Hebrew verb · H2659
חָפֵר
chapherkhaw-fare'
be ashamed
17 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: châphêr
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H2659is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 6 of 39Old Testament books
- 16spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H2659
to blush; figuratively, to be ashamed, disappointed; causatively, to shame, reproach
The King James renders it: be ashamed, be confounded, be brought to confusion (unto shame), come (be put to) shame, bring reproach.
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
chapher is rendered "be ashamed". It stands 17 times in the Hebrew text, across six books.
- Seven of the uses stand in Psalms, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Job 6:20They are confounded because they had hoped; their arrival brings disappointment.
- The Greek text spells it sixteen different ways.
The first use
They are confounded because they had hoped; their arrival brings disappointment.
Job 6:20וַיֶּחְפָּֽרוּ׃
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- and they may be abashed3
- and may they be abashed2
- and causes shame1
- and he may act shamefully1
- and it will be abashed1
- and she is abashed1
- and they were disappointed1
- and they will be abashed1
- and you may be abashed1
- it has displayed shame1
- she will be abashed1
- they are abashed1
and 2 more, 17 uses in all
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.
All 17, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
16 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
- וְיַחְפְּר֨וּ׀2
- הֶחְפִּ֥יר1
- וְחָֽפְרָה֙1
- וְחָפֵ֑רָה1
- וְחָֽפְרוּ֙1
- וְיַחְפִּֽיר׃1
- וְיַחְפְּר֑וּ1
- וְיַחְפְּרוּ֮1
- וְֽיַחְפְּר֥וּ1
- וַיֶּחְפָּֽרוּ׃1
- וּמַחְפִּֽיר׃1
- וְתַ֨חְפְּר֔וּ1
and 4 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- HC/Vqu3mp5HC/Vqu3mp
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singular1HC/Vhrmsa
- HC/Vhu3ms1HC/Vhu3ms
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singular1HC/Vqp3fs
- Hc/Vqq3cp1Hc/Vqq3cp
- Hc/Vqq3fs1Hc/Vqq3fs
- HC/Vqu2mp1HC/Vqu2mp
- Hc/Vqw3mp1Hc/Vqw3mp
- verb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person feminine singular1HVhi2fs
- verb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular1HVhp3ms
- verb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine plural1HVqj3mp
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural1HVqp3cp
Job
one use
They are confounded because they had hoped; their arrival brings disappointment.
- וַיֶּחְפָּֽרוּ׃vaiyechparuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they were disappointed
Psalms
seven uses
Those who look to Him are radiant with joy; their faces shall never be ashamed.
- יֶחְפָּֽרוּ׃yechparuverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they be abashed
May those who seek my life be disgraced and put to shame; may those who plan to harm me be driven back and confounded.
- וְיַחְפְּר֑וּveyachperuHC/Vqu3mptagged: and may they be abashed
May those who gloat in my distress be ashamed and confounded; may those who exalt themselves over me be clothed in shame and reproach.
- וְיַחְפְּר֨וּ׀veyachperuHC/Vqu3mptagged: and they may be abashed
May those who seek my life be ashamed and confounded; may those who wish me harm be repelled and humiliated.
- וְיַחְפְּר֨וּ׀veyachperuHC/Vqu3mptagged: and they may be abashed
May those who seek my life be ashamed and confounded; may those who wish me harm be repelled and humiliated.
- וְיַחְפְּרוּ֮veyachperuHC/Vqu3mptagged: and they may be abashed
My tongue will indeed proclaim Your righteousness all day long, for those who seek my harm are disgraced and confounded.
- חָ֝פְר֗וּchaferuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they are abashed
May they be ever ashamed and terrified; may they perish in disgrace.
- וְֽיַחְפְּר֥וּveyachperuHC/Vqu3mptagged: and may they be abashed
Proverbs
two uses
The righteous hate falsehood, but the wicked bring shame and disgrace.
- וְיַחְפִּֽיר׃veyachpirHC/Vhu3mstagged: and he may act shamefully
He who assaults his father or evicts his mother is a son who brings shame and disgrace.
- וּמַחְפִּֽיר׃umachpirconjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singulartagged: and causes shame
Isaiah
four uses
Surely you will be ashamed of the sacred oaks in which you have delighted; you will be embarrassed by the gardens that you have chosen.
- וְתַ֨חְפְּר֔וּvetachperuHC/Vqu2mptagged: and you may be abashed
The moon will be confounded and the sun will be ashamed; for the LORD of Hosts will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and before His elders with great glory.
- וְחָֽפְרָה֙vechaferahHc/Vqq3fstagged: and it will be abashed
The land mourns and languishes; Lebanon is ashamed and decayed. Sharon is like a desert; Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves.
- הֶחְפִּ֥ירhechpirverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it has displayed shame
Do not be afraid, for you will not be put to shame; do not be intimidated, for you will not be humiliated. For you will forget the shame of your youth and will remember no more the reproach of your widowhood.
- תַחְפִּ֑ירִיtachpiriverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: you will display shame
Jeremiah
two uses
The mother of seven will grow faint; she will breathe her last breath. Her sun will set while it is still day; she will be disgraced and humiliated. And the rest I will put to the sword in the presence of their enemies,” declares the LORD.
- וְחָפֵ֑רָהvechaferahconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: and she is abashed
your mother will be greatly ashamed; she who bore you will be disgraced. Behold, she will be the least of the nations, a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.
- חָפְרָ֖הchaferahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: she will be abashed
Micah
one use
Then the seers will be ashamed and the diviners will be disgraced. They will all cover their mouths because there is no answer from God.”
- וְחָֽפְרוּ֙vechaferuHc/Vqq3cptagged: and they will be abashed
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.