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Lexicon :: Strong's H2244 - ḥāḇā'

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חָבָא
Transliteration
ḥāḇā'
Pronunciation
khaw-baw'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root [compare חָבַב (H2245)]
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TWOT Reference: 588

Strong’s Definitions

חָבָא châbâʼ, khaw-baw'; a primitive root (compare H2245); to secrete:—× held, hide (self), do secretly.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 33x

The KJV translates Strong's H2244 in the following manner: hide (31x), held (1x), secretly (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 33x
The KJV translates Strong's H2244 in the following manner: hide (31x), held (1x), secretly (1x).

  1. to withdraw, hide

    1. (Niphal) to hide oneself

    2. (Pual) to be forced into hiding

    3. (Hiphil) to hide

    4. (Hophal) to be hidden

    5. (Hithpael)

      1. to hide oneself, draw back

      2. to draw together, thicken, harden

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חָבָא châbâʼ, khaw-baw'; a primitive root (compare H2245); to secrete:—× held, hide (self), do secretly.
STRONGS H2244: Abbreviations
† [חָבָא] verb withdraw, hide (not in Qal); compare also חבה (Late Hebrew id.; Arabic خَبَأَ; Ethiopic ኀብአ፡ Assyrian ḫabû DlPr 175; Targum Ethpa. hide oneself) —
Niph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular נֶחְבָּא Judges 9:5 + 1 Samuel 10:22; 2 Samuel 17:9 (both may be participle); נַחְבֵּאתָ Genesis 31:37; וְנַחְ׳ consecutive 1 Samuel 19:2; נֶחְבְּאוּֿ Joshua 10:27; נֶחְבָּ֑אוּ Job 29:8, 10; Imperfect 2nd person masculine singular תֵּחָבֵא Job 5:21; Infinitive construct הֵחָבֵא 2 Chronicles 18:24; Daniel 10:7; Participle plural (compare also above) נֶחְבְּאִים Joshua 10:17, etc. — hide oneself in fear Genesis 3:10 (J), Joshua 10:16, 17, 27 (all J E), Judges 9:5; 1 Samuel 19:2; 2 Samuel 17:9; Amos 9:3; 2 Chronicles 18:24; Daniel 10:7; from modesty 1 Samuel 10:22; compare Job 29:8; also לָ֫מָּה נַחְבֵּאתָ לִבְרֹחַ Genesis 31:27 (E), i.e. why didst thou flee secretly? passive, be hidden Job 29:10 קול נְגִידִים נְחְבָ֑אוּ (|| ולשׁונם לְחִכָּם דָּבֵ֑קָה, compare also see 9) i.e. in reverence, = hushed (so we speak of a veiled voice); be hidden for protection בִּשׁוֺט לָשׁוֺן Job 5:21.
Pu. Perfect 3rd person plural חֻבְּאוּ have been hidden (= are made to hide themselves, Di on the passage) Job 24:4.
Hiph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular suffix הֶחְבִּיאָ֑נִי Isaiah 49:2; 3rd person feminine singular הֶחְבְּאַ֔תָֹה Joshua 6:17, compare Ges§ 75, Rem. 21 a Köi. 624 ff. etc.; Imperfect וַיַּחְבִּיאֵם 1 Kings 18:4; 3rd person feminine singular וַתַּחְבִּא 2 Kings 6:29; וָאַחְבִּא 1 Kings 18:13; — hide, transitive, with accusative Joshua 6:17, 25; 1 Kings 18:4, 13; 2 Kings 6:29; metaphor, of divine protection Isaiah 49:2 בְּצֵל יָדוֺ ה׳.
Hoph. Perfect be hidden הָחְבָּ֑אוּ Isaiah 42:22 (בְּבָתֵּי כלאים), i.e. imprisoned.
Hithp. Perfect הִתְחַבְּאוּ 1 Samuel 14:11; Imperfect יִתְחַבֵּא 1 Samuel 23:23; וַיִּתְ׳ Genesis 3:8; יִתְחַבָּ֑אוּ Job 38:30; וַיִּתְחַבְּאוּ 1 Samuel 13:6; Participle מִתְחַבֵּא 2 Kings 11:3 + 2 times; מִתְחַבְּאִים 1 Samuel 14:22; 1 Chronicles 21:20; —
1. draw back, hide oneself, usually with בְּ local; Genesis 3:8 (J), 1 Samuel 13:6; 1 Samuel 14:11, 22; 1 Samuel 23:23; 2 Kings 11:3; 1 Chronicles 21:20; 2 Chronicles 22:9, 12.
2. draw together, thicken, harden, of water becoming ice Job 38:30 כאבן מים יִתְחַ׳.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

