Word Study · Strong's H2645 · Hebrew
חָפָה
chaphah
khaw-faw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: châphâh
“to cover”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
to cover; by implication, to veil, to encase, protect
Rendered in the KJV as
ceil, cover, overlay.
- 12occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 5 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 12inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 12 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 12
- וְחָפ֥וּ1
- וַחֲפ֥וּי1
- וַיְחַ֨ף1
- וַיְחַפֵּ֖הוּ1
- וַיְחַפֵּ֙הוּ֙1
- חִפָּה֙1
- חִפָּ֥ה1
- חָפוּ֙1
- חָפ֥וּ1
- חָפֽוּ׃ ס1
- חָפ֔וּי1
- נֶחְפָּ֣ה1
How it is rendered · 10
- and he overlaid it2
- he overlaid2
- [are] covered1
- [was] covered1
- and covered of1
- and he overlaid1
- and they have covered1
- people covered1
- they covered1
- they have covered1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 8
- verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person common plural3
- Hc/Vpw3ms/Sp3ms2
- verb · intensive (piel), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular2
- Hc/Vpw3ms1
- Hc/Vqq3cp1
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
- verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · feminine singular1
- verb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HVqp3cp · 3
- Hc/Vpw3ms/Sp3ms · 2
- HVpp3ms · 2
- Hc/Vpw3ms · 1
- Hc/Vqq3cp · 1
- HC/Vqsmsc · 1
- HVNrfsa · 1
- HVqsmsa · 1
All 12, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- 2 Chronicles5 of 12 · 42%
- 2 Samuel2 of 12 · 17%
- Esther2 of 12 · 17%
- Jeremiah2 of 12 · 17%
- Psalms1 of 12 · 8%
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2 Samuel2 occurrences
- 2 Samuel 15:30חָפ֔וּיchafuiverb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine singularBut David continued up the Mount of Olives, weeping as he went up. His head was covered, and he was walking barefoot. And all the people with him covered their heads and went up, weeping as they went.here: [was] covered
- 2 Samuel 15:30חָפוּ֙chafuverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person common pluralBut David continued up the Mount of Olives, weeping as he went up. His head was covered, and he was walking barefoot. And all the people with him covered their heads and went up, weeping as they went.here: they covered
2 Chronicles5 occurrences
- 2 Chronicles 3:5חִפָּה֙chipahverb · intensive (piel), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularHe paneled the main room with cypress, which he overlaid with fine gold and decorated with palm trees and chains.here: he overlaid
- 2 Chronicles 3:5וַיְחַפֵּ֖הוּvaychapehuHc/Vpw3ms/Sp3msHe paneled the main room with cypress, which he overlaid with fine gold and decorated with palm trees and chains.here: and he overlaid it
- 2 Chronicles 3:7וַיְחַ֨ףvaychafHc/Vpw3msHe overlaid its beams, thresholds, walls, and doors with gold, and he carved cherubim on the walls.here: and he overlaid
- 2 Chronicles 3:8וַיְחַפֵּ֙הוּ֙vaychapehuHc/Vpw3ms/Sp3msThen he made the Most Holy Place; its length corresponded to the width of the temple—twenty cubits long and twenty cubits wide. And he overlaid the inside with six hundred talents of fine gold.here: and he overlaid it
- 2 Chronicles 3:9חִפָּ֥הchipahverb · intensive (piel), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularThe weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. He also overlaid the upper area with gold.here: he overlaid
Esther2 occurrences
- Esther 6:12וַחֲפ֥וּיvachafuiconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Then Mordecai returned to the king’s gate. But Haman rushed home, with his head covered in grief.here: and covered of
- Esther 7:8חָפֽוּ׃ סchafuverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person common pluralJust as the king returned from the palace garden to the banquet hall, Haman was falling on the couch where Esther was reclining. The king exclaimed, “Would he actually assault the queen while I am in the palace?” As soon as the words had left the king’s mouth, they covered Haman’s face.here: people covered
Jeremiah2 occurrences
- Jeremiah 14:3וְחָפ֥וּvechafuHc/Vqq3cpThe nobles send their servants for water; they go to the cisterns, but find no water; their jars return empty. They are ashamed and humiliated; they cover their heads.here: and they have covered
- Jeremiah 14:4חָפ֥וּchafuverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person common pluralThe ground is cracked because no rain has fallen on the land. The farmers are ashamed; they cover their heads.here: they have covered