חָפֵר
châphêr · khaw-fare'
to blush; figuratively, to be ashamed, disappointed; causatively, to shame, reproach
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root (perhaps rather the same as H2658 (חָפַר) through the idea of detection);
to blush; figuratively, to be ashamed, disappointed; causatively, to shame, reproach
- to blush
- figuratively, to be ashamed, disappointed
- causatively, to shame, reproach
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: be ashamed, be confounded, be brought to confusion (unto shame), come (be put to) shame, bring reproach.
Letters
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to separate and protect › to speak, the word › the head, the highest
To separate and protect that works to speak, the word of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חָפֵר above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
17 occurrences · 17 OT · 0 NT · 16 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and confounded3 · 18%
- and brought to confusion2 · 12%
- thither, and were ashamed1 · 6%
- were not ashamed1 · 6%
- for they are brought unto shame1 · 6%
- yea, let them be put to shame1 · 6%
- and cometh to shame1 · 6%
- and bringeth reproach1 · 6%
- and ye shall be confounded1 · 6%
- shall be confounded1 · 6%
- is ashamed1 · 6%
- for thou shalt not be put to shame1 · 6%
- you shall be ashamed1 · 6%
- confounded1 · 6%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.