3:8; 3:8; 3:10; 31:27; 31:37

Joshua

6:17; 6:17; 6:25; 10:16; 10:17; 10:17; 10:27; 10:27

Judges

9:5; 9:5

1 Samuel

10:22; 10:22; 13:6; 13:6; 14:11; 14:11; 14:22; 14:22; 19:2; 19:2; 23:23; 23:23

2 Samuel

17:9; 17:9

1 Kings

18:4; 18:4; 18:13; 18:13

2 Kings

6:29; 6:29; 11:3; 11:3

1 Chronicles

21:20; 21:20

2 Chronicles

18:24; 18:24; 22:9; 22:12

Job

5:21; 5:21; 24:4; 29:8; 29:8; 29:10; 29:10; 38:30; 38:30

Isaiah

42:22; 49:2; 49:2

Daniel

10:7; 10:7

Amos

9:3

H2244

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Strong's Number H2244 matches the Hebrew חָבָא (ḥāḇā'),
which occurs 33 times in 33 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:8 - And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the afternoon; and both Adam and his wife hid themselves from the face of the Lord God in the midst of the trees of the garden.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:10 - And he said to him, I heard [fn]thy voice as thou walkedst in the garden, and I feared because I [fn]was naked and I hid myself.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:27 - Whereas if thou hadst told me, I would have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, and timbrels, and harp.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:17 - And the city shall be [fn]devoted, it and all things that are in it, to the Lord of Hosts: only do ye save Raab the harlot, and all things in her house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:25 - And Joshua saved alive Raab the harlot, and all the house of her father, and caused her to dwell in Israel until this day, because she hid the spies which Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:16 - And these five kings fled, and hid themselves in a cave that is in Makeda.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:17 - And it was told Joshua, saying, The five kings have been found hid in the cave that is in Makeda.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:27 - And it came to pass toward the setting of the sun, Joshua commanded, and they took them down from the trees, and cast them into the cave into which they had fled for refuge, and rolled stones to the cave, which remain till this day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:5 - And he went to the house of his father to Ephratha, and slew his brethren the sons of Jerobaal, seventy men upon one stone; but Joatham the youngest son of Jerobaal was left, for he hid himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:22 - And Samuel asked yet again of the Lord, [fn]Will the man come hither? and the Lord said, Behold, he is hid among the stuff.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:6 - And the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait so that they could not draw [fn]nigh, and the people hid themselves in caves, and sheepfolds, and rocks, and ditches, and pits.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:11 - And they both went in to Messab of the Philistines; and the Philistines [fn]said, Behold, the Hebrews come forth out of their caves, where they had hidden themselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:22 - And all the Israelites who were hidden in mount Ephraim heard also that the Philistines fled; and they also gather themselves after them to battle: and the Lord saved Israel in that day; and the war passed through Bamoth; and all the people with Saul were about ten thousand men.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:2 - And Jonathan, Saul's son, [fn]loved David much: and Jonathan told David, saying, Saul seeks to kill thee: take heed to thyself therefore to-morrow morning, and hide thyself, and dwell in secret.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:23 - Take notice, then, and learn, and I will go with you; and it shall come to pass that if he is in the land, I will search him out among all the thousands of Juda.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:9 - For, behold, he is now hidden in one of the hills or in some other place: and it shall come to pass when he falls upon them at the beginning, that some one will certainly hear, and say, There has been a slaughter among the people that follow after Abessalom.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:4 - And it came to pass when Jezabel smote the prophets of the Lord, that Abdiu took a hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:13 - Has it not been told to thee my lord, what I did when Jezabel slew the prophets of the Lord, that I hid a hundred men of the prophets of the Lord, by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:29 - So we boiled my son, and ate him; and I said to her on the second day, Give thy son, and let us eat him: and she has hidden her son.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:3 - And he remained with her hid in the house of the Lord six years: and Gotholia reigned over the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:20 - And Orna turned and saw the king; and he hid himself and his four sons with him. Now Orna was threshing wheat.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:24 - And Michaias said, Behold, thou shalt see in that day, when thou shalt go from chamber to chamber to hide thyself.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:9 - And he gave orders to seek Ochozias: and they took him while he was healing his wounds in Samaria, and they brought him to Jeu, and he slew him; and they buried him, for they said, He is the son of Josaphat, who sought the Lord with all his heart. So there was none in the house of Ochozias to secure their power in the kingdom.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:12 - And he was with him hid in the house of God six years; and Gotholia reigned over the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:21 - He shall hide thee from the scourge of the tongue: and thou shalt not be afraid of coming evils.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:4 - They have turned aside the weak from the right way: and the meek of the earth have hidden themselves together.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:8 - The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and all the old men stood up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:10 - And they that heard me blessed me, and their tongue clave to their throat.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:30 - which descends like flowing water? who has terrified the face of the ungodly?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:22 - And I beheld, and the people were spoiled and plundered: for there is a snare in the secret chambers everywhere, and in the houses also, where they have hidden them: they became a spoil, and there was no one that delivered the prey, and there was none who said, Restore.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:2 - and he has made my mouth as a sharp sword, and he has hid me under the shadow of his hand; he has made me as a choice shaft, and he has hid me in his quiver;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:7 - And I Daniel only saw the vision: and the men that were with me saw not the vision; but a great amazement fell upon them, and they fled in fear.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:3 - If they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, thence will I search them out and take them; and if they should go down from my presence into the depths of the sea, there will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them.
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