H2245)]
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 588

Strong’s Definitions

חָבָא châbâʼ, khaw-baw'; a primitive root (compare H2245); to secrete:—× held, hide (self), do secretly.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 33x

The KJV translates Strong's H2244 in the following manner: hide (31x), held (1x), secretly (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 33x
The KJV translates Strong's H2244 in the following manner: hide (31x), held (1x), secretly (1x).

  1. to withdraw, hide

    1. (Niphal) to hide oneself

    2. (Pual) to be forced into hiding

    3. (Hiphil) to hide

    4. (Hophal) to be hidden

    5. (Hithpael)

      1. to hide oneself, draw back

      2. to draw together, thicken, harden

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חָבָא châbâʼ, khaw-baw'; a primitive root (compare H2245); to secrete:—× held, hide (self), do secretly.
STRONGS H2244: Abbreviations
† [חָבָא] verb withdraw, hide (not in Qal); compare also חבה (Late Hebrew id.; Arabic خَبَأَ; Ethiopic ኀብአ፡ Assyrian ḫabû DlPr 175; Targum Ethpa. hide oneself) —
Niph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular נֶחְבָּא Judges 9:5 + 1 Samuel 10:22; 2 Samuel 17:9 (both may be participle); נַחְבֵּאתָ Genesis 31:37; וְנַחְ׳ consecutive 1 Samuel 19:2; נֶחְבְּאוּֿ Joshua 10:27; נֶחְבָּ֑אוּ Job 29:8, 10; Imperfect 2nd person masculine singular תֵּחָבֵא Job 5:21; Infinitive construct הֵחָבֵא 2 Chronicles 18:24; Daniel 10:7; Participle plural (compare also above) נֶחְבְּאִים Joshua 10:17, etc. — hide oneself in fear Genesis 3:10 (J), Joshua 10:16, 17, 27 (all J E), Judges 9:5; 1 Samuel 19:2; 2 Samuel 17:9; Amos 9:3; 2 Chronicles 18:24; Daniel 10:7; from modesty 1 Samuel 10:22; compare Job 29:8; also לָ֫מָּה נַחְבֵּאתָ לִבְרֹחַ Genesis 31:27 (E), i.e. why didst thou flee secretly? passive, be hidden Job 29:10 קול נְגִידִים נְחְבָ֑אוּ (|| ולשׁונם לְחִכָּם דָּבֵ֑קָה, compare also see 9) i.e. in reverence, = hushed (so we speak of a veiled voice); be hidden for protection בִּשׁוֺט לָשׁוֺן Job 5:21.
Pu. Perfect 3rd person plural חֻבְּאוּ have been hidden (= are made to hide themselves, Di on the passage) Job 24:4.
Hiph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular suffix הֶחְבִּיאָ֑נִי Isaiah 49:2; 3rd person feminine singular הֶחְבְּאַ֔תָֹה Joshua 6:17, compare Ges§ 75, Rem. 21 a Köi. 624 ff. etc.; Imperfect וַיַּחְבִּיאֵם 1 Kings 18:4; 3rd person feminine singular וַתַּחְבִּא 2 Kings 6:29; וָאַחְבִּא 1 Kings 18:13; — hide, transitive, with accusative Joshua 6:17, 25; 1 Kings 18:4, 13; 2 Kings 6:29; metaphor, of divine protection Isaiah 49:2 בְּצֵל יָדוֺ ה׳.
Hoph. Perfect be hidden הָחְבָּ֑אוּ Isaiah 42:22 (בְּבָתֵּי כלאים), i.e. imprisoned.
Hithp. Perfect הִתְחַבְּאוּ 1 Samuel 14:11; Imperfect יִתְחַבֵּא 1 Samuel 23:23; וַיִּתְ׳ Genesis 3:8; יִתְחַבָּ֑אוּ Job 38:30; וַיִּתְחַבְּאוּ 1 Samuel 13:6; Participle מִתְחַבֵּא 2 Kings 11:3 + 2 times; מִתְחַבְּאִים 1 Samuel 14:22; 1 Chronicles 21:20; —
1. draw back, hide oneself, usually with בְּ local; Genesis 3:8 (J), 1 Samuel 13:6; 1 Samuel 14:11, 22; 1 Samuel 23:23; 2 Kings 11:3; 1 Chronicles 21:20; 2 Chronicles 22:9, 12.
2. draw together, thicken, harden, of water becoming ice Job 38:30 כאבן מים יִתְחַ׳.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

