חָפֵר chapher
Hebrew word for “be ashamed” · Strong’s H2659 · used 17 times in 17 verses
Meaning
1) to be ashamed, be confounded, be abashed, feel abashed;
How it is translated
Glosses given for chapher in context, with how often each is used:
- may be abashed 4
- abashed 3
- will be abashed 3
- may they be abashed 2
- disappointed 1
- may act shamefully 1
- who causes shame 1
- has displayed shame 1
- will display shame 1
Where it is used
Chapters where it is used most
Psalms 35 (2), Job 6 (1), Psalms 34 (1), Psalms 40 (1), Psalms 70 (1), Psalms 71 (1), Psalms 83 (1), Proverbs 13 (1), Proverbs 19 (1), Isaiah 1 (1)
Forms
- ויחפרו 6
- וחפרה 2
- יחפרו 1
- חפרו 1
- ויחפיר 1
- ומחפיר 1
- ותחפרו 1
- החפיר 1
- תחפירי 1
- חפרה 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with chapher more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- בּוֹשׁ bush “be ashamed” 14
- כָּלַם kalam “be humiliated” 4
- סוּג sug “to turn” 3
- אָחוֹר achor “back” 3
- בָּקַשׁ baqash “to seek” 4
- רַע ra “bad” 5
- חָפֵץ chaphets “delighting” 2
- אָמַל amal “to weaken” 2
- נֶפֶשׁ nephesh “soul” 4
- בֹּשֶׁת boshet “shame” 2
- עֲרָבָה aravah “Arabah” 2
- יָחְדָּו yachdav “together” 2
Key verses
The verses using chapher that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Psalms 34:5 — They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed.
- Psalms 35:4 — Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.
- Psalms 35:26 — Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against…
- Psalms 40:14 — Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.
- Psalms 71:24 — My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt.
- Proverbs 19:26 — He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.
- Isaiah 1:29 — For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen.
- Isaiah 24:23 — Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.
- Isaiah 33:9 — The earth mourneth and languisheth: Lebanon is ashamed and hewn down: Sharon is like a wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits.
- Isaiah 54:4 — Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and…
- Jeremiah 50:12 — Your mother shall be sore confounded; she that bare you shall be ashamed: behold, the hindermost of the nations shall be a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.
- Micah 3:7 — Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yea, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer of God.
See all 17 verses in the Word Atlas
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.