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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
Dictionary Aids

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 - at ille septem inquit agnas accipies de manu mea ut sint in testimonium mihi quoniam ego fodi puteum istum

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:15 - omnes puteos quos foderant servi patris illius Abraham illo tempore obstruxerunt implentes humo

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:18 - rursum fodit alios puteos quos foderant servi patris sui Abraham et quos illo mortuo olim obstruxerant Philisthim appellavitque eos hisdem nominibus quibus ante pater vocaverat

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:19 - foderunt in torrente et reppererunt aquam vivam

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:21 - foderunt et alium et pro illo quoque rixati sunt appellavitque eum Inimicitias

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:22 - profectus inde fodit alium puteum pro quo non contenderunt itaque vocavit nomen illius Latitudo dicens nunc dilatavit nos Dominus et fecit crescere super terram

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:32 - ecce autem venerunt in ipso die servi Isaac adnuntiantes ei de puteo quem foderant atque dicentes invenimus aquam

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:24 - foderunt autem omnes Aegyptii per circuitum fluminis aquam ut biberent non enim poterant bibere de aqua fluminis

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:18 - puteus quem foderunt principes et paraverunt duces multitudinis in datore legis et in baculis suis de solitudine Matthana

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:22 - et accessistis ad me omnes atque dixistis mittamus viros qui considerent terram et renuntient per quod iter debeamus ascendere et ad quas pergere civitates

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:13 - gerens paxillum in balteo cumque sederis fodies per circuitum et egesta humo operies

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:2 - nuntiatumque est regi Hiericho et dictum ecce viri ingressi sunt huc per noctem de filiis Israhel ut explorarent terram

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:3 - misitque rex Hiericho ad Raab dicens educ viros qui venerunt ad te et ingressi sunt domum tuam exploratores quippe sunt et omnem terram considerare venerunt

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:21 - qui expectant mortem et non venit quasi effodientes thesaurum

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:18 - et habebis fiduciam proposita tibi spe et defossus securus dormies

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:21 - terram ungula fodit exultat audacter in occursum pergit armatis

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:29 - inde contemplatur escam et de longe oculi eius prospiciunt

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:15 - [Vulgate 7:16] lacum aperuit et effodit eum et incidet in interitum quem operatus est

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:7 - [Vulgate 34:7] quia frustra absconderunt mihi insidias retis sui sine causa foderunt animae meae

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:8 - qui fodit foveam incidet in eam et qui dissipat sepem mordebit eum coluber

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:7 - et abii ad Eufraten et fodi et tuli lumbare de loco ubi absconderam illud et ecce conputruerat lumbare ita ut nullo usui aptum esset
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