3:8; 3:8; 3:10; 31:27; 31:37

Joshua

6:17; 6:17; 6:25; 10:16; 10:17; 10:17; 10:27; 10:27

Judges

9:5; 9:5

1 Samuel

10:22; 10:22; 13:6; 13:6; 14:11; 14:11; 14:22; 14:22; 19:2; 19:2; 23:23; 23:23

2 Samuel

17:9; 17:9

1 Kings

18:4; 18:4; 18:13; 18:13

2 Kings

6:29; 6:29; 11:3; 11:3

1 Chronicles

21:20; 21:20

2 Chronicles

18:24; 18:24; 22:9; 22:12

Job

5:21; 5:21; 24:4; 29:8; 29:8; 29:10; 29:10; 38:30; 38:30

Isaiah

42:22; 49:2; 49:2

Daniel

10:7; 10:7

Amos

9:3

H2244

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Strong's Number H2244 matches the Hebrew חָבָא (ḥāḇā'),
which occurs 33 times in 33 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Now they heard H8085 the sound H6963 of the LORD H3068 God H430 walking H1980 in the garden H1588 in the [fn]cool H7307 of the day H3117, and the man H120 and his wife H802 hid H2244 themselves from the presence H6440 of the LORD H3068 God H430 among H8432 the trees H6086 of the garden H1588.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:10 - He said H559, “I heard H8085 the sound H6963 of You in the garden H1588, and I was H3372 afraid H3372 because H3588 I was naked H5903; so I hid H2244 myself.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:27 - “Why H4100 did you flee H1272 secretly H2244 and [fn]deceive H1589 me, and did not tell H5046 me, so that I might have sent H7971 you away H7971 with joy H8057 and with songs H7892, with tambourine H8596 and with lyre H3658;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:25 - However, Rahab H7343 the prostitute H2181 and her father’s H1 household H1004 and all H3605 she had, Joshua H3091 [fn]spared H2421; and she has lived H3427 in the midst H7130 of Israel H3478 to this H2088 day H3117, because H3588 she hid H2244 the messengers H4397 whom H834 Joshua H3091 sent H7971 to spy H7270 out H7270 Jericho H3405.

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Now these H428 five H2568 kings H4428 had fled H5127 and hidden H2244 themselves in the cave H4631 at Makkedah H4719.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:17 - And it was told H5046 to Joshua H3091, saying H559, “The five H2568 kings H4428 have been found H4672 hidden H2244 in the cave H4631 at Makkedah H4719.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:27 - Then it came H1961 about H1961 at [fn]sunset H8121 H935 that Joshua H3091 gave H6680 the command H6680, and they took H3381 them down H3381 from the [fn]trees H6086 and threw H7993 them into the cave H4631 where H834 H8033 they had hidden H2244 themselves, and put H7760 large H1419 stones H68 over H5921 the mouth H6310 of the cave H4631, to this H2088 very H6106 day H3117.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:5 - Then he went H935 to his father’s H1 house H1004 in Ophrah H6084 and killed H2026 his brothers H251 the sons H1121 of Jerubbaal H3378, seventy H7657 men H376, [fn]on one H259 stone H68. But Jotham H3147 the youngest H6996 son H1121 of Jerubbaal H3378 was left H3498, because H3588 he hid H2244 himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:22 - Therefore they inquired H7592 further H5750 of the LORD H3068: “Has the man H376 come H935 here H1988 yet H5750?” And the LORD H3068 said H559, “Behold H2009, he is hiding H2244 himself H1931 among H413 the baggage H3627.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:6 - When the men H376 of Israel H3478 saw H7200 that they were in trouble H6862 (for the people H5971 were hard-pressed H5065), then the people H5971 kept H2244 themselves hidden H2244 in caves H4631, in crevices H2336, in cliffs H5553, in crypts H6877, and in pits H953.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:11 - When the two H8147 of them revealed H1540 themselves to the garrison H4673 of the Philistines H6430, the Philistines H6430 said H559, “Behold H2009, Hebrews H5680 are coming H3318 out H3318 of the holes H2356 where H834 H8033 they have kept H2244 themselves hidden H2244.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:22 - When all H3605 the men H376 of Israel H3478 who had kept H2244 themselves hidden H2244 in the hill H2022 country H2022 of Ephraim H669 heard H8085 that the Philistines H6430 had fled H5127, they also H1571 closely H1692 pursued H1692 them in the battle H4421.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:2 - So Jonathan H3083 informed H5046 David H1732, saying H559, “My father H1 Saul H7586 is seeking H1245 to put H4191 you to H4191 death H4191. Now H6258 then, please H4994 be on your guard H8104 in the morning H1242, and stay H3427 in a hiding H5643 place H5643 and conceal H2244 yourself.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:23 - “So look H7200, and learn H3045 about H4480 all H3605 the hiding H4224 places H4224 where H834 H8033 he keeps H2244 himself hidden H2244, and return H7725 to me with certainty H3559, and I will go H1980 with you; and if H518 he is in the land H776, I will search H2664 him out H2664 among all H3605 the thousands H505 of Judah H3063.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:9 - “Behold H2009, he has now H6258 hidden H2244 himself H1931 in one H259 of the ravines H6354, or H176 in another H259 place H4725; and it will be that when he falls H5307 on them at the first H8462 attack, whoever hears H8085 it will say H559, ‘There has been H1961 a slaughter H4046 among the people H5971 who H834 follow H310 Absalom H53!’

