Hebrew verb · H2645
חָפָה
chaphahkhaw-faw'
to cover
12 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: châphâh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H2645is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 39Old Testament books
- 12spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H2645
to cover; by implication, to veil, to encase, protect
The King James renders it: ceil, cover, overlay.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
chaphah is rendered "to cover". It stands 12 times in the Hebrew text, across five books.
- Five of the uses stand in 2 Chronicles, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.2 Samuel 15:30But 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.
- The Greek text spells it twelve different ways.
The first use
But 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.
2 Samuel 15:30חָפ֔וּי
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Five of the word's twelve uses are in 2 Chronicles.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- and he overlaid it2
- covered2
- he overlaid2
- and covered of1
- and he overlaid1
- and they have covered1
- people covered1
- they covered1
- they have covered1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| חָפָא | chapha | to do secretly | Uses1 |
All 12, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
12 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- וְחָפ֥וּ1
- וַחֲפ֥וּי1
- וַיְחַ֨ף1
- וַיְחַפֵּ֖הוּ1
- וַיְחַפֵּ֙הוּ֙1
- חִפָּה֙1
- חִפָּ֥ה1
- חָפוּ֙1
- חָפ֥וּ1
- חָפֽוּ׃ ס1
- חָפ֔וּי1
- נֶחְפָּ֣ה1
The grammar of each form
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural3HVqp3cp
- Hc/Vpw3ms/Sp3ms2Hc/Vpw3ms/Sp3ms
- verb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular2HVpp3ms
- Hc/Vpw3ms1Hc/Vpw3ms
- Hc/Vqq3cp1Hc/Vqq3cp
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HC/Vqsmsc
- verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · feminine singular1HVNrfsa
- verb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine singular1HVqsmsa
2 Samuel
two uses
But 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.
- חָפ֔וּיchafuiverb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine singulartagged: covered
- חָפוּ֙chafuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they covered
2 Chronicles
five uses
He paneled the main room with cypress, which he overlaid with fine gold and decorated with palm trees and chains.
- חִפָּה֙chipahverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he overlaid
- וַיְחַפֵּ֖הוּvaychapehuHc/Vpw3ms/Sp3mstagged: and he overlaid it
He overlaid its beams, thresholds, walls, and doors with gold, and he carved cherubim on the walls.
- וַיְחַ֨ףvaychafHc/Vpw3mstagged: and he overlaid
Then 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.
- וַיְחַפֵּ֙הוּ֙vaychapehuHc/Vpw3ms/Sp3mstagged: and he overlaid it
The weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. He also overlaid the upper area with gold.
- חִפָּ֥הchipahverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he overlaid
Esther
two uses
Then Mordecai returned to the king’s gate. But Haman rushed home, with his head covered in grief.
- וַחֲפ֥וּיvachafuiconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and covered of
Just 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.
- חָפֽוּ׃ סchafuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: people covered
Psalms
one use
Though you lie down among the sheepfolds, the wings of the dove are covered with silver, and her feathers with shimmering gold.”
- נֶחְפָּ֣הnechpahverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · feminine singulartagged: covered
Jeremiah
two uses
The 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.
- וְחָפ֥וּvechafuHc/Vqq3cptagged: and they have covered
The ground is cracked because no rain has fallen on the land. The farmers are ashamed; they cover their heads.
- חָפ֥וּchafuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have covered
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.