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Lexicon :: Strong's H2670 - ḥāp̄šî

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חָפְשִׁי
Transliteration
ḥāp̄šî
Pronunciation
khof-shee'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 717c

Strong’s Definitions

חׇפְשִׁי chophshîy, khof-shee'; from H2666; exempt (from bondage, tax or care):—free, liberty.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x

The KJV translates Strong's H2670 in the following manner: free (16x), liberty (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x
The KJV translates Strong's H2670 in the following manner: free (16x), liberty (1x).

  1. free

    1. free (from slavery)

    2. free (from taxes or obligations)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חׇפְשִׁי chophshîy, khof-shee'; from H2666; exempt (from bondage, tax or care):—free, liberty.
STRONGS H2670: Abbreviations
† חָפְשִׁי adjective free (Late Hebrew id.) — ח׳ Exodus 21:5 + 10 times + Psalm 88:6; plural חָפְשִׁים Isaiah 58:6 + 4 times —
1. free from slavery: of Hebrew bondslave (male or female) set free in 7th year Exodus 21:2, 5 (JE), Deuteronomy 15:12, 13, 18, compare Jeremiah 34:9, 10, 11, 14, 16; of slave (male or female) set free on account of injury done Exodus 21:26, 27 (JE); מֵאֲדֹנָיו עֶבֶד ח׳ Job 3:19 a slave is free from his master (i.e. in She’ôl); but בַּמֵּתִים חָפְשִׁי Psalm 88:6 among the dead I am free (i.e. adrift, cut off from Yahweh's remembrance); more generally, שַׁלַּח רְצוּצִים חָפְשִׁים Isaiah 58:6 to let oppressed ones go free.
2. free from taxes, obligations, etc. אֵת בֵּית אָבִיו יַעֲשֶׂה חָפְשִׁי בְּיְשְׂרָאֵל 1 Samuel 17:25 his father's house will he make free in Israel.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

21:2; 21:5; 21:5; 21:26; 21:27

Deuteronomy

15:12; 15:13; 15:18

1 Samuel

17:25

Job

3:19

Psalms

88:6; 88:6

Isaiah

58:6; 58:6

Jeremiah

34:9; 34:10; 34:11; 34:14; 34:16

H2670

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2670 matches the Hebrew חָפְשִׁי (ḥāp̄šî),
which occurs 17 times in 17 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:2 -

“If you buy a Hebrew slave, he shall serve for six years; but on the seventh he shall go out as a free H2670 man H2670 without payment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:5 - “But if the slave plainly says, ‘I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out as a free H2670 man H2670,’

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:26 -

“And if a man strikes the eye of his male or female slave and ruins it, he shall let him go free H2670 on account of his eye.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:27 - “And if he [fn]knocks out a tooth of his male or female slave, he shall let him go free H2670 on account of his tooth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:12 -

“If your brother, a Hebrew man or woman, is sold to you, then he shall serve you six years, but in the seventh year you shall [fn]let him go to be free H2670 from you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 15:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:13 - “When you [fn]let him go to be free H2670 from you, you shall not [fn]let him go empty-handed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 15:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:18 -

“It shall not seem hard in your sight when you [fn]let him go to be free H2670 from you, for he has given you six years with [fn]double the service of a hired man; so Yahweh your God will bless you in whatever you do.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:25 - And the men of Israel said, “Have you seen this man who is coming up? Surely he is coming up to [fn]reproach Israel. And it will be that the king will enrich the man who strikes him down with great riches and will give him his daughter and make his father’s house [fn]free H2670 in Israel.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 3:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:19 -

“The small and the great are there,

And the slave is free H2670 from his master.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 39:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:5 -

“Who sent out the wild donkey free H2670?

And who loosed the bonds of the swift donkey,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 88:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:5 -

Released H2670 among the dead,

Like the slain who lie in the grave,

Whom You remember no more,

And they are cut off from Your hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:6 -

“Is this not the fast which I choose,

To loosen the bonds of wickedness,

To release the bands of [fn]the yoke,

And to let the oppressed go free H2670

And break every [fn]yoke?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 34:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:9 - that each man should let his male slave go free H2670 and each man his female slave, a Hebrew man or a Hebrew woman, so that no one should enslave them, each being a Jew, his brother.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 34:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:10 - And all the officials and all the people obeyed who had entered into the covenant that each man should let his male slave go free H2670 and each man his female slave, so that no one should enslave them any longer; they obeyed and let them go free.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 34:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:11 - But afterwards they turned around and returned to themselves the male slaves and the female slaves, whom they had let go as free H2670, and subdued them to be male slaves and female slaves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:14 - “At the end of seven years each of you shall let his Hebrew brother go who [fn]has been sold to you and has served you six years, and you shall let him go to be free H2670 from you; but your fathers did not obey Me or incline their ear to Me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 34:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:16 - “Yet you turned and profaned My name, and each man [fn]returned to themselves his male slave and each man his female slave whom you had let go as free H2670 according to their desire, and you subdued them to be your male slaves and female slaves.”’
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