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Lexicon :: Strong's H2658 - ḥāp̄ar

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חָפַר
Transliteration
ḥāp̄ar
Pronunciation
khaw-far'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 714

Strong’s Definitions

חָפַר châphar, khaw-far'; a primitive root; properly, to pry into; by implication, to delve, to explore:—dig, paw, search out, seek.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x

The KJV translates Strong's H2658 in the following manner: dig (17x), search out (3x), paweth (1x), seeketh (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x
The KJV translates Strong's H2658 in the following manner: dig (17x), search out (3x), paweth (1x), seeketh (1x).

  1. to dig, search for

    1. (Qal)

      1. to dig

      2. to search, search out, explore

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חָפַר châphar, khaw-far'; a primitive root; properly, to pry into; by implication, to delve, to explore:—dig, paw, search out, seek.
STRONGS H2658: Abbreviations
† I. חָפַר verb dig, search for (Arabic حَغَرَ id.; Aramaic חֲפַר, rfpo, id.; Late Hebrew חֵפֶר act of digging) —
Qal Perfect ח׳ Job 39:29; וְחָפַרְתָּ֫ Job 11:18; וְחָפַרְתָּ֫ה Deuteronomy 23:14; חָפַרְתִּי Genesis 21:30; חָֽפְרוּ Genesis 26:18 + 2 times; חָפָ֑רוּ Genesis 26:32; חֲפָרוּהָ Numbers 21:18; Imperfect וַיַּחְפֹּר Genesis 26:18, 22; וַיַּחְפְּרֵהוּ Psalm 7:16; וָאֶחְפֹּר Jeremiah 13:7; יַחְפְּרוּ Job 39:21 (but read יַחְפֹּר so Greek Version of the LXX Vulgate Syriac Version Di) Deuteronomy 1:22; וַיַּחְפְּרוּ Genesis 26:19 + 2 times; וַיַּחְפְּרֻהוּ Job 3:21; Infinitive construct לַחְפֹּר Joshua 2:2, 3+ Isaiah 2:20 (compare below); Participle חֹפֵר Ecclesiastes 10:8; —
1. dig:
a. a well, with accusative בְּאֵר Genesis 21:30 (E), Genesis 26:15, 18 (twice in verse); Genesis 26:19, 21, 22, 32 (J), Numbers 21:18 (E); compare Exodus 7:24 (E); dig (a hole, implied as object) Deuteronomy 23:14; a pit, with hostile purpose, as snare or trap, figurative of malicious plan, with accusative בּוֺר Psalm 7:16 (|| כָּרָה); so with accusative גומץ Ecclesiastes 10:8, compare [שַׁחַת] לְנַפְשִׁי ח׳ Psalm 35:7; of horse, dig, i.e. paw the ground, בָּעֵמֶק יַחְפֹּר Job 39:21 (so read, see above) he paweth in the valley (compare Arabic حَافِرً hoof).
b. dig for something hidden, with accusative Job 3:21 (figurative of longing for death), Jeremiah 13:7 (no object expressed)
2. search, search out, explore, with accusative הָאָרֶץ Joshua 2:3 (twice in verse) (JE), Deuteronomy 1:22; of eagle, search for food, with accusative אֹכֶל ח׳ Job 39:29, with especially reference to keen vision (|| מֵרָחוֺק עֵינָיו יַבִּיטוּ); so＝search or look carefully about before going to rest Job 11:18 (no object). — לַחְפֹּר Isaiah 2:20 see H2661 חֲפַרְפָּרָה below.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

21:30; 21:30; 26:15; 26:18; 26:18; 26:18; 26:19; 26:19; 26:21; 26:22; 26:22; 26:32; 26:32

Exodus

7:24

Numbers

21:18; 21:18

Deuteronomy

1:22; 1:22; 23:14; 23:14

Joshua

2:2; 2:3; 2:3

Job

3:21; 3:21; 11:18; 11:18; 39:21; 39:21; 39:29; 39:29

Psalms

7:16; 7:16; 35:7

Ecclesiastes

10:8; 10:8

Isaiah

2:20; 2:20

Jeremiah

13:7; 13:7

H2658

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Strong's Number H2658 matches the Hebrew חָפַר (ḥāp̄ar),
which occurs 22 times in 21 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:30 - He said, “You shall take these seven ewe lambs from my hand so that it may be a witness to me, that I dug H2658 this well.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:15 - Now all the wells which his father’s servants had dug H2658 in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines stopped up [fn]by filling them with earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:18 -

Then Isaac dug H2658 again the wells of water which [fn]had been dug H2658 in the days of his father Abraham, but the Philistines had stopped them up after the death of Abraham; and he [fn]called them by the same names by which his father had called them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:19 - Then Isaac’s servants dug H2658 in the valley and found there a well of [fn]flowing water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:21 - Then they dug H2658 another well, and they contended over it also, so he called it [fn]Sitnah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:22 - Then he moved away from there and dug H2658 another well, and they did not contend over it; so he named it [fn]Rehoboth, and he said, “[fn]At last Yahweh has made [fn]room for us, and we will be fruitful in the land.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:32 - Now it happened on that day, that Isaac’s servants came in and told him about the well which they had dug H2658 and said to him, “We have found water.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:24 - So all the Egyptians dug H2658 around the Nile for water to drink, for they could not drink of the water of the Nile.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:18 -

“The well, which the leaders dug H2658,

Which the nobles of the people carved out,

With the scepter and with their staffs.”

And from the wilderness they continued to Mattanah,

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“Then all of you came near to me and said, ‘Let us send men before us, that they may search H2658 out H2658 the land for us and bring back to us word of the way by which we should go up and the cities which we shall enter.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:13 - and you shall have a [fn]spade among your tools, and it shall be when you sit down outside, you shall dig H2658 with it and shall turn [fn]to cover up your excrement.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:2 - And it was told to the king of Jericho, saying, “Behold, men from the sons of Israel have come here tonight to search H2658 out H2658 the land.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:3 - And the king of Jericho sent word to Rahab, saying, “Bring out the men who have come to you, who have entered your house, for they have come to search H2658 out H2658 all the land.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:21 -

Who [fn]long for death, but there is none,

And dig H2658 for it more than for hidden treasures,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:18 -

“Then you would trust, because there is hope;

And you would search H2658 around H2658 and rest securely.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:21 -

“[fn]He paws H2658 in the valley and rejoices in his power;

He goes out to meet the weapons.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:29 -

“From there he [fn]spies H2658 out H2658 food;

His eyes see it from afar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:15 -

He has dug a pit and hollowed H2658 it out H2658,

And has fallen into the hole which he made.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:7 -

For without cause they hid their net for me;

Without cause they dug H2658 a [fn]pit for my soul.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:8 -

He who digs H2658 a pit may fall into it, and a serpent may bite him who breaks through a wall.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:7 - Then I went to the Euphrates and dug H2658, and I took the belt from the place where I had hidden it; and behold, the belt was ruined; it was totally worthless.
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