Hebrew verb · H2664
חָפַשׂ
chaphaskhaw-fas'
to search
23 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: châphas
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H2664is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 12 of 39Old Testament books
- 20spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H2664
to seek; causatively, to conceal oneself (i.e. let be sought), or mask
The King James renders it: change, (make) diligent (search), disquise self, hide, search (for, out).
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
chaphas is rendered "to search". It stands 23 times in the Hebrew text, across twelve books.
- Four of the uses stand in 1 Kings, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 31:35Rachel said to her father, “Sir, do not be angry that I cannot stand up before you; for I am having my period.” So Laban searched, but could not find the household idols.
- The Greek text spells it twenty different ways.
The first use
Rachel said to her father, “Sir, do not be angry that I cannot stand up before you; for I am having my period.” So Laban searched, but could not find the household idols.
Genesis 31:35וַיְחַפֵּ֕שׂ
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
The word stands in twelve of the 39 Old Testament books.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- and he disguised himself4
- and he searched2
- I will disguise myself2
- and I will search out1
- and it searched1
- and they will search1
- he disguised himself1
- he is searched for1
- I will search1
- I will search for1
- it disguises itself1
- let us examine1
and 6 more, 23 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.
The words it stands beside
All 23, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
20 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
- הִתְחַפֵּשׂ֙2
- וַיְחַפֵּ֕שׂ2
- וַיִּתְחַפֵּשׂ֙2
- אֲחַפֵּ֥שׂ1
- אֲחַפֵּ֖שׂ1
- הִתְחַפֵּ֔שׂ1
- וְחִפְּשׂוּ֙1
- וְחִפַּשְׂתִּ֣י1
- וַיְחַפֵּ֥שׂ1
- וַיִּתְחַפֵּ֣שׂ1
- וַיִּתְחַפֵּ֥שׂ1
- חֹ֝פֵ֗שׂ1
and 8 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- Hc/Vtw3ms4Hc/Vtw3ms
- Hc/Vpw3ms3Hc/Vpw3ms
- verb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singular2HVpi1cs
- verb · reflexive (hithpael), infinitive (“to…”)2HVtcc
- Hc/Vpq1cs1Hc/Vpq1cs
- Hc/Vpq3cp1Hc/Vpq3cp
- verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural1HVNp3cp
- verb · intensive passive (pual), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular1HVPi3ms
- verb · intensive passive (pual), passive participle · masculine singular1HVPsmsa
- verb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine plural1HVpv2mp
- verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common plural1HVqc1cp
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular1HVqi2ms/Sp3fs
Genesis
two uses
Rachel said to her father, “Sir, do not be angry that I cannot stand up before you; for I am having my period.” So Laban searched, but could not find the household idols.
- וַיְחַפֵּ֕שׂvaychapesHc/Vpw3mstagged: and he searched
The steward searched, beginning with the oldest and ending with the youngest—and the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.
- וַיְחַפֵּ֕שׂvaychapesHc/Vpw3mstagged: and he searched
1 Samuel
two uses
Observe and find out all the places where he hides. Then come back to me with certainty, and I will go with you. If he is in the land, I will search him out among all the clans of Judah.”
- וְחִפַּשְׂתִּ֣יvechipastiHc/Vpq1cstagged: and I will search out
So Saul disguised himself by putting on different clothes, and he set out with two of his men. They came to the woman at night, and Saul said, “Consult a spirit for me. Bring up for me the one I name.”
- וַיִּתְחַפֵּ֣שׂvaiyitchapesHc/Vtw3mstagged: and he disguised himself
1 Kings
four uses
But about this time tomorrow I will send my servants to search your palace and the houses of your servants. They will seize and carry away all that is precious to you.’”
- וְחִפְּשׂוּ֙vechipesuHc/Vpq3cptagged: and they will search
and the prophet went and waited on the road for the king, disguising himself with a bandage over his eyes.
- וַיִּתְחַפֵּ֥שׂvaiyitchapesHc/Vtw3mstagged: and he disguised himself
And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “I will disguise myself and go into battle, but you wear your royal robes.” So the king of Israel disguised himself and went into battle.
- הִתְחַפֵּשׂ֙hitchapesverb · reflexive (hithpael), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: I will disguise myself
- וַיִּתְחַפֵּשׂ֙vaiyitchapesHc/Vtw3mstagged: and he disguised himself
2 Kings
one use
Next, Jehu and Jehonadab son of Rechab entered the temple of Baal, and Jehu said to the servants of Baal, “Look around to see that there are no servants of the LORD here among you—only servants of Baal.”
- חַפְּשׂ֤וּchapesuverb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: search
2 Chronicles
three uses
And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “I will disguise myself and go into battle, but you wear your royal robes.” So the king of Israel disguised himself and went into battle.
- הִתְחַפֵּשׂ֙hitchapesverb · reflexive (hithpael), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: I will disguise myself
- וַיִּתְחַפֵּשׂ֙vaiyitchapesHc/Vtw3mstagged: and he disguised himself
Josiah, however, did not turn away from him; instead, in order to engage him in battle, he disguised himself. He did not listen to Neco’s words from the mouth of God, but went to fight him on the Plain of Megiddo.
- הִתְחַפֵּ֔שׂhitchapesverb · reflexive (hithpael), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he disguised himself
Job
one use
With great force He grasps my garment; He seizes me by the collar of my tunic.
- יִתְחַפֵּ֣שׂyitchapesverb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it disguises itself
Psalms
three uses
They devise injustice and say, “We have perfected a secret plan.” For the inner man and the heart are mysterious.
- יַֽחְפְּֽשׂוּ־yachpesu-verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they plot
- מְחֻפָּ֑שׂmechupasverb · intensive passive (pual), passive participle · masculine singulartagged: plotted
At night I remembered my song; in my heart I mused, and my spirit pondered:
- וַיְחַפֵּ֥שׂvaychapesHc/Vpw3mstagged: and it searched
Proverbs
three uses
if you seek it like silver and search it out like hidden treasure,
- תַּחְפְּשֶֽׂנָּה׃tachpesenahverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: you will search for it
The spirit of a man is the lamp of the LORD, searching out his inmost being.
- חֹ֝פֵ֗שׂchofesverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: searching
When the righteous triumph, there is great glory, but when the wicked rise, men hide themselves.
- יְחֻפַּ֥שׂyechupasverb · intensive passive (pual), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he is searched for
Lamentations
one use
Let us examine and test our ways, and turn back to the LORD.
- נַחְפְּשָׂ֤הnachpesahverb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common pluraltagged: let us examine
Amos
one use
Though they hide themselves atop Carmel, there I will track them and seize them; and though they hide from Me at the bottom of the sea, there I will command the serpent to bite them.
- אֲחַפֵּ֖שׂʾachapesverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will search for
Obadiah
one use
But how Esau will be pillaged, his hidden treasures sought out!
- נֶחְפְּשׂ֣וּnechpesuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they will be plundered
Zephaniah
one use
And at that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps and punish the men settled in complacency, who say to themselves, ‘The LORD will do nothing, either good or bad.’
- אֲחַפֵּ֥שׂʾachapesverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will search
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 words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
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.