Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)
to cover
Usage: 1) to cover, overlay, wainscotted, covered with boards or panelling 1a) (Qal) to cover 1b)(Niphal) to be covered 1c) (Piel) to cover, overlay
Strong's Number
H2645
Language
Hebrew
Linked Usages
10
Books
5
Strong's H2645 Quick Answer
Strong's H2645 חָפָה (chaphah) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. chaphah (khaw-faw') v. 1. to cover 2. (by implication) to veil, to encase, protect It has 10 linked Bible usages across 5 books. Visible English usage signals include covered. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
- Meaning
- chaphah (khaw-faw') v. 1. to cover 2. (by implication) to veil, to encase, protect
- Usage
- 10 linked usages
- Books
- 5 indexed books
- Corpus
- Old Testament
- Usage Words
- covered
Meaning and Definition
chaphah (khaw-faw') v. 1. to cover 2. (by implication) to veil, to encase, protect [a primitive root] KJV: ceil, cover, overlay. Compare: H2644, H2653
Across Lexicons
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H2645. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
How Strong's H2645 Is Translated
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render chaphah, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
covered
2 Samuel 15:30
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How Strong's H2645 Usage Compares
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
- The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 10 linked usages.
- The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.
Strong's H2645 by Corpus
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
Strong's H2645 in the Old Testament
10 indexed usages in Old Testament.
And David went up by the ascent of mount Olivet, and wept as he went up, and had his head covered, and he went barefoot: and all the people that was with him covered every man his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up.
And the greater house he cieled with fir tree, which he overlaid with fine gold, and set thereon palm trees and chains.
He overlaid also the house, the beams, the posts, and the walls thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubims on the walls.
Usage Excerpts
First 10 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H2645.
And David went up by the ascent of mount Olivet, and wept as he went up, and had his head covered, and he went barefoot: and all the people that was with him covered every man his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up.
And the greater house he cieled with fir tree, which he overlaid with fine gold, and set thereon palm trees and chains.
He overlaid also the house, the beams, the posts, and the walls thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubims on the walls.
And he made the most holy house, the length whereof was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits: and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents.
And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold.
And Mordecai came again to the king's gate. But Haman hasted to his house mourning, and having his head covered.
Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine; and Haman was fallen upon the bed whereon Esther was. Then said the king, Will he force the queen also before me in the house? As the word went out of king's mouth, they covered Haman's face.
Though ye have lien among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold.
And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits, and found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads.
Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.
All Indexed Usage Links
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H2645, grouped by book.
2 Samuel 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 4 usages, Old Testament
Esther 2 usages, Old Testament
Psalms 1 usage, Old Testament
Jeremiah 2 usages, Old Testament
Strong's H2645 FAQ
What does chaphah (חָפָה) mean?
Chaphah (Strong's H2645) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "cover". chaphah (khaw-faw') v. 1. to cover 2. (by implication) to veil, to encase, protect
How many times is chaphah (חָפָה) used in the Bible?
This page currently indexes 10 linked usages for Strong's H2645 across 5 books.
Where can I study chaphah (חָפָה) in context?
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H2645 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
What English words translate chaphah (חָפָה)?
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as covered. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.