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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 - et cum audissent vocem Domini Dei deambulantis in paradiso ad auram post meridiem abscondit se Adam et uxor eius a facie Domini Dei in medio ligni paradisi

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:10 - qui ait vocem tuam audivi in paradiso et timui eo quod nudus essem et abscondi me

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:27 - cur ignorante me fugere voluisti nec indicare mihi ut prosequerer te cum gaudio et canticis et tympanis et cithara

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:17 - sitque civitas haec anathema et omnia quae in ea sunt Domino sola Raab meretrix vivat cum universis qui cum ea in domo sunt abscondit enim nuntios quos direximus

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:25 - Raab vero meretricem et domum patris eius atque omnia quae habebat fecit Iosue vivere et habitaverunt in medio Israhel usque in praesentem diem eo quod absconderit nuntios quos miserat ut explorarent Hiericho in tempore illo inprecatus est Iosue dicens

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:16 - fugerant enim quinque reges et se absconderant in spelunca urbis Maceda

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:17 - nuntiatumque est Iosue quod inventi essent quinque reges latentes in spelunca Maceda

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:27 - cumque occumberet sol praecepit sociis ut deponerent eos de patibulis qui depositos proiecerunt in speluncam in qua latuerant et posuerunt super os eius saxa ingentia quae permanent usque in praesens

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:5 - et venit in domum patris sui Ephra et occidit fratres suos filios Hierobbaal septuaginta viros super lapidem unum remansitque Ioatham filius Hierobbaal minimus et absconditus est

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:22 - et consuluerunt post haec Dominum utrumnam venturus esset illuc responditque Dominus ecce absconditus est domi

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:6 - quod cum vidissent viri Israhel se in arto sitos adflictus est enim populus absconderunt se in speluncis et in abditis in petris quoque et in antris et in cisternis

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:11 - apparuit igitur uterque stationi Philisthinorum dixeruntque Philisthim en Hebraei egrediuntur de cavernis in quibus absconditi fuerant

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:22 - omnes quoque Israhelitae qui se absconderant in monte Ephraim audientes quod fugissent Philisthim sociaverunt se cum suis in proelio

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:2 - et indicavit Ionathan David dicens quaerit Saul pater meus occidere te quapropter observa te quaeso mane et manebis clam et absconderis

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:23 - considerate et videte omnia latibula eius in quibus absconditur et revertimini ad me ad rem certam ut vadam vobiscum quod si etiam in terra se abstruserit perscrutabor eum in cunctis milibus Iuda

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:9 - forsitan nunc latitat in foveis aut in uno quo voluerit loco et cum ceciderit unus quilibet in principio audiet quicumque audierit et dicet facta est plaga in populo qui sequebatur Absalom

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:4 - nam cum interficeret Hiezabel prophetas Domini tulit ille centum prophetas et abscondit eos quinquagenos in speluncis et pavit eos pane et aqua

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:13 - numquid non indicatum est tibi domino meo quid fecerim cum interficeret Hiezabel prophetas Domini quod absconderim de prophetis Domini centum viros quinquagenos et quinquagenos in speluncis et paverim eos pane et aqua

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:29 - coximus ergo filium meum et comedimus dixique ei die altera da filium tuum ut comedamus eum quae abscondit filium suum

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:3 - eratque cum ea in domo Domini clam sex annis porro Athalia regnavit super terram

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:20 - porro Ornan cum suspexisset et vidisset angelum quattuorque filii eius cum eo absconderunt se nam eo tempore terebat in area triticum

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:24 - dixitque Micheas tu ipse videbis in die illo quando ingressus fueris cubiculum de cubiculo ut abscondaris

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:9 - ipsumque perquirens Ochoziam conprehendit latentem in Samaria adductumque ad se occidit et sepelierunt eum eo quod esset filius Iosaphat qui quaesierat Dominum in toto corde suo nec erat ultra spes aliqua ut de stirpe regnaret Ochoziae

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:12 - fuit ergo cum eis in domo Dei absconditus sex annis quibus regnavit Otholia super terram

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:21 - a flagello linguae absconderis et non timebis calamitatem cum venerit

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:4 - subverterunt pauperum viam et oppresserunt pariter mansuetos terrae

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:8 - videbant me iuvenes et abscondebantur et senes adsurgentes stabant

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:10 - vocem suam cohibebant duces et lingua eorum gutturi suo adherebat

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:30 - in similitudinem lapidis aquae durantur et superficies abyssi constringitur

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:22 - ipse autem populus direptus et vastatus laqueus iuvenum omnes et in domibus carcerum absconditi sunt facti sunt in rapinam nec est qui eruat in direptionem et non est qui dicat redde

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:2 - et posuit os meum quasi gladium acutum in umbra manus suae protexit me et posuit me sicut sagittam electam in faretra sua abscondit me

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:3 - et si absconditi fuerint in vertice Carmeli inde scrutans auferam eos et si celaverint se ab oculis meis in fundo maris ibi mandabo serpenti et mordebit eos
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