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Lexicon :: Strong's H2664 - ḥāp̄aś

Aa
חָפַשׂ
Transliteration
ḥāp̄aś
Pronunciation
khaw-fas'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 716

Strong’s Definitions

חָפַשׂ châphas, khaw-fas'; a primitive root; to seek; causatively, to conceal oneself (i.e. let be sought), or mask:—change, (make) diligent (search), disquise self, hide, search (for, out).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 23x

The KJV translates Strong's H2664 in the following manner: search (11x), disguise (7x), search out (2x), changed (1x), diligent (1x), hidden (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 23x
The KJV translates Strong's H2664 in the following manner: search (11x), disguise (7x), search out (2x), changed (1x), diligent (1x), hidden (1x).

  1. 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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חָפַשׂ châphas, khaw-fas'; a primitive root; to seek; causatively, to conceal oneself (i.e. let be sought), or mask:—change, (make) diligent (search), disquise self, hide, search (for, out).
STRONGS H2664: Abbreviations
† [חָפַשׂ] verb search (TargumJer חֲפַס dig, seek; Palestinian, Syriac dig (Schw); perhaps Assyrian êppêšu, êtpêšu, sensible, LyonSargontexte 65) —
Qal Imperfect 2nd person 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 below Pu.)
3. search＝test, Lamentations 3:40 (object דרכינו; || חקר), Proverbs 20:27.
Niph. Perfect נַחְפְּשׁוּ Obadiah 6 subject עֵשָׂו collective; searched out＝exposed and plundered (|| מַצְפּוּנָיו נִבְעו).
Pi. Perfect וְחִמַּשְׂתִּ֫י 1 Samuel 23:23; וְחִמְּשׂוּ 1 Kings 20:6; Imperfect וַיְחַמֵּשׂ Genesis 31:35 + 2 times; 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. 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 which see); see also חֵ֫פֶשׂ.
Hithp. Perfect הִתְחַמֵּשׂ 2 Chronicles 35:22 (but Greek Version of the LXX הִתְחַזֵּק, compare also Vulgate Syriac Version3 Esdr 1:26; so Be Öttli); Imperfect יִתְחַמֵּשׂ Job 30:18; וַיִּתְחַמֵּשׂ 1 Samuel 28:8 + 3 times; 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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

31:35; 31:35; 44:12

1 Samuel

23:23; 23:23; 28:8; 28:8

1 Kings

20:6; 20:6; 20:38; 22:30; 22:30

2 Kings

10:23; 10:23

2 Chronicles

18:29; 18:29; 35:22; 35:22

Job

30:18; 30:18

Psalms

64:7; 64:7; 64:7; 77:7

Proverbs

2:4; 2:4; 20:27; 20:27; 28:12

Lamentations

3:40; 3:40

Amos

9:3; 9:3

Obadiah

1:6

Zephaniah

1:12; 1:12

H2664

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2664 matches the Hebrew חָפַשׂ (ḥāp̄aś),
which occurs 23 times in 20 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:35 - And she said H559 to her father H1, “May my lord H113 not be H2734 angry H2734 that I cannot H3201 H3808 stand H6965 in your presence H4480 H6440, because H3588 the [fn]way H1870 of women H802 is upon me.” So he searched H2664 but did not find H4672 the [fn]household H8655 idols H8655.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:12 - And he searched H2664, beginning H2490 with the oldest H1419 and ending H3615 with the youngest H6996; and the cup H1375 was found H4672 in Benjamin’s H1144 sack H572.

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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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Then Saul H7586 disguised H2664 himself by putting H3847 on H3847 different H312 clothes H899, and went H1980, he and two H8147 men H376 with him, and they came H935 to the woman H802 by night H3915; and he said H559, “Consult H7080 the spirit H178 for me, please H4994, and bring H5927 up H5927 for me the one whom H834 I shall [fn]name H559 for you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:6 - but about this time H6256 tomorrow H4279 I will send H7971 my servants H5650 to you, and they will search H2664 your house H1004 and the houses H1004 of your servants H5650; and they will take H7760 in their hands H3027 everything H3605 that is pleasing H4261 to your eyes H5869, and take H3947 it all away H3947.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:38 - So the prophet H5030 departed H1980 and waited H5975 for the king H4428 by the road H1870, and disguised H2664 himself with a bandage H666 over H5921 his eyes H5869.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:30 - And the king H4428 of Israel H3478 said H559 to Jehoshaphat H3092, “I will disguise H2664 myself and go H935 into the battle H4421, but you put H3847 on H3847 your robes H899.” So the king H4428 of Israel H3478 disguised H2664 himself and went H935 into the battle H4421.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:23 - Then Jehu H3058 entered H935 the house H1004 of Baal H1168 with Jehonadab H3082 the son H1121 of Rechab H7394; and he said H559 to the worshipers H5647 of Baal H1168, “Search H2664 carefully H2664 and see H7200 to it that H6435 there H3426 is H3426 here H6311 with you none H6435 of the servants H5650 of the LORD H3068, but only H905 the worshipers H5647 of Baal H1168.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:29 - And the king H4428 of Israel H3478 said H559 to Jehoshaphat H3092, “I will disguise H2664 myself and go H935 into battle H4421, but you put H3847 on H3847 your robes H899.” So the king H4428 of Israel H3478 disguised H2664 himself, and they went H935 into battle H4421.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:22 - However, Josiah H2977 would not turn H5437 [fn]away H5437 from him, but disguised H2664 himself in order to fight H3898 against him; nor H3808 did he listen H8085 to the words H1697 of Neco H5224 from the mouth H6310 of God H430, but he came H935 to wage H3898 war H3898 on the plain H1237 of Megiddo H4023.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:18 -

“By a great H7230 force H3581 my garment H3830 is distorted H2664;

It ties H247 me up H247 like the collar H6310 of my coat H3801.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 64:6 -

They [fn]devise H2664 injustices H5766, saying,

“We are H8552 [fn]ready H8552 with a well-conceived H2664 plot H2665”;

For the [fn]inward H7130 thought H7130 and the heart H3820 of a person H376 are [fn]deep H6013.

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I will remember H2142 my song H5058 in the night H3915;

I will meditate H7878 with my heart H3824,

And my spirit H7307 [fn]ponders H2664:

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If H518 you seek H1245 her as silver H3701

And search H2664 for her as for hidden H4301 treasures H4301;

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The [fn]spirit H5397 of a person H120 is the lamp H5216 of the LORD H3068,

Searching H2664 all H3605 the [fn]innermost H2315 parts H2315 of his being H990.

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When the righteous H6662 triumph H5970, there is great H7227 glory H8597,

But when the wicked H7563 rise H6965, people H120 [fn]hide H2664 themselves.

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Let’s examine H2664 and search H2713 out H2713 our ways H1870,

And let’s return H7725 to the LORD H3068.

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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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“Oh H349 how H349 Esau H6215 will be searched H2664,

And his hidden H4710 treasures H4710 searched H1158 out H1158!

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“And it will come H1961 about H1961 at that time H6256

That I will search H2664 Jerusalem H3389 with lamps H5216,

And I will punish H6485 the people H376

Who are [fn]stagnant H7087 in spirit H8105,

Who say H559 in their hearts H3824,

‘The LORD H3068 will not do H3190 good H3190 nor H3808 harm H7489!’

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