Strong's Lexicon

H2834

H2834 — חָשַׂף

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

Hebrewchasaphverb-stemOccurrences: 11TWOT: 766

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H2834
Word:	חָשַׂף
Part of Speech:	verb-stem
Etymology:	a primitive root
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	11
Transliteration:	chasaph
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	khaw-saf'
Meaning:	1. to strip off 2. (generally) to make naked (for exertion or in disgrace) 3. to drain away or bail up (a liquid)
KJV Renderings:	make bare, clean, discover, draw out, take, uncover.

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BDB3200

חָשַׂף verb strip off, strip, make bare —

Qal Perfect חָשַׂף Isa 52:10, חֲשָׂפָהּ Joel 1:7, חָשַׂפְתִּי Jer 13:26; Jer 49:10 Imperfect וַיֶּחֱשׂף Ps 29:9 Imperative feminine singular חֶשְׂפִּיֿ Isa 47:2 Infinitive absolute חָשׂף Joel 1:7 construct לַחְשׂף Isa 30:14; Hag 2:16 Passive participle חֲשׂוּפָה Ezek 4:7, חֲשׂוּפַי Isa 20:4 (plural construct ? compare below). —

1. strip off, expose oneself by removing (object שֹׁבֶל, flowing skirt, train) Isa 47:2 of Babylon, personified as queen (|| גַּלִּי שׁוֺק), שׁוּלַיִךְ עַלפָּֿנַיִךְ ׳ ח Jer 13:26.

2. strip, lay bare, figurative of ׳ י Isa 52:10 object זְרוֺעַ קדשׁו; of prophet, Ezek 4:7 (but Co strike out see as interpolation); object person Jer 49:10 (|| גִּלֵּיתִי); חָשׂף חשׂפהּ Joel 1:7 of locusts stripping fig-tree; חֲשׂוּפַי שֵׁת Isa 20:4 (participle either singular collective, with formative ending יַ֯, De Lag^{Se i. 19} (compare 69), BN 192; or plural construct, see Ges^{«GKC:87»§ 87}, 1 c.); יְעָרוֺת ׳ ח Ps 29:9 of voice of ׳ י (i.e. a storm) stripping forests.

3. draw (water) Isa 30:14 (wine) Hag 2:16 properly take from the surface, skim.

BDB3203

חֲשׂוּפַי Isa 20:4 see חשׂף . above

Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

חשף (ghah-saph’)

Jeremiah 13:26

KJV: Therefore will I discover thy skirts upon thy face, that thy shame may appear.

EHCC: Therefore sill I discover thy skirts

Joel 1:7

KJV: He hath laid my vine waste, and barked my fig tree: he hath made it clean bare, and cast it away; the branches thereof are made white.barked…: Heb. laid my fig tree for a barking

EHCC: he hath made it clean bare, .

Isaiah 30:14

KJV: And he shall break it as the breaking of the potters’ vessel that is broken in pieces; he shall not spare: so that there shall not be found in the bursting of it a sherd to take fire from the hearth, or to take water withal out of the pit.the potters’…: Heb. the bottle of potters

EHCC: 0r to take water (withal) out of the pit.

Joel 1:7

KJV: He hath laid my vine waste, and barked my fig tree: he hath made it clean bare, and cast it away; the branches thereof are made white.barked…: Heb. laid my fig tree for a barking

EHCC: he hath made it clean bare, (lit. in making

Isaiah 47:2

KJV: Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers.

EHCC: make bare the leg,

Psalms 29:9

KJV: The voice of the Lord maketh the hinds to calve, and discovereth the forests: and in his temple doth every one speak of his glory.to calve: or, to be in paindoth…: or, every whit of it uttereth, etc

EHCC: and discovereth the forests:

Isaiah 20:4

KJV: So shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians prisoners, and the Ethiopians captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, even with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.the Egyptians…: Heb. the captivity of Egyptshame: Heb. nakedness

EHCC: even with (their) buttocks uncovered,

Ezekiel 4:7

KJV: Therefore thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, and thine arm shall be uncovered, and thou shalt prophesy against it.

EHCC: thine atm (shall be) uncovered,