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Lexicon :: Strong's H2244 - ḥāḇā'

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חָבָא
Transliteration
ḥāḇā'
Pronunciation
khaw-baw'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root [compare חָבַב (H2245)]
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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׳.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:8 - When the cool evening breezes were blowing, the man[fn] and his wife heard the LORD God walking about in the garden. So they hid from the LORD God among the trees.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:10 - He replied, “I heard you walking in the garden, so I hid. I was afraid because I was naked.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:27 - Why did you slip away secretly? Why did you deceive me? And why didn’t you say you wanted to leave? I would have given you a farewell feast, with singing and music, accompanied by tambourines and harps.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 6:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:17 - Jericho and everything in it must be completely destroyed[fn] as an offering to the LORD. Only Rahab the prostitute and the others in her house will be spared, for she protected our spies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 6:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:25 - So Joshua spared Rahab the prostitute and her relatives who were with her in the house, because she had hidden the spies Joshua sent to Jericho. And she lives among the Israelites to this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:16 - During the battle the five kings escaped and hid in a cave at Makkedah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:17 - When Joshua heard that they had been found,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:27 - As the sun was going down, Joshua gave instructions for the bodies of the kings to be taken down from the poles and thrown into the cave where they had been hiding. Then they covered the opening of the cave with a pile of large rocks, which remains to this very day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:5 - He went to his father’s home at Ophrah, and there, on one stone, they killed all seventy of his half brothers, the sons of Gideon.[fn] But the youngest brother, Jotham, escaped and hid.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 10:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:22 - So they asked the LORD, “Where is he?”
And the LORD replied, “He is hiding among the baggage.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 13:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:6 - The men of Israel saw what a tight spot they were in; and because they were hard pressed by the enemy, they tried to hide in caves, thickets, rocks, holes, and cisterns.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:11 - When the Philistines saw them coming, they shouted, “Look! The Hebrews are crawling out of their holes!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:22 - Likewise, the men of Israel who were hiding in the hill country of Ephraim joined the chase when they saw the Philistines running away.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 19:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:2 - told him what his father was planning. “Tomorrow morning,” he warned him, “you must find a hiding place out in the fields.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 23:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:23 - Discover his hiding places, and come back when you are sure. Then I’ll go with you. And if he is in the area at all, I’ll track him down, even if I have to search every hiding place in Judah!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 17:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:9 - He has probably already hidden in some pit or cave. And when he comes out and attacks and a few of your men fall, there will be panic among your troops, and the word will spread that Absalom’s men are being slaughtered.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:4 - Once when Jezebel had tried to kill all the LORD’s prophets, Obadiah had hidden 100 of them in two caves. He put fifty prophets in each cave and supplied them with food and water.)

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:13 - Has no one told you, my lord, about the time when Jezebel was trying to kill the LORD’s prophets? I hid 100 of them in two caves and supplied them with food and water.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 6:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:29 - So we cooked my son and ate him. Then the next day I said to her, ‘Kill your son so we can eat him,’ but she has hidden her son.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 11:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:3 - Joash remained hidden in the Temple of the LORD for six years while Athaliah ruled over the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 21:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:20 - Araunah, who was busy threshing wheat at the time, turned and saw the angel there. His four sons, who were with him, ran away and hid.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 18:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:24 - And Micaiah replied, “You will find out soon enough when you are trying to hide in some secret room!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 22:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:9 - Then Jehu’s men searched for Ahaziah, and they found him hiding in the city of Samaria. They brought him to Jehu, who killed him. Ahaziah was given a decent burial because the people said, “He was the grandson of Jehoshaphat—a man who sought the LORD with all his heart.” But none of the surviving members of Ahaziah’s family was capable of ruling the kingdom.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 22:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:12 - Joash remained hidden in the Temple of God for six years while Athaliah ruled over the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:21 - You will be safe from slander
and have no fear when destruction comes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:4 - The poor are pushed off the path;
the needy must hide together for safety.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 29:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:8 - The young stepped aside when they saw me,
and even the aged rose in respect at my coming.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 29:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:10 - The highest officials of the city stood quietly,
holding their tongues in respect.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:30 - For the water turns to ice as hard as rock,
and the surface of the water freezes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 42:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:22 - But his own people have been robbed and plundered,
enslaved, imprisoned, and trapped.
They are fair game for anyone
and have no one to protect them,
no one to take them back home.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 49:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:2 - He made my words of judgment as sharp as a sword.
He has hidden me in the shadow of his hand.
I am like a sharp arrow in his quiver.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:7 - Only I, Daniel, saw this vision. The men with me saw nothing, but they were suddenly terrified and ran away to hide.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:3 - Even if they hide at the very top of Mount Carmel,
I will search them out and capture them.
Even if they hide at the bottom of the ocean,
I will send the sea serpent after them to bite them.
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