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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
Dictionary Aids

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.
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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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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 - He said H559, “You shall take H3947 these seven H7651 ewe H3535 lambs H3535 from my hand H3027 so H5668 that H5668 it may be a witness H5713 for me, that I dug H2658 this H2088 well H875.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:15 - Now all H3605 the wells H875 which H834 his father’s H1 servants H5650 had dug H2658 in the days H3117 of his father H1 Abraham H85, the Philistines H6430 stopped H5640 up H5640 [fn]by filling H4390 them with dirt H6083.

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Then Isaac H3327 dug H2658 again H7725 the wells H875 of water H4325 which H834 [fn]had been dug H2658 in the days H3117 of his father H1 Abraham H85, for the Philistines H6430 had stopped H5640 them up H5640 after H310 the death H4194 of Abraham H85; and he [fn]gave H7121 them the same H8034 names H8034 which H834 his father H1 had [fn]given H7121 them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:19 - But when Isaac’s H3327 servants H5650 dug H2658 in the valley H5158 and found H4672 there H8033 a well H875 of [fn]flowing H2416 water H4325,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:21 - Then they dug H2658 another H312 well H875, and they quarreled H7378 over H5921 it too H1571, so he named H7121 H8034 it [fn]Sitnah H7856.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:22 - Then he moved H6275 away H6275 from there H8033 and dug H2658 another H312 well H875, and they did not quarrel H7378 over H5921 it; so he named H7121 H8034 it [fn]Rehoboth H7344, for he said H559, “[fn]At H3588 H6258 last H3588 H6258 the LORD H3068 has made H7337 [fn]room H7337 for us, and we will be H6509 fruitful H6509 in the land H776.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:32 - Now it came H1961 about H1961 on the same H1931 day H3117, that Isaac’s H3327 servants H5650 came H935 in H935 and told H5046 him about H5921 H182 the well H875 which H834 they had dug H2658, and said H559 to him, “We have found H4672 water H4325.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:24 - So all H3605 the Egyptians H4714 dug H2658 around H5439 the Nile H2975 for water H4325 to drink H8354, because H3588 they could H3201 not drink H8354 from the water H4325 of the Nile H2975.

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“The well H875, which the leaders H8269 dug H2658,

Which the nobles H5081 of the people H5971 hollowed H3738 out H3738,

With the scepter H2710 and with their staffs H4938.”

And from the wilderness H4057 they continued to Mattanah H4980,

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“Then all H3605 of you approached H7126 me and said H559, ‘Let us send H7971 men H376 ahead H6440 of us, so that they may spy H2658 out H2658 the land H776 for us, and bring H7725 back H7725 to us word H1697 of the way H1870 by which H834 we should go H5927 up H5927, and the cities H5892 which H834 we should enter H935.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:13 - and you shall have H1961 a [fn]spade H3489 among H5921 your tools H240, and it shall be when you sit H3427 down H3427 outside H2351, you shall dig H2658 with it and shall turn H7725 and cover H3680 up H3680 your excrement H6627.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:2 - But it was told H559 to the king H4428 of Jericho H3405, saying H559, “Behold H2009, men H376 from the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 have come H935 here H2008 tonight H3915 to spy H2658 out H2658 the land H776.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:3 - And the king H4428 of Jericho H3405 sent H7971 word to Rahab H7343, saying H559, “Bring H3318 out H3318 the men H376 who have come H935 to you, who H834 have entered H935 your house H1004, for they have come H935 to spy H2658 out H2658 all H3605 the land H776.”

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Who [fn]long H2442 for death H4194, but there H369 is H369 none H369,

And dig H2658 for it more H4480 than H4480 for hidden H4301 treasures H4301;

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“Then you would trust H982, because H3588 there H3426 is H3426 hope H8615;

And you would look H2658 around H2658 and rest H7901 securely H983.

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“[fn]He paws H2658 in the valley H6010, and rejoices H7797 in his strength H3581;

He goes H3318 out H3318 to meet H7122 the battle H5402.

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“From there H8033 he tracks H2658 food H400;

His eyes H5869 look H5027 at it from afar H7350.

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He has dug H3738 a pit H953 and hollowed H2658 it out H2658,

And has fallen H5307 into the hole H7845 which he made H6466.

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For they hid H2934 their net H7568 for me without H2600 cause H2600;

Without H2600 cause H2600 they dug H2658 a pit H7845 for my soul H5315.

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One who digs H2658 a pit H1475 may fall H5307 into it, and a serpent H5175 may bite H5391 one who breaks H6555 through H6555 a wall H1447.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:7 - Then I went H1980 to the Euphrates H6578 and dug H2658, and I took H3947 the undergarment H232 from the place H4725 where H834 H8033 I had hidden H2934 it; and behold H2009, the undergarment H232 was ruined H7843, it was H6743 completely H3605 useless H3808 H6743.
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