Strong's Lexicon

H2659

H2659 — חָפֵר

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

HebrewchapherverbOccurrences: 17TWOT: 715

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H2659
Word:חָפֵר
Part of Speech:verb
Etymology:a primitive root (perhaps rath. the same as H2658 through the idea of detection)
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:17
Transliteration:chapher
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:khaw-fare'
Meaning:1. to blush 2. (figuratively) to be ashamed, disappointed 3. (causatively) to shame, reproach
KJV Renderings:be ashamed, be confounded, be brought to confusion (unto shame), come (be put to) shame, bring reproach.

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II. [חָפֵר] verb be abashed, ashamed ( ᵑ7 חֲפַר Prov 13:5, מַחְפְּרָנָא one causing shame Prov 19:26 Syriac [untranscribed source text 1912], especially Aph`el be ashamed, put to shame; Arabic [untranscribed source text 1913] be bashful, [untranscribed source text 1914] shy, bashful; Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 1915] be ashamed, blush) —

Qal Perfect 3 feminine singular חָֽפְרָה Jer 50:12 וְחָֽפְרָה consecutive Isa 24:23 וְחָפֵ֑רָה Jer 15:9 חָֽפְרוּ Ps 71:24 וְחָֽפְרוּ consecutive Mic 3:7 Imperfect יַחְפְּרוּ Ps 35:4 + 4 t.; יֶחְפָּ֑רוּ Ps 34:6 וַיֶּחְפָּ֑רוּ Job 6:20 תַּחְפְּרוּ Isa 1:29 — be abashed, ashamed, said of face Ps 34:6 (avoided by looking to ׳ י); elsewhere always || בּוֺשׁ, of enemies of righteousness Ps 71:24; Ps 35:4; Ps 35:26; Ps 40:15 = Ps 70:3; Ps 83:18 of idolaters Isa 1:29 diviners Mic 3:7 of distressed Jerusalem Jer 15:9 so of Babylon Jer 50:12 of moon Isa 24:33 be put to shame (disappointment), of caravans looking for water Job 6:20.
Hiph`il Perfect הֶחְפִּיר Isa 33:9 Imperfect יַחְפִּיר Prov 13:5 תַּחְפִּ֫ירִי Isa 54:4 Participle מַחְפִּיר Prov 19:26 — display shame, figurative of Lebanon Isa 33:9 (|| קָמַ֑ל 'dried up' Che); of Israel Isa 54:4 (|| בּוֺשׁ Qal); of an unfilial son, cause shame Prov 19:26 (|| מֵבִישׁ); compare Prov 13:5 of wicked (|| יבאישׁ: see באשׁ Hiph`il above).


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

חפר (g’hah-phēhr’)

Psalms 71:24

KJV: My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt.
EHCC: for they are brought unto shane,

Jeremiah 15:9

KJV: She that hath borne seven languisheth: she hath given up the ghost; her sun is gone down while it was yet day: she hath been ashamed and confounded: and the residue of them will I deliver to the sword before their enemies, saith the Lord.
EHCC: ahe hath been ashamed and confomded:

Jeremiah 50:12

KJV: Your mother shall be sore confounded; she that bare you shall be ashamed: behold, the hindermost of the nations shall be a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.
EHCC: she that bare you shall be ashamed:

Micah 8:7

EHCC: and the diviners confounded:

Job 6:20

KJV: They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed.
EHCC: they came thither, end were ו

Job 35:4

KJV: I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.answer…: Heb. return to thee words
EHCC: turned back and brought to confusion

Job 40:19

KJV: He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him.
EHCC: (18) 8 70:2(3) Let them be ashamed eal

Job 83:17

EHCC: (18). yea, lef them be put to shame,

Isaiah 1:29

KJV: For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen.
EHCC: and ye shall be confounded

Isaiah 83:9

EHCC: Lebanon és ashamed (and) hewn dows:

Proverbs 13:5

KJV: A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame.
EHCC: loathsome, and cometh to shame.

Isaiah 54:4

KJV: Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more.
EHCC: for thou shalt not be pul fo shame:

Proverbs 19:28

KJV: An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity.An…: Heb. A witness of Belial
EHCC: and bringeth reproach.
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