Strong's Definition
a primitive root; to seek; causatively, to conceal oneself (i.e. let be sought), or mask
KJV Usage: change, (make) diligent (search), disquise self, hide, search (for, out)
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
חָפַשׂ (cha.pha.s) — to search. 1) to search, search for, to search out, disguise oneself 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to search for 1a2) to think out, devise 1a3) to search, test 1b) (Niphal) to be searched out, be exposed 1c) (Piel) to search, search through, search for 1d) (Pual) to be searched for, be sought out 1e) (Hithpael) 1e1) to disguise oneself 1e2) to let oneself be searched for
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · חֵפֶשׂ
See | verb pi, verb nif
to search, to examine = action by which humans carefully examine a place in order to find people or objects located in it or in order to gain information about it
1KI 20:6 · 2KI 10:23 · PRO 20:27 · LAM 3:40 · OBA 1:6 · ZEP 1:12
Search | verb pi
to search, to look for = action by which humans carefully look for something they need
Hide | verb pu'al
to hide oneself literally: to be searched; hence: = action by which humans move to a location where they will not be readily seen
Think | verb qal, verb pi, verb pu'al | ≈ שׂיח
to think, to muse, to ponder, to devise = action by which humans exercise their minds ► in order to understand certain things or to make a plan
Wish | verb qal
to strive (after a quality) = action by which humans =make an effort to obtain a particular quality
Non-Know | verb hit
to disguise oneself = causative action by which humans make themselves unrecognizable by others ◄ by changing their appearance or clothing
1SA 28:8 · 1KI 20:38 · 1KI 22:30 · 1KI 22:30 · 2CH 18:29 · 2CH 18:29 · 2CH 35:22
Different | verb hit
to be altered literally: to disguise oneself; hence: = process by which an object gradually becomes unrecognizable ◄ by taking on a different shape
1 JOB 30:18 MT HOTTP-Ca CEV | LXX HOTTP-Cb RSV NJB NRSV GNT תפשׂ "to seize | NIV "to become (like clothing) | NJPS "to change (clothes) | REB "to be bespattered (of one's clothes)
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[חָפַשׂ] vb. search Qal search, search out search for
= think out, devise
search = test
Niph. searched out = exposed and plundered
Pi. search through
search for
Pu. be searched for = be hidden
Hithp. disguise oneself (lit. let oneself be searched for)
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