חָשַׂף
châsaph · khaw-saf'
to strip off, i.e. generally to make naked (for exertion or in disgrace), to drain away or bail up (a liquid)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to strip off, i.e. generally to make naked (for exertion or in disgrace), to drain away or bail up (a liquid)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: make bare, clean, discover, draw out, take, uncover.
Letters
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to separate and protect › to consume, to destroy › to speak, the word
To separate and protect that works to consume, to destroy that works to speak, the word.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חָשַׂף 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
11 occurrences · 11 OT · 0 NT · 11 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- bare2 · 18%
- and discovereth1 · 9%
- uncovered1 · 9%
- or to take1 · 9%
- make bare1 · 9%
- hath made bare1 · 9%
- therefore will i discover1 · 9%
- shall be uncovered1 · 9%
- he hath made it clean1 · 9%
- for to draw out1 · 9%
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.