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Lexicon :: Strong's H2247 - ḥāḇâ

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חָבָה
Transliteration
ḥāḇâ
Pronunciation
khaw-bah'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root [compare חָבַב (H2245)]
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TWOT Reference: 590

Strong’s Definitions

חָבָה châbâh, khaw-bah'; a primitive root (compare H2245); to secrete:—hide (self).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x

The KJV translates Strong's H2247 in the following manner: hide... (5x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x
The KJV translates Strong's H2247 in the following manner: hide... (5x).

  1. to withdraw, hide, hide oneself

    1. (Qal) to withdraw

    2. (Niphal) to hide oneself, remain hidden, withdraw

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חָבָה châbâh, khaw-bah'; a primitive root (compare H2245); to secrete:—hide (self).
STRONGS H2247: Abbreviations
† [חָבָה] verb withdraw, hide, compare חבא; —
Qal Imperative masculine singular חֲבִי Isaiah 26:20 (Aramaic form, Ol§ 235, 3 Ew§ 224.c Du; Di reads חֲבֵּי = חֲבֵה), withdraw into privacy (|| בּאֹ בַחֲדָרֶיךָ).
Niph. Perfect וְנֶחְבָּה consecutive Jeremiah 49:10; לְנַחְבֵּתֶם consecutive Joshua 2:16 (JE); Infinitive לְהֵחָבֵה (as א ׳׳ל) 1 Kings 22:25; 2 Kings 7:12; withdraw, hide oneself, literal Josh 216 (JE), followed by שָׁמָּה; 2 Kings 7:12 with בְּ local; 1 Kings 22:25; of Esau = Edom, hiding from judgment of י׳, וְנֶחְבָּה לֹא יוּכָּ֑ל Jeremiah 49:10, as pointed, meant no doubt as perfect, but construction then hard; read rather infinitive absolute נַחְבֹּה; so Gf Gie and others (see Köi. 624).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Joshua

2:16

1 Kings

22:25; 22:25

2 Kings

7:12; 7:12

Isaiah

26:20

Jeremiah

49:10; 49:10

H2247

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Strong's Number H2247 matches the Hebrew חָבָה (ḥāḇâ),
which occurs 5 times in 5 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:16 - And she said to them, “Go [west] to the hill country, so that the pursuers [who have headed east] will not encounter you; hide yourselves there for three days until the pursuers return. Then afterward you can go your way.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:25 - Micaiah said, “Behold, you shall see on that day [of the king’s defeat] when you enter an inner room [looking for a place] to hide yourself.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 7:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:12 - Then the king got up in the night and said to his servants, “I will tell you what the Arameans have done to us. They know that we are hungry; so they have left the camp to hide themselves in the open country, thinking, ‘When they come out of the city, we shall take them alive and get into the city.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 26:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:20 -

Come, my people, enter your chambers

And shut your doors behind you;

Hide for a little while

Until the [LORD’S] [fn]wrath is past.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:10 -

“But I have stripped Esau (Edom) bare;

I have uncovered his hiding places

And he cannot hide himself.

His descendants have been destroyed along with his brothers (relatives) and his neighbors;

And he is no more.

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