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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - חָפַשׂ

חָפַשׂ

H2664

Transliteration: châphas

Pronunciation: khaw-fas'

Definition: change


Original: חפשׂ

Transliteration: châphaś

Phonetic: khaw-fas'

BDB Definition:

  1. to search, search for, to search out, disguise oneself
    1. (Qal)
      1. to search for
      2. to think out, devise
      3. to search, test
    2. (Niphal) to be searched out, be exposed
    3. (Piel) to search, search through, search for
    4. (Pual) to be searched for, be sought out
    5. (Hithpael)
      1. to disguise oneself
      2. to let oneself be searched for

Origin: a primitive root

TWOT entry: 716

Part(s) of speech: Verb


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