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Strong's H2670 חׇפְשִׁי (chophshi)

Chophshi means “free” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G2670 — katapontizo (“drown”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H2670
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 17
Books 7

Strong's H2670 Quick Answer

Strong's H2670 חָפשִׁי (chophshiy) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. chophshiy (khof-shee') adj. 1. exempt (from bondage, tax or care) [from H2666] It has 17 linked Bible usages across 7 books. Visible English usage signals include free and liberty. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
chophshiy (khof-shee') adj. 1. exempt (from bondage, tax or care) [from H2666]
Usage
17 linked usages
Books
7 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
free and liberty

Meaning and Definition

chophshiy (khof-shee') adj. 1. exempt (from bondage, tax or care) [from H2666] KJV: free, liberty. Root(s): H2666

Original Word
חָפשִׁי
Transliteration
chophshiy
Derivation
Root: חפשׁ First root strongs: 2666
Morphology
adjective

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H2670. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

How Strong's H2670 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render chophshiy, 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.

free Exodus 21:2 16× liberty Jeremiah 34:16

How Strong's H2670 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 17 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H2670 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 H2670 in the Old Testament

17 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Exodus 21:2 KJV

If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.

Exodus 21:5 KJV

And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free:

Exodus 21:26 KJV

And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish; he shall let him go free for his eye's sake.

Usage Excerpts

First 17 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H2670.

Exodus 21:2 Old Testament, KJV
If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.
Exodus 21:5 Old Testament, KJV
And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free:
Exodus 21:26 Old Testament, KJV
And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish; he shall let him go free for his eye's sake.
Exodus 21:27 Old Testament, KJV
And if he smite out his manservant's tooth, or his maidservant's tooth; he shall let him go free for his tooth's sake.
Deuteronomy 15:12 Old Testament, KJV
And if thy brother, an Hebrew man, or an Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee, and serve thee six years; then in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee.
Deuteronomy 15:13 Old Testament, KJV
And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him go away empty:
Deuteronomy 15:18 Old Testament, KJV
It shall not seem hard unto thee, when thou sendest him away free from thee; for he hath been worth a double hired servant to thee, in serving thee six years: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all that thou doest.
1 Samuel 17:25 Old Testament, KJV
And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is come up? surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, that the man who killeth him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father's house free in Israel.
Job 3:19 Old Testament, KJV
The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master.
Job 39:5 Old Testament, KJV
Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?
Psalms 88:5 Old Testament, KJV
Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand.
Isaiah 58:6 Old Testament, KJV
Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?
Jeremiah 34:9 Old Testament, KJV
That every man should let his manservant, and every man his maidservant, being an Hebrew or an Hebrewess, go free; that none should serve himself of them, to wit, of a Jew his brother.
Jeremiah 34:10 Old Testament, KJV
Now when all the princes, and all the people, which had entered into the covenant, heard that every one should let his manservant, and every one his maidservant, go free, that none should serve themselves of them any more, then they obeyed, and let them go.
Jeremiah 34:11 Old Testament, KJV
But afterward they turned, and caused the servants and the handmaids, whom they had let go free, to return, and brought them into subjection for servants and for handmaids.
Jeremiah 34:14 Old Testament, KJV
At the end of seven years let ye go every man his brother an Hebrew, which hath been sold unto thee; and when he hath served thee six years, thou shalt let him go free from thee: but your fathers hearkened not unto me, neither inclined their ear.
Jeremiah 34:16 Old Testament, KJV
But ye turned and polluted my name, and caused every man his servant, and every man his handmaid, whom he had set at liberty at their pleasure, to return, and brought them into subjection, to be unto you for servants and for handmaids.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H2670, grouped by book.

Exodus 4 usages, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 3 usages, Old Testament
1 Samuel 1 usage, Old Testament
Job 2 usages, Old Testament
Psalms 1 usage, Old Testament
Isaiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Jeremiah 5 usages, Old Testament

Strong's H2670 FAQ

What does chophshi (חׇפְשִׁי) mean?

Chophshi (Strong's H2670) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "free". chophshiy (khof-shee') adj. 1. exempt (from bondage, tax or care) [from H2666]

How many times is chophshi (חׇפְשִׁי) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 17 linked usages for Strong's H2670 across 7 books.

Where can I study chophshi (חׇפְשִׁי) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H2670 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate chophshi (חׇפְשִׁי)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as free and liberty. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.