Strong's Lexicon: H2664 חָפַשׂ

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H2664
Word:	חָפַשׂ
Part of Speech:	verb
Etymology:	a primitive root
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	23
Transliteration:	chaphas
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	khaw-fas'
Meaning:	1. to seek 2. causatively, to conceal oneself (i.e. let be sought), or mask
KJV Renderings:	change, (make) diligent (search), disquise self, hide, search (for, out).

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[חָפַשׂ] verb search ( ᵑ7 ^Jer חֲפַס dig, seek; Palestinian, Syriac dig ( Schw); perhaps Assyrian êppêšu, êtpêšu , sensible, Lyon^{Sargontexte 65} ) —

Qal Imperfect 2 masculine singular suffix תַּחְפְּשֶׂ֫נָּה Prov 2:4 יַחְפְּשׂוּ Ps 64:7 נַחְפְּשָׂה Lam 3:40 Participle חֹפֵשׂ Prov 20:27 — search, search out, figurative;

1. search for, object בִּינָה etc. Prov 2:4 (|| בקשׁ).

2. = think out, devise, with accusative עולות unjust acts Ps 64:7 (compare also sub. Pu`al)

3. search = test, Lam 3:40 (object דרכינו; || חקר ), Prov 20:27.

Niph`al Perfect נַחְפְּשׁוּ Obad 1:6 subject עֵשָׂו collective; searched out = exposed and plundered (|| נִבְעוּ מַצְפּוּנָיו).

Pi`el Perfect וְחִפַּשְׂתִּ֫י 1Sam 23:23 וְחִפְּשׂוּ 1Kgs 20:6 Imperfect וַיְחַפֵּשׂ Gen 31:35 + 2 t.; אֲחַפֵּשׂ Amos 9:3 ; Zeph 1:12 Imperative חַפְּשׂוּ 2Kgs 10:23 —

1. search through, with accusative, a house 1Kgs 20:6, Jerusalem (metaphor) Zeph 1:12 no object expressed 2Kgs 10:23.

2. search for:

a. a person with accusative 1Sam 23:23.

b. a thing, with accusative Gen 44:12 ( J ; Joseph searching for his cup); Gen 31:35 ( E ; no object expressed, Laban looking for his teraphim); Amos 9:3 (׳ י searching for evildoers), Ps 77:7 (soul searching to understand ׳ י's dealings with his servants).

Pu`al Imperfect יְחֻפַּשׂ Prov 28:12 be searched for = be hidden; Participle מְחֻפָּשׂ Ps 64:7 in ׳ חֵפֶשׂ מ = a searched out search, i.e. a device well thought out (compare Che; || Qal q. v.); see also חֵ֫פֶשׂ .

Hithpa`el Perfect הִתְחַפֵּשׂ 2Chr 35:22 (but ᵐ5 הִתְחַזֵּק, compare also ᵑ9 ᵑ6 3 Esdr 1:26; so Be Öttli); Imperfect יִתְחַפֵּשׂ Job 30:18 וַיִּתְחַפֵּשׂ 1Sam 28:8 + 3 t.; Infinitive absolute הִתְחַפֵּשׂ 1Kgs 22:30 = 2Chr 18:29 — disguise oneself (literally let oneself be searched for) 1Sam 28:8; 1Kgs 22:30 (twice in verse) = 2Chr 18:29 (twice in verse), 2Chr 35:22 (but see above), all of disguise by change of garments; 1Kgs 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.

Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

חפש (g’hah-phas’)

Psalms 64:6

KJV: They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is deep.they…: or, we are consumed by that which they have throughly searcheda diligent…: Heb. a search searched

EHCC: 7( . They search out iniquities ;

Proverbs 20:27

KJV: The spirit of man is the candle of the Lord, searching all the inward parts of the belly.candle: or, lamp

EHCC: searching all the inward parts

1 Samuel 23:23

KJV: See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he hideth himself, and come ye again to me with the certainty, and I will go with you: and it shall come to pass, if he be in the land, that I will search him out throughout all the thousands of Judah.

EHCC: that I will search him oxt

1 Kings 20:6

KJV: Yet I will send my servants unto thee to morrow about this time, and they shall search thine house, and the houses of thy servants; and it shall be, that whatsoever is pleasant in thine eyes, they shall put it in their hand, and take it away.pleasant: Heb. desirable

EHCC: and they shail search thine bouse,

2 Kings 10:28

KJV: Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel.

EHCC: Search, and look that there be bere

Genesis 31:35

KJV: And she said to her father, Let it not displease my lord that I cannot rise up before thee; for the custom of women is upon me. And he searched, but found not the images.

EHCC: And he searched, ong ban

Genesis 44:12

KJV: And he searched, and began at the eldest, and left at the youngest: and the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.

EHCC: And he searched, (and) began

Psalms 77:6

KJV: I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search.

EHCC: (7).and my spirit made diligent scorch,

Amos 9:3

KJV: And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them:

EHCC: [sill search and take them out

Zephaniah 1:12

KJV: And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with candles, and punish the men that are settled on their lees: that say in their heart, The Lord will not do good, neither will he do evil.settled: Heb. curded, or, thickened

EHCC: 7 will search Jerusalem with candles

Proverbs 38:12

EHCC: but when the wicked rise, a man is hidden.

Psalms 64:6

KJV: They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is deep.they…: or, we are consumed by that which they have throughly searcheda diligent…: Heb. a search searched

EHCC: (7). they accomplish a "Siigent search; (lit.

Psalms 180:8

EHCC: 8. א4 Saul disguised himsel;

1 Kings 20:38

KJV: So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with ashes upon his face.

EHCC: and disguised himself wt snes

1 Kings 2:30

KJV: And Benaiah came to the tabernacle of the Lord, and said unto him, Thus saith the king, Come forth. And he said, Nay; but I will die here. And Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me.

EHCC: dad the king of Israel disguised himself,

2 Chronicles 18:29

KJV: And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and will go to the battle; but put thou on thy robes. So the king of Israel disguised himself; and they went to the battle.

EHCC: Se the king of Isracl disguised himself;

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