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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 may serve for no more than six years. Set him free in the seventh year, and he will owe you nothing for his freedom.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:5 - But the slave may declare, ‘I love my master, my wife, and my children. I don’t want to go free.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:26 - “If a man hits his male or female slave in the eye and the eye is blinded, he must let the slave go free to compensate for the eye.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:27 - And if a man knocks out the tooth of his male or female slave, he must let the slave go free to compensate for the tooth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 15:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:12 - “If a fellow Hebrew sells himself or herself to be your servant[fn] and serves you for six years, in the seventh year you must set that servant free.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 15:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:13 - “When you release a male servant, do not send him away empty-handed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 15:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:18 - “You must not consider it a hardship when you release your servants. Remember that for six years they have given you services worth double the wages of hired workers, and the LORD your God will bless you in all you do.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:25 - “Have you seen the giant?” the men asked. “He comes out each day to defy Israel. The king has offered a huge reward to anyone who kills him. He will give that man one of his daughters for a wife, and the man’s entire family will be exempted from paying taxes!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 3:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:19 - Rich and poor are both there,
and the slave is free from his master.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 39:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:5 - “Who gives the wild donkey its freedom?
Who untied its ropes?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 88:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:5 - They have left me among the dead,
and I lie like a corpse in a grave.
I am forgotten,
cut off from your care.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 58:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:6 - “No, this is the kind of fasting I want:
Free those who are wrongly imprisoned;
lighten the burden of those who work for you.
Let the oppressed go free,
and remove the chains that bind people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 34:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:9 - He had ordered all the people to free their Hebrew slaves—both men and women. No one was to keep a fellow Judean in bondage.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 34:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:10 - The officials and all the people had obeyed the king’s command,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 34:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:11 - but later they changed their minds. They took back the men and women they had freed, forcing them to be slaves again.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 34:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:14 - I told them that every Hebrew slave must be freed after serving six years. But your ancestors paid no attention to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 34:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:16 - But now you have shrugged off your oath and defiled my name by taking back the men and women you had freed, forcing them to be slaves once again.
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