H2247 - חָבָה (châbâh)

H2247 חָבָה (châbâh) khaw-bah'

Hebrew

Verb (Hebrew)

Quick Definition

to hide

Strong's Definition

to secrete

Derivation: a primitive root (compare H2245 (חָבַב));

KJV Usage: hide (self).

TWOT Reference: 590

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) to withdraw, hide, hide oneself

1a) (Qal) to withdraw

1b) (Niphal) to hide oneself, remain hidden, withdraw

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G613 G1886 G2096 G2222 G2968

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

1) to withdraw, hide, hide oneself 1a) (Qal) to withdraw 1b) (Niphal) to hide oneself, remain hidden, withdraw

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

חָבָה châbâh BDB Definition: 1) to withdraw, hide, hide oneself 1a) (Qal) to withdraw 1b) (Niphal) to hide oneself, remain hidden, withdraw Part of Speech: verb A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: a primitive root [compare H2245] Same Word by TWOT Number: 590 Total KJV Occurrences: 5

Bible Occurrences (5)

2:16

22:25

7:12

26:20

49:10

Joshua 2:16

Go to the hill country, she said, so that your pursuers will not find you. Hide yourselves there for three days until they have returned; then go on your way.

1 Kings 22:25

Micaiah... replied, You will soon see, on that day when you go [and] hide in an inner room.

2 Kings 7:12

So the king got up in the night and said to his servants, Let me tell... you what the Arameans have done to us. They know we are starving, so they have left the camp to hide in the field, thinking, When they come out of the city, we will take them alive and enter... the city.

Isaiah 26:20

Go, my people, enter your rooms and shut your doors behind you. Hide yourselves a little while until the wrath has passed.

Jeremiah 49:10

But I will strip Esau bare; I will uncover his hiding places, and he will be unable... to conceal himself. His descendants will be destroyed along with his relatives and neighbors, and he will be no more.