Chaphas means “seek” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's G2664 — katapauo (“cease”) in the Greek Bible.
Strong's H2664 חָפַשׂ (chaphas) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. chaphas (khaw-fas') v. 1. to seek 2. causatively, to conceal oneself (i.e. let be sought), or mask It has 20 linked Bible usages across 12 books. Visible English usage signals include search, searched, diligent, seekest, and searching. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
chaphas (khaw-fas') v. 1. to seek 2. causatively, to conceal oneself (i.e. let be sought), or mask [a primitive root] KJV: change, (make) diligent (search), disquise self, hide, search (for, out).
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H2664. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
to search
Usage: 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
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render chaphas, 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.
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20 indexed usages in Old Testament.
And she said to her father, Let it not displease my lord that I cannot rise up before thee; for the custom of women is upon me. And he searched but found not the images.
And he searched, and began at the eldest, and left at the youngest: and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack.
See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he hideth himself, and come ye again to me with the certainty, and I will go with you: and it shall come to pass, if he be in the land, that I will search him out throughout all the thousands of Judah.
First 20 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H2664.
And she said to her father, Let it not displease my lord that I cannot rise up before thee; for the custom of women is upon me. And he searched but found not the images.
And he searched, and began at the eldest, and left at the youngest: and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack.
See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he hideth himself, and come ye again to me with the certainty, and I will go with you: and it shall come to pass, if he be in the land, that I will search him out throughout all the thousands of Judah.
And Saul disguised himself, and put on other raiment, and he went, and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night: and he said, I pray thee, divine unto me by the familiar spirit, and bring me him up, whom I shall name unto thee.
Yet I will send my servants unto thee to morrow about this time, and they shall search thine house, and the houses of thy servants; and it shall be, that whatsoever is pleasant in thine eyes, they shall put it in their hand, and take it away.
So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with ashes upon his face.
And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and enter into the battle; but put thou on thy robes. And the king of Israel disguised himself, and went into the battle.
And Jehu went, and Jehonadab the son of Rechab, into the house of Baal, and said unto the worshippers of Baal, Search, and look that there be here with you none of the servants of the LORD, but the worshippers of Baal only.
And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and I will go to the battle; but put thou on thy robes. So the king of Israel disguised himself; and they went to the battle.
Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him, but disguised himself, that he might fight with him, and hearkened not unto the words of Necho from the mouth of God, and came to fight in the valley of Megiddo.
By the great force of my disease is my garment changed: it bindeth me about as the collar of my coat.
They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is deep.
I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search.
If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;
The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.
When righteous men do rejoice, there is great glory: but when the wicked rise, a man is hidden.
Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.
And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them:
How are the things of Esau searched out! how are his hidden things sought up!
And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with candles, and punish the men that are settled on their lees: that say in their heart, The LORD will not do good, neither will he do evil.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H2664, grouped by book.
Chaphas (Strong's H2664) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "seek". chaphas (khaw-fas') v. 1. to seek 2. causatively, to conceal oneself (i.e. let be sought), or mask
This page currently indexes 20 linked usages for Strong's H2664 across 12 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H2664 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as search, searched, diligent, seekest, searching, and let. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.