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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 -

Then they heard the sound of Yahweh God walking in the garden in the [fn]cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid H2244 themselves from the presence of Yahweh God in the midst of the trees of the garden.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:10 - And he said, “I heard the sound of You in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid H2244.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:27 - “Why did you flee secretly H2244 and [fn]deceive me and not tell me—so that I might have sent you away with gladness and with songs, with tambourine and with lyre—

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:17 - “And the city shall be devoted to destruction, it and all that is in it belongs to Yahweh; only Rahab the harlot [fn]and all who are with her in the house shall live because she hid H2244 the messengers whom we sent.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:25 - However, Rahab the harlot and her father’s household and all she had, Joshua preserved alive; and she has lived in the midst of Israel to this day, for she hid H2244 the messengers whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:16 -

And these five kings fled and hid H2244 themselves in the cave at Makkedah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:17 - Then it was told Joshua, saying, “The five kings have been found hidden H2244 in the cave at Makkedah.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:27 - Now it happened that at [fn]sunset Joshua gave a command, and they took them down from the trees and threw them down into the cave where they had hidden H2244 themselves, and they put large stones over the mouth of the cave, to this very day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:5 - Then he came to his father’s house at Ophrah and killed his brothers the sons of Jerubbaal, seventy men, on one stone. But Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left, for he hid H2244 himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 10:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:22 - Therefore they inquired further of Yahweh, “Has the man come here yet?” So Yahweh said, “Behold, he is hiding H2244 himself by the baggage.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 13:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:6 - Now the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait (for the people were hard-pressed). Then the people hid H2244 themselves in caves, in thickets, in cliffs, in cellars, and in pits.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:11 - So both of them revealed themselves to the garrison of the Philistines, and the Philistines said, “Behold, Hebrews are coming out of the holes where they have hidden H2244 themselves.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:22 - Now all the men of Israel who had hidden H2244 themselves in the hill country of Ephraim heard that the Philistines had fled, and they pursued them closely in the battle.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 19:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:2 - So Jonathan told David saying, “Saul my father is seeking to put you to death. So now, please be careful in the morning, and stay in a secret place and hide H2244 yourself.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 23:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:23 - “So see and know about all the hiding places where he hides H2244 himself and return to me with certainty, and I will go with you; and if he is in the land, I will search him out among all the thousands of Judah.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:9 - “Behold, he has now hidden H2244 himself in one of the [fn]caves or in another place; and it will be [fn]when he falls on them at the first attack, that whoever hears it will say, ‘There has been a slaughter among the people who follow Absalom.’

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:4 - And it happened that when Jezebel was cutting down the prophets of Yahweh, Obadiah took one hundred prophets and hid H2244 them by fifties in a cave, and sustained them with bread and water.)

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:13 - “Has it not been told to my master what I did when Jezebel killed the prophets of Yahweh, that I hid H2244 [fn]one hundred prophets of Yahweh by fifties in a cave, and sustained them with bread and water?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 6:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:29 - “So we boiled my son and ate him; and I said to her on the next day, ‘Give your son, that we may eat him’; but she has hidden H2244 her son.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 11:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:3 - So he was hidden H2244 away H2244 with her in the house of Yahweh six years, while Athaliah was reigning over the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 21:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:20 - Now Ornan turned back and saw the angel, and his four sons who were with him hid H2244 themselves. And Ornan was threshing wheat.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:24 - And Micaiah said, “Behold, you will see on that day when you enter an inner room to hide H2244.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 22:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:9 - And he sought Ahaziah, and they caught him while he was hiding H2244 himself in Samaria; they brought him to Jehu, put him to death, and buried him. For they said, “He is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought Yahweh with all his heart.” So there was no one of the house of Ahaziah to retain the power of the kingdom.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:12 - So he was hidden H2244 with them in the house of God six years while Athaliah was reigning over the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:21 -

“You will be hidden H2244 from the scourge of the tongue,

And you will not be afraid of devastation when it comes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:4 -

“They push the needy aside from the road;

The afflicted of the land are made to hide H2244 themselves altogether.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 29:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:8 -

The young men saw me and hid H2244,

And the old men arose and stood.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 29:10

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The voice of the nobles was hidden H2244 away,

And their tongue clung to their palate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:30

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“Water [fn]becomes H2244 hard H2244 like stone,

And the surface of the deep [fn]is interlocked.

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But this is a people plundered and pillaged as spoil;

All of them are trapped in [fn]caves,

Or are hidden H2244 away in prisons;

They have become a plunder with none to deliver them,

And a spoil, with none to say, “Have them return!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 49:2

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He has set My mouth like a sharp sword;

In the shadow of His hand He has concealed H2244 Me;

And He has also set Me as a [fn]select arrow;

He has hidden Me in His quiver.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:7 - Now I, Daniel, alone saw the vision that appeared, but the men who were with me did not see the vision that appeared; nevertheless, a great terror fell on them, and they ran away to hide H2244 themselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 9:3

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“And though they hide H2244 on the [fn]top of Carmel,

From there I will search them out and take them;

And though they conceal themselves from My eyes on the floor of the sea,

From there I will command the serpent, and it will bite them.

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