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Strong's H2834 חָשַׂף (chasaph)

Chasaph means “strip off” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G2834 — knidos (“Cnidus”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H2834
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 10
Books 6

Strong's H2834 Quick Answer

Strong's H2834 חָשַׂף (chasaph) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. chasaph (khaw-saf') v. 1. to strip off 2. (generally) to make naked (for exertion or in disgrace) It has 10 linked Bible usages across 6 books. Visible English usage signals include bare, naked, make, and away. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
chasaph (khaw-saf') v. 1. to strip off 2. (generally) to make naked (for exertion or in disgrace)
Usage
10 linked usages
Books
6 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
bare, naked, make, and away

Meaning and Definition

chasaph (khaw-saf') v. 1. to strip off 2. (generally) to make naked (for exertion or in disgrace) 3. to drain away or bail up (a liquid) [a primitive root] KJV: make bare, clean, discover, draw out, take, uncover.

Original Word
חָשַׂף
Transliteration
chasaph
Derivation
Root: חשׂף
Morphology
verb-stem

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H2834. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

to strip

Usage: 1) to strip, strip off, lay bare, make bare, draw out 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to strip off 1a2) to strip, lay bare 1a3) to draw (water), skim, take from the surface

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How Strong's H2834 Is Translated

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

bare Isaiah 52:10 away Joel 1:7 make Isaiah 47:2 naked Isaiah 20:4

How Strong's H2834 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 H2834 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 H2834 in the Old Testament

10 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Psalms 29:9 KJV

The voice of the LORD maketh the hinds to calve, and discovereth the forests: and in his temple doth every one speak of his glory.

Isaiah 20:4 KJV

So shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians prisoners, and the Ethiopians captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, even with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.

Isaiah 30:14 KJV

And he shall break it as the breaking of the potters' vessel that is broken in pieces; he shall not spare: so that there shall not be found in the bursting of it a sherd to take fire from the hearth, or to take water withal out of the pit.

Usage Excerpts

First 10 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H2834.

Psalms 29:9 Old Testament, KJV
The voice of the LORD maketh the hinds to calve, and discovereth the forests: and in his temple doth every one speak of his glory.
Isaiah 20:4 Old Testament, KJV
So shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians prisoners, and the Ethiopians captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, even with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.
Isaiah 30:14 Old Testament, KJV
And he shall break it as the breaking of the potters' vessel that is broken in pieces; he shall not spare: so that there shall not be found in the bursting of it a sherd to take fire from the hearth, or to take water withal out of the pit.
Isaiah 47:2 Old Testament, KJV
Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers.
Isaiah 52:10 Old Testament, KJV
The LORD hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.
Jeremiah 13:26 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore will I discover thy skirts upon thy face, that thy shame may appear.
Jeremiah 49:10 Old Testament, KJV
But I have made Esau bare, I have uncovered his secret places, and he shall not be able to hide himself: his seed is spoiled, and his brethren, and his neighbours, and he is not.
Ezekiel 4:7 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, and thine arm shall be uncovered, and thou shalt prophesy against it.
Joel 1:7 Old Testament, KJV
He hath laid my vine waste, and barked my fig tree: he hath made it clean bare, and cast it away; the branches thereof are made white.
Haggai 2:16 Old Testament, KJV
Since those days were, when one came to an heap of twenty measures, there were but ten: when one came to the pressfat for to draw out fifty vessels out of the press, there were but twenty.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H2834, grouped by book.

Psalms 1 usage, Old Testament
Isaiah 4 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 2 usages, Old Testament
Ezekiel 1 usage, Old Testament
Joel 1 usage, Old Testament
Haggai 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H2834 FAQ

What does chasaph (חָשַׂף) mean?

Chasaph (Strong's H2834) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "strip off". chasaph (khaw-saf') v. 1. to strip off 2. (generally) to make naked (for exertion or in disgrace)

How many times is chasaph (חָשַׂף) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 10 linked usages for Strong's H2834 across 6 books.

Where can I study chasaph (חָשַׂף) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H2834 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate chasaph (חָשַׂף)?

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