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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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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:2 - “If you buy a Hebrew servant, he shall serve six years; and in the seventh he shall go out free and pay nothing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:5 - “But if the servant plainly says, ‘I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free,’

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:26 - “If a man strikes the eye of his male or female servant, and destroys it, he shall let him go free for the sake of his eye.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:27 - “And if he knocks out the tooth of his male or female servant, he shall let him go free for the sake of his tooth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 15:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:12 - “If your brother, a Hebrew man, or a Hebrew woman, is sold to you and serves you six years, then in the seventh year you shall let him go free from you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 15:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:13 - “And when you send him away free from you, you shall not let him go away empty-handed;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 15:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:18 - “It shall not seem hard to you when you send him away free from you; for he has been worth a double hired servant in serving you six years. Then the LORD your God will bless you in all that you do.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:25 - So the men of Israel said, “Have you seen this man who has come up? Surely he has come up to defy Israel; and it shall be that the man who kills him the king will enrich with great riches, will give him his daughter, and give his father’s house exemption from taxes in Israel.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 3:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:19 - The small and great are there,
And the servant is free from his master.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 39:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:5 - “Who set the wild donkey free?
Who loosed the bonds of the onager,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 88:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:5 - Adrift among the dead,
Like the slain who lie in the grave,
Whom You remember no more,
And who are cut off from Your hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 58:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:6 - “Is this not the fast that I have chosen:
To loose the bonds of wickedness,
To undo the heavy burdens,
To let the oppressed go free,
And that you break every yoke?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 34:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:9 - that every man should set free his male and female slave—a Hebrew man or woman—that no one should keep a Jewish brother in bondage.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 34:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:10 - Now when all the princes and all the people, who had entered into the covenant, heard that everyone should set free his male and female slaves, that no one should keep them in bondage anymore, they obeyed and let them go.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 34:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:11 - But afterward they changed their minds and made the male and female slaves return, whom they had set free, and brought them into subjection as male and female slaves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 34:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:14 - “At the end of seven years let every man set free his Hebrew brother, who has been sold to him; and when he has served you six years, you shall let him go free from you.” But your fathers did not obey Me nor incline their ear.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 34:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:16 - ‘Then you turned around and profaned My name, and every one of you brought back his male and female slaves, whom you had set at liberty, at their pleasure, and brought them back into subjection, to be your male and female slaves.’
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