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:4 - for when Jezebel H348 killed H3772 the prophets H5030 of the LORD H3068, Obadiah H5662 took H3947 a hundred H3967 prophets H5030 and hid H2244 them by fifties H2572 in a cave H4631, and provided H3557 them with bread H3899 and water H4325.)

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:13 - “Has it not been reported H5046 to my master H113 what H834 I did H6213 when Jezebel H348 killed H2026 the prophets H5030 of the LORD H3068, that I hid H2244 a hundred H3967 [fn]prophets H5030 of the LORD H3068 by fifties H2572 in a cave H4631, and provided H3557 them with bread H3899 and water H4325?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:29 - “So we cooked H1310 my son H1121 and ate H398 him; and I said H559 to her on the next H312 day H3117, ‘Give H5414 your son H1121, so that we may eat H398 him’; but she has hidden H2244 her son H1121.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:3 - So he was kept hidden H2244 with her in the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 for six H8337 years H8141, while Athaliah H6271 was reigning H4427 over H5921 the land H776.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:20 - Now Ornan H771 turned H7725 back H7725 and saw H7200 the angel H4397, and his four H702 sons H1121 who were with him hid H2244 themselves. And Ornan H771 was threshing H1758 wheat H2406.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:24 - And Micaiah H4321 said H559, “Behold H2009, you are going to see H7200 how on that day H3117 when H834 you go H935 from one inner H2315 room H2315 to [fn]another H2315 trying to hide H2244 yourself.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:9 - He also searched H1245 for Ahaziah H274, and they caught H3920 him while he was hiding H2244 in Samaria H8111; they brought H935 him to Jehu H3058, put H4191 him to H4191 death H4191, and buried H6912 him. For they said H559, “He is the son H1121 of Jehoshaphat H3092, who H834 sought H1875 the LORD H3068 with all H3605 his heart H3824.” So there H369 was H369 no H369 one H369 of the house H1004 of Ahaziah H274 to retain H6113 the power H3581 of the kingdom H4467.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:12 - He kept himself hidden H2244 with them in the house H1004 of God H430 for six H8337 years H8141 while Athaliah H6271 reigned H4427 over H5921 the land H776.

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“You will be hidden H2244 [fn]from the scourge H7752 of the tongue H3956,

And you will not be H3372 afraid H3372 of violence H7701 when H3588 it comes H935.

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“They push H5186 the needy H34 aside H5186 from the road H1870;

The poor H6041 of the land H776 have to hide H2244 themselves together H3162.

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The young H5288 men H5288 saw H7200 me and hid H2244 themselves,

And the old H3453 men H3453 arose H6965 and stood H5975.

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The voices H6963 of the prominent H5057 people H5057 were [fn]hushed H2244,

And their tongues H3956 stuck H1692 to their palates H2441.

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“Water H4325 [fn]becomes H2244 hard H2244 like stone H68,

And the surface H6440 of the deep H8415 is imprisoned H3920.

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But this H1931 is a people H5971 plundered H962 and pillaged H8154;

All H3605 of them are trapped H6351 in [fn]caves H2352,

Or are hidden H2244 away in prisons H3608;

They have become H1961 plunder H957, with no H369 one H369 to save H5337 them,

And spoils H4933 with no H369 one H369 to say H559, “Give H7725 them back H7725!”

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He has made H7760 My mouth H6310 like a sharp H2299 sword H2719,

In the shadow H6738 of His hand H3027 He has concealed H2244 Me;

And He has also made H7760 Me a sharpened H1305 arrow H2671,

He has hidden H5641 Me in His quiver H827.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:7 - Now I, Daniel H1840, alone H905 saw H7200 the vision H4759, while the men H376 who H834 were with me did not see H7200 the vision H4759; nevertheless H61, a great H1419 fear H2731 fell H5307 on them, and they ran H1272 away H1272 to hide H2244 themselves.

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“And though H518 they hide H2244 on the summit H7218 of Carmel H3760,

I will track H2664 them down H2664 and take H3947 them from there H8033;

And though H518 they hide H5641 themselves from My sight H5869 on the bottom H7172 of the sea H3220,

I will command H6680 the serpent H5175 from there H8033, and it will bite H5391 them.

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