Strong's Definition
an orthographical variation of 2645; properly, to cover, i.e. (in a sinister sense) to act covertly
KJV Usage: do secretly
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
חָפָא (cha.pah) — to do secretly. (Piel) to cover, do secretly
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · חפה · חפף
Non-Know | verb pi
to do things in secret literally: to cover; hence: = causative action by which humans perform events in such a way that they will not become generally known; ≈ associated with evil
1 2KI 17:9 RSV NIV NRSV CEV | LXX "to clothe (with words) | NJB REB אמר "to say (things) | NJPS GNT "to do (things)
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[חָפָא] vb. do secretly;—only Pi. 2 K 17:9 ref