Lexicon :: Strong's H2636 - ḥaspas

חַסְפַּס
Transliteration
ḥaspas
Pronunciation
khas-pas'
Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Reduplicated from an unused root meaning apparently to peel
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 704

Strong’s Definitions

חַסְפַּס chaçpaç, khas-pas'; reduplicated from an unused root meaning apparently to peel; a shred or scale:—round thing.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's H2636 in the following manner: round thing (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's H2636 in the following manner: round thing (1x).

  1. (Pual) to peel, flake off (only in the participle)

    1. scale-like, flake-like, scaled-off

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חַסְפַּס chaçpaç, khas-pas'; reduplicated from an unused root meaning apparently to peel; a shred or scale:—round thing.
STRONGS H2636: Abbreviations
† [חַסְמַּס] verb only Passive participle (scaled off) scale-like (apparent reduplication from *חסף for חספסף, see Ew§ 158 c Ol§§ 214, 276 Ges§ 55, 6 Sta§ 291; Köi, 250 thinks euphon. for מְחֻסְפָּף; to be compare are Arabic , have scab, itch (Frey; but = ס ?); Aramaic הַסְפָּא potsherd, חַסְפְּנִיתָא scale (of fish), scurf; Ethiopic scabiosus fuit Di587 and Exodus 16:14) — hence מְחֻסְפָּס scaled off, scale-like as Syrver Thes Rob-Ges MV SS VB; — of the manna כַּכְּפֹר דַּק מְחֻפְפָּ֔ס דַּק Exodus 16:14 a fine, scale-like thing, fine as the hoar-frost.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H2635.
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Exodus

16:14; 16:14