Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)
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Usage: 1) to dig, search for 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to dig 1a2) to search, search out, explore
Chaphar means “dig” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's G2658 — katantao (“attain”) in the Greek Bible.
Strong's H2658 חָפַר (chaphar) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. chaphar (khaw-far') v. 1. (properly) to pry into 2. (by implication) to delve, to explore It has 21 linked Bible usages across 9 books. Visible English usage signals include into, dig, had, they, and search. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
chaphar (khaw-far') v. 1. (properly) to pry into 2. (by implication) to delve, to explore [a primitive root] KJV: dig, paw, search out, seek.
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Usage: 1) to dig, search for 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to dig 1a2) to search, search out, explore
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render chaphar, 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.
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.
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.
21 indexed usages in Old Testament.
And he said, For these seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that they may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well.
For all the wells which his father's servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth.
And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them.
First 21 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H2658.
And he said, For these seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that they may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well.
For all the wells which his father's servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth.
And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them.
And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.
And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah.
And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now the LORD hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.
And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac's servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had digged, and said unto him, We have found water.
And all the Egyptians digged round about the river for water to drink; for they could not drink of the water of the river.
The princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged it, by the direction of the lawgiver, with their staves. And from the wilderness they went to Mattanah:
And ye came near unto me every one of you, and said, We will send men before us, and they shall search us out the land, and bring us word again by what way we must go up, and into what cities we shall come.
And thou shalt have a paddle upon thy weapon; and it shall be, when thou wilt ease thyself abroad, thou shalt dig therewith, and shalt turn back and cover that which cometh from thee:
And it was told the king of Jericho, saying, Behold, there came men in hither to night of the children of Israel to search out the country.
And the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab, saying, Bring forth the men that are come to thee, which are entered into thine house: for they be come to search out all the country.
Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;
And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.
He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men.
From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off.
He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.
For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.
He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.
Then I went to Euphrates, and digged, and took the girdle from the place where I had hid it: and, behold, the girdle was marred, it was profitable for nothing.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H2658, grouped by book.
Chaphar (Strong's H2658) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "dig". chaphar (khaw-far') v. 1. (properly) to pry into 2. (by implication) to delve, to explore
This page currently indexes 21 linked usages for Strong's H2658 across 9 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H2658 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as into, dig, had, they, search, and paweth. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.