חָפַר chaphar

Hebrew word for “to search” · Strong’s H2658 · used 22 times in 21 verses

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Meaning

1) to dig, search for; 1a) (Qal); 1a1) to dig; 1a2) to search, search out, explore

How it is translated

Glosses given for chaphar in context, with how often each is used:

• dug 7
• had dug 2
• spy out 2
• people had dug 1
• which they dug 1
• may spy out 1
• will dig 1
• dug for 1
• will be well protected 1
• paw 1
• spies out 1
• has dug 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Genesis 26 (6), Joshua 2 (2), Job 39 (2), Genesis 21 (1), Exodus 7 (1), Numbers 21 (1), Deuteronomy 1 (1), Deuteronomy 23 (1), Job 3 (1), Job 11 (1)

Forms

• חפרו 4
• ויחפרו 4
• ויחפר 2
• לחפר 2
• ויחפרהו 2
• חפר 2
• חפרתי 1
• חפרוה 1
• וחפרתה 1
• וחפרת 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with chaphar more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• בְּאֵר beer “well” 8
• יִצְחָק yitschaq “Isaac” 3
• מַי mayim “water” 4
• סָתַם satam “to close” 2
• כָּרָה karah “to pierce” 2
• שַׁחַת shachat “Pit” 2
• שָׁם sham “there” 4
• טָמַן taman “to hide” 2
• יְרִיחוֹ yericho “Jericho” 2
• רִיב riv “to contend” 2
• אֱנוֹשׁ enosh “human” 3
• קָרָא qara “to call” 3

Key verses

The verses using chaphar that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 21:30 — And he said, For these seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that they may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well.
• Genesis 26:18 — And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of…
• Genesis 26:22 — And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now the LORD hath…
• Numbers 21:18 — The princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged it, by the direction of the lawgiver, with their staves. And from the wilderness they went to…
• Joshua 2:3 — And the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab, saying, Bring forth the men that are come to thee, which are entered into thine house: for they be come to search out…
• Job 3:21 — Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;
• Job 11:18 — And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.
• Job 39:21 — He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men.
• Psalms 7:15 — He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.
• Psalms 35:7 — For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.
• Ecclesiastes 10:8 — He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.
• Jeremiah 13:7 — Then I went to Euphrates, and digged, and took the girdle from the place where I had hid it: and, behold, the girdle was marred, it was profitable for nothing.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.