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Lexicon :: Strong's H2670 - ḥāp̄šî

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חָפְשִׁי
Transliteration
ḥāp̄šî
Pronunciation
khof-shee'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 717c

Strong’s Definitions

חׇפְשִׁי chophshîy, khof-shee'; from H2666; exempt (from bondage, tax or care):—free, liberty.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x

The KJV translates Strong's H2670 in the following manner: free (16x), liberty (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x
The KJV translates Strong's H2670 in the following manner: free (16x), liberty (1x).

  1. free

    1. free (from slavery)

    2. free (from taxes or obligations)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חׇפְשִׁי chophshîy, khof-shee'; from H2666; exempt (from bondage, tax or care):—free, liberty.
STRONGS H2670: Abbreviations
† חָפְשִׁי adjective free (Late Hebrew id.) — ח׳ Exodus 21:5 + 10 times + Psalm 88:6; plural חָפְשִׁים Isaiah 58:6 + 4 times —
1. free from slavery: of Hebrew bondslave (male or female) set free in 7th year Exodus 21:2, 5 (JE), Deuteronomy 15:12, 13, 18, compare Jeremiah 34:9, 10, 11, 14, 16; of slave (male or female) set free on account of injury done Exodus 21:26, 27 (JE); מֵאֲדֹנָיו עֶבֶד ח׳ Job 3:19 a slave is free from his master (i.e. in She’ôl); but בַּמֵּתִים חָפְשִׁי Psalm 88:6 among the dead I am free (i.e. adrift, cut off from Yahweh's remembrance); more generally, שַׁלַּח רְצוּצִים חָפְשִׁים Isaiah 58:6 to let oppressed ones go free.
2. free from taxes, obligations, etc. אֵת בֵּית אָבִיו יַעֲשֶׂה חָפְשִׁי בְּיְשְׂרָאֵל 1 Samuel 17:25 his father's house will he make free in Israel.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

21:2; 21:5; 21:5; 21:26; 21:27

Deuteronomy

15:12; 15:13; 15:18

1 Samuel

17:25

Job

3:19

Psalms

88:6; 88:6

Isaiah

58:6; 58:6

Jeremiah

34:9; 34:10; 34:11; 34:14; 34:16

H2670

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2670 matches the Hebrew חָפְשִׁי (ḥāp̄šî),
which occurs 17 times in 17 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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“If H3588 you buy H7069 a Hebrew H5680 slave H5650, he shall serve H5647 for six H8337 years H8141; but on the seventh H7637 he shall leave H3318 as a free H2670 man H2670 without H2600 a payment H2600 to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:5 - “But if H518 the slave H5650 plainly H559 says H559, ‘I love H157 my master H113, my wife H802, and my children H1121; I will not leave H3318 as a free H2670 man H2670,’

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“And if H3588 someone H376 strikes H5221 the eye H5869 of his male H5650 or H176 female H519 slave H519 H5650 and destroys H7843 it, he shall let [fn]the slave go H7971 free H2670 on H8478 account H8478 of H8478 the eye H5869.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:27 - “And if H518 he [fn]knocks H5307 out H5307 a tooth H8127 of his male H5650 or H176 female H519 slave H519 H5650, he shall let [fn]the slave go H7971 free H2670 on H8478 account H8478 of H8478 the tooth H8127.

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“If H3588 your fellow H251 countryman H251, a Hebrew H5680 man H5680 or H176 woman H5680, is sold H4376 to you, then he shall serve H5647 you for six H8337 years H8141, but in the seventh H7637 year H8141 you shall set H7971 him [fn]free H2670.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:13 - “And when H3588 you set H7971 him [fn]free H2670, you shall not send H7971 him away H7971 empty-handed H7387.

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“It shall not seem H7185 difficult H7185 for you when you set H7971 him [fn]free H2670, because H3588 he has given H5647 you six H8337 years H8141 with double H4932 the [fn]service H7939 of a hired H7916 worker H7916; so the LORD H3068 your God H430 will bless H1288 you in whatever H3605 H834 you do H6213.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:25 - And the men H376 of Israel H3478 said H559, “Have you seen H7200 this H2088 man H376 who is coming H5927 up H5927? Surely H3588 he is coming H5927 up H5927 to defy H2778 Israel H3478. And it will be that the king H4428 will make H6238 the man H376 who H834 kills H5221 him wealthy H6238 with great H1419 riches H6239, and will give H5414 him his daughter H1323 and make H6213 his father’s H1 house H1004 [fn]free H2670 in Israel H3478.”

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“The small H6996 and the great H1419 are there H8033,

And the slave H5650 is free H2670 from his master H113.

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“Who H4310 sent H7971 the wild H6501 donkey H6501 out H7971 free H2670?

And who H4310 opened H6605 the bonds H4147 of the swift H6171 donkey H6171,

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[fn]Abandoned H2670 among the dead H4191,

Like H3644 the slain H2491 who lie H7901 in the grave H6913,

Whom H834 You no H3808 longer H5750 remember H2142,

And they are cut H1504 off H1504 from Your hand H3027.

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“Is this H2088 not the fast H6685 that I choose H977:

To release H6605 the bonds H2784 of wickedness H7562,

To undo H5425 the ropes H92 of the yoke H4133,

And to let H7971 the oppressed H7533 go H7971 free H2670,

And break H5423 every H3605 yoke H4133?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:9 - that each H376 person H376 was to set H7971 his male H5650 servant H5650 free H2670 and each H376 his female H8198 servant H8198, a Hebrew H5680 man H5680 or a Hebrew H5680 woman H5680, so that no H1115 one H376 would keep H5647 them, his Jewish H3064 brother H251 or sister, in H5647 bondage H5647.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:10 - And all H3605 the officials H8269 and all H3605 the people H5971 obeyed H8085 who H834 had entered H935 into the covenant H1285 that each H376 person H376 was to set H7971 his male H5650 servant H5650 free H2670 and each H376 his female H8198 servant H8198, so that no H1115 one H1115 would keep H5647 them in H5647 bondage H5647 any H5750 longer H5750; they obeyed H8085, and set H7971 them free.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:11 - But afterward H310 H3651 they turned H7725 around H7725 and took H7725 back H7725 the male H5650 servants H5650 and the female H8198 servants H8198 whom H834 they had set H7971 free H2670, and brought H3533 them into H3533 subjection H3533 as male H5650 servants H5650 and as female H8198 servants H8198.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:14 - “At the end H7093 of seven H7651 years H8141 each H376 of you shall set H7971 free H7971 his Hebrew H5680 brother H251 who H834 [fn]has been sold H4376 to you and has served H5647 you for six H8337 years H8141, and you shall send H7971 him out H7971 free H2670 from you.” But your forefathers H1 did not obey H8085 Me nor incline H5186 their ear H241 to Me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:16 - ‘Yet you turned H7725 and profaned H2490 My name H8034, and each H376 person H376 [fn]took H7725 back H7725 his male H5650 servant H5650 and each H376 his female H8198 servant H8198 whom H834 you had set H7971 free H2670 according to their desire H5315, and you brought H3533 them into H3533 subjection H3533 to be your male H5650 and female H8198 servants H5650 H8198.’
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