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Lexicon :: Strong's H2658 - ḥāp̄ar

Aa
חָפַר
Transliteration
ḥāp̄ar
Pronunciation
khaw-far'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 714

Strong’s Definitions

חָפַר châphar, khaw-far'; a primitive root; properly, to pry into; by implication, to delve, to explore:—dig, paw, search out, seek.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x

The KJV translates Strong's H2658 in the following manner: dig (17x), search out (3x), paweth (1x), seeketh (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x
The KJV translates Strong's H2658 in the following manner: dig (17x), search out (3x), paweth (1x), seeketh (1x).

  1. to dig, search for

    1. (Qal)

      1. to dig

      2. to search, search out, explore

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חָפַר châphar, khaw-far'; a primitive root; properly, to pry into; by implication, to delve, to explore:—dig, paw, search out, seek.
STRONGS H2658: Abbreviations
† I. חָפַר verb dig, search for (Arabic حَغَرَ id.; Aramaic חֲפַר, rfpo, id.; Late Hebrew חֵפֶר act of digging) —
Qal Perfect ח׳ Job 39:29; וְחָפַרְתָּ֫ Job 11:18; וְחָפַרְתָּ֫ה Deuteronomy 23:14; חָפַרְתִּי Genesis 21:30; חָֽפְרוּ Genesis 26:18 + 2 times; חָפָ֑רוּ Genesis 26:32; חֲפָרוּהָ Numbers 21:18; Imperfect וַיַּחְפֹּר Genesis 26:18, 22; וַיַּחְפְּרֵהוּ Psalm 7:16; וָאֶחְפֹּר Jeremiah 13:7; יַחְפְּרוּ Job 39:21 (but read יַחְפֹּר so Greek Version of the LXX Vulgate Syriac Version Di) Deuteronomy 1:22; וַיַּחְפְּרוּ Genesis 26:19 + 2 times; וַיַּחְפְּרֻהוּ Job 3:21; Infinitive construct לַחְפֹּר Joshua 2:2, 3+ Isaiah 2:20 (compare below); Participle חֹפֵר Ecclesiastes 10:8; —
1. dig:
a. a well, with accusative בְּאֵר Genesis 21:30 (E), Genesis 26:15, 18 (twice in verse); Genesis 26:19, 21, 22, 32 (J), Numbers 21:18 (E); compare Exodus 7:24 (E); dig (a hole, implied as object) Deuteronomy 23:14; a pit, with hostile purpose, as snare or trap, figurative of malicious plan, with accusative בּוֺר Psalm 7:16 (|| כָּרָה); so with accusative גומץ Ecclesiastes 10:8, compare [שַׁחַת] לְנַפְשִׁי ח׳ Psalm 35:7; of horse, dig, i.e. paw the ground, בָּעֵמֶק יַחְפֹּר Job 39:21 (so read, see above) he paweth in the valley (compare Arabic حَافِرً hoof).
b. dig for something hidden, with accusative Job 3:21 (figurative of longing for death), Jeremiah 13:7 (no object expressed)
2. search, search out, explore, with accusative הָאָרֶץ Joshua 2:3 (twice in verse) (JE), Deuteronomy 1:22; of eagle, search for food, with accusative אֹכֶל ח׳ Job 39:29, with especially reference to keen vision (|| מֵרָחוֺק עֵינָיו יַבִּיטוּ); so＝search or look carefully about before going to rest Job 11:18 (no object). — לַחְפֹּר Isaiah 2:20 see H2661 חֲפַרְפָּרָה below.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

21:30; 21:30; 26:15; 26:18; 26:18; 26:18; 26:19; 26:19; 26:21; 26:22; 26:22; 26:32; 26:32

Exodus

7:24

Numbers

21:18; 21:18

Deuteronomy

1:22; 1:22; 23:14; 23:14

Joshua

2:2; 2:3; 2:3

Job

3:21; 3:21; 11:18; 11:18; 39:21; 39:21; 39:29; 39:29

Psalms

7:16; 7:16; 35:7

Ecclesiastes

10:8; 10:8

Isaiah

2:20; 2:20

Jeremiah

13:7; 13:7

H2658

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2658 matches the Hebrew חָפַר (ḥāp̄ar),
which occurs 22 times in 21 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:30 - And he said, Take these seven lambs from me as a witness that I have made this water-hole.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:15 - Now all the water-holes, which his father's servants had made in the days of Abraham, had been stopped up with earth by the Philistines.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:18 - And he made again the water-holes which had been made in the days of Abraham his father, and which had been stopped up by the Philistines; and he gave them the names which his father had given them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:19 - Now Isaac's servants made holes in the valley, and came to a spring of flowing water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:21 - Then they made another water-hole, and there was a fight about that, so he gave it the name of Sitnah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:22 - Then he went away from there, and made another water-hole, about which there was no fighting: so he gave it the name of Rehoboth, for he said, Now the Lord has made room for us, and we will have fruit in this land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:32 - And that day Isaac's servants came to him and gave him word of the water-hole which they had made, and said to him, We have come to water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:24 - And all the Egyptians made holes round about the Nile to get drinking-water, for they were not able to make use of the Nile water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:18 - The fountain made by the chiefs, made deep by the great ones of the people, with the law-givers' rod, and with their sticks. Then from the waste land they went on to Mattanah:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:22 - And you came near to me, every one of you, and said, Let us send men before us to go through the land with care and give us an account of the way we are to go and the towns to which we will come.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:13 - And have among your arms a spade; and when you have been to that place, let that which comes from you be covered up with earth:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:2 - And it was said to the king of Jericho, See, some men have come here tonight from the children of Israel with the purpose of searching out the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:3 - Then the king of Jericho sent to Rahab, saying, Send out the men who have come to you and are in your house; for they have come with the purpose of searching out all the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:21 - To those whose desire is for death, but it comes not; who are searching for it more than for secret wealth;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:18 - And you will be safe because there is hope; after looking round, you will take your rest in quiet;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:21 - He is stamping with joy in the valley; he makes sport of fear.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:29 - From there he is watching for food; his eye sees it far off.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:15 - He has made a hole deep in the earth, and is falling into the hole which he has made

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:7 - For without cause they have put a net ready for me secretly, in which to take my soul.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:8 - He who makes a hole for others will himself go into it, and for him who makes a hole through a wall the bite of a snake will be a punishment.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:7 - So I went to Parah and, uncovering the hole, took the band from the place where I had put it away: and the band was damaged and of no use for anything.
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