2645. chaphah

Strong's Concordance

chaphah: to cover

Original Word: חָפָה
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: chaphah
Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-faw')
Definition: to cover

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
a prim. root
Definition
to cover
NASB Translation
cover (1), covered (6), overlaid (5).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[חָפָה] verb cover (Late Hebrew id., especially Pi`el; Aramaic חֲפָא, (especially Pa`el); Arabic be hidden, hide) —

Qal Perfect חָפוּ 2 Samuel 15:30 3t.; Participle חָפוּי 2 Samuel 15:30; construct חֲפוּי Esther 6:12; — cover the head (ראֹשׁ), in token of grief 2 Samuel 15:30; Jeremiah 14:3,4; participle agrees with ׳ר 2 Samuel 15:30; חֲפוּי ראֹשׁ "" (אָבֵלׅ Esther 6:12; in token of sentence of death Esther 7:8.

Niph`al Participle feminine נֶחְמָּה Psalm 68:13 (׳כנפי יונה נ), with בְּ of material.

Pi`el Perfect (late) חִמָּה2Che Psalm 3:8; Psalm 3:9; Imperfect וַיְחַף2Chronicles 3:7; suffix וַיְחַמֵּהוּ2Chronicles 3:5,8; overlay followed by 2 accusative (one of material) 2 Chronicles 3:5 (twice in verse); 2Chronicles 3:7,8,9.

I. חֻמָּה II. חֻמָּה see below חפף. below

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

ceil, cover, overlay

A primitive root (compare chapha', chophaph); to cover; by implication, to veil, to encase, protect -- ceil, cover, overlay.

see HEBREW chapha'

see HEBREW chophaph

Forms and Transliterations

וְחָפ֥וּ וַחֲפ֥וּי וַיְחַ֨ף וַיְחַפֵּ֖הוּ וַיְחַפֵּ֙הוּ֙ וחפו וחפוי ויחף ויחפהו חִפָּ֥ה חִפָּה֙ חָפ֔וּי חָפ֥וּ חָפֽוּ׃ חָפוּ֙ חפה חפו חפו׃ חפוי נֶחְפָּ֣ה נחפה chaFu chaFui chipPah ḥā·p̄ū ḥā·p̄ui ḥāp̄ū ḥāp̄ui ḥip·pāh ḥippāh nechPah neḥ·pāh neḥpāh vachaFui vayChaf vaychapPehu vechaFu wa·ḥă·p̄ui waḥăp̄ui way·ḥap̄ way·ḥap·pê·hū wayḥap̄ wayḥappêhū wə·ḥā·p̄ū wəḥāp̄ū

Englishman's Concordance

2 Samuel 15:30
HEB: וְרֹ֥אשׁ לוֹ֙ חָפ֔וּי וְה֖וּא הֹלֵ֣ךְ
NAS: and his head was covered and he walked
KJV: and had his head covered, and he went
INT: and wept and his head was covered and he walked

2 Samuel 15:30
HEB: אֲשֶׁר־ אִתּ֗וֹ חָפוּ֙ אִ֣ישׁ רֹאשׁ֔וֹ
NAS: were with him each covered his head
KJV: and all the people that [was] with him covered every man
INT: who for covered each his head

2 Chronicles 3:5
HEB: הַבַּ֣יִת הַגָּד֗וֹל חִפָּה֙ עֵ֣ץ בְּרוֹשִׁ֔ים
NAS: He overlaid the main room
KJV: house he cieled with fir
INT: room the main overlaid wood cypress

2 Chronicles 3:5
HEB: עֵ֣ץ בְּרוֹשִׁ֔ים וַיְחַפֵּ֖הוּ זָהָ֣ב ט֑וֹב
NAS: wood and overlaid it with fine
KJV: tree, which he overlaid with fine
INT: wood cypress and overlaid gold fine

2 Chronicles 3:7
HEB: וַיְחַ֨ף אֶת־ הַבַּ֜יִת
NAS: He also overlaid the house with gold--
KJV: He overlaid also the house, the beams,
INT: overlaid the house the beams

2 Chronicles 3:8
HEB: אַמּ֣וֹת עֶשְׂרִ֑ים וַיְחַפֵּ֙הוּ֙ זָהָ֣ב ט֔וֹב
NAS: cubits; and he overlaid it with fine
KJV: cubits: and he overlaid it with fine
INT: cubits twenty overlaid gold fine

2 Chronicles 3:9
HEB: זָהָ֑ב וְהָעֲלִיּ֖וֹת חִפָּ֥ה זָהָֽב׃
NAS: of gold. He also overlaid the upper rooms
KJV: of gold. And he overlaid the upper chambers
INT: of gold the upper overlaid gold

Esther 6:12
HEB: בֵּית֔וֹ אָבֵ֖ל וַחֲפ֥וּי רֹֽאשׁ׃
NAS: mourning, with [his] head covered.
KJV: mourning, and having his head covered.
INT: home mourning covered with head

Esther 7:8
HEB: וּפְנֵ֥י הָמָ֖ן חָפֽוּ׃ ס
NAS: mouth, they covered Haman's
KJV: mouth, they covered Haman's
INT: face Haman's covered

Psalm 68:13
HEB: כַּנְפֵ֣י י֭וֹנָה נֶחְפָּ֣ה בַכֶּ֑סֶף וְ֝אֶבְרוֹתֶ֗יהָ
NAS: of a dove covered with silver,
KJV: of a dove covered with silver,
INT: the wings of a dove covered silver glistening

Jeremiah 14:3
HEB: בֹּ֥שׁוּ וְהָכְלְמ֖וּ וְחָפ֥וּ רֹאשָֽׁם׃
NAS: and humiliated, And they cover their heads.
KJV: and confounded, and covered their heads.
INT: have been and humiliated cover their heads

Jeremiah 14:4
HEB: בֹּ֥שׁוּ אִכָּרִ֖ים חָפ֥וּ רֹאשָֽׁם׃
NAS: have been put to shame, They have covered their heads.
KJV: were ashamed, they covered their heads.
INT: have been the farmers have covered their heads

12 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 2645
12 Occurrences

ḥā·p̄ū — 3 Occ.
ḥā·p̄ui — 1 Occ.
ḥip·pāh — 2 Occ.
neḥ·pāh — 1 Occ.
wa·ḥă·p̄ui — 1 Occ.
way·ḥap̄ — 1 Occ.
way·ḥap·pê·hū — 2 Occ.
wə·ḥā·p̄ū — 1 Occ.