Strong's Lexicon

H2660

H2660 — חֵפֶר

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

HebrewChepherName/l.Occurrences: 9

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H2660
Word:	חֵפֶר
Part of Speech:	Name/l.
Etymology:	from H2658 or H2659
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	9
Transliteration:	Chepher
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	khay'-fer
Meaning:	1. a pit of shame 2. Chepher, a place in Israel 3. also the name of three Israelites
KJV Renderings:	Hepher.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB3013

I. חֵ֫פֶר proper name, masculine

1. a Manassite Num 26:32; Num 26:33; Num 27:1; Josh 17:2; Josh 17:3, ᵐ5 Οφερ.

2. a man of Judah 1Chr 4:6 ᵐ5 Ηφαλ, ᵐ5 ^L Αφερ.

3. one of David's heroes, according to 1Chr 11:36 (but on text see Be VB and Dr 2Sam 23:36).

BDB3015

II. חֵ֫פֶר proper name [of a location]

1. Canaanitish town, with a king, named just before Aphek Josh 12:17, exact site unknown.

2. 1Kgs 4:10 in Judah (׳ ארץ ח); — on ׳ גִּ֫תָּה ח Josh 19:13, ׳ גַּת הַח 2Kgs 14:25, see גַּת below יגן.

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

חפר (g’h’phōhr)

Isaiah 2:20

KJV: In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made each one for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats;his idols of silver…: Heb. the idols of his silver, etceach…: or, for him

EHCC: t0 the moles (perhaps, lit, to the bak ¢