TBESH · H2658
חָפַר · cha.phar · to search
1) to dig, search for 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to dig 1a2) to search, search out, explore
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cha.phar H2658
חָפַר (cha.phar) means “to search” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
חָפַר Hebrew · H2658 22 tagged occurrences in 21 verses
Pronunciation guide: khaw-far' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
Lexicon entries
Strong’s Hebrew dictionary
a primitive root; properly, to pry into; by implication, to delve, to explore
KJV glosses: dig, paw, search out, seek.
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How translators render H2658
Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| dug | 3 |
| to spy out | 2 |
| and dug | 1 |
| and dug up | 1 |
| and hollowed it out | 1 |
| and search for it | 1 |
| and you will look around | 1 |
| had been dug | 1 |
| had dug | 1 |
| he paws | 1 |
| he spies | 1 |
| he who digs | 1 |
| i dug | 1 |
| then they dug | 1 |
| they dug | 1 |
| they had dug | 1 |
| to search out | 1 |
| you can dig a hole | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| digged | 4 |
| and digged | 2 |
| to search out | 2 |
| which they had digged | 2 |
| and they digged | 1 |
| from thence and digged | 1 |
| from thence she seeketh | 1 |
| had digged | 1 |
| he paweth | 1 |
| he that diggeth | 1 |
| not and dig | 1 |
| they have digged | 1 |
| thou shalt dig | 1 |
| unto me that i have digged | 1 |
| us and they shall search us out | 1 |
| yea thou shalt dig | 1 |
Verses containing H2658
Page 1 of 1. 21 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
- Genesis 21:30
· BSB · 1 occurrence
He replied, “You are to accept the seven ewe lambs from my hand as my witness that I dug this well.”
Read word by word - Genesis 26:15
· BSB · 1 occurrence
So the Philistines took dirt and stopped up all the wells that his father’s servants had dug in the days of his father Abraham.
Read word by word - Genesis 26:18
· BSB · 2 occurrences
Isaac reopened the wells that had been dug in the days of his father Abraham, which the Philistines had stopped up after Abraham died. And he gave these wells the same names his father had given them.
Read word by word - Genesis 26:19
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and found a well of fresh water there.
Read word by word - Genesis 26:21
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then they dug another well and quarreled over that one also; so he named it Sitnah.
Read word by word - Genesis 26:22
· BSB · 1 occurrence
He moved on from there and dug another well, and they did not quarrel over it. He named it Rehoboth and said, “At last the LORD has made room for us, and we will be fruitful in the land.”
Read word by word - Genesis 26:32
· BSB · 1 occurrence
On that same day, Isaac’s servants came and told him about the well they had dug. “We have found water!” they told him.
Read word by word - Exodus 7:24
· BSB · 1 occurrence
So all the Egyptians dug around the Nile for water to drink, because they could not drink the water from the river.
Read word by word - Numbers 21:18
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The princes dug the well; the nobles of the people hollowed it out with their scepters and with their staffs.” From the wilderness the Israelites went on to Mattanah,
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 1:22
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then all of you approached me and said, “Let us send men ahead of us to search out the land and bring us word of what route to follow and which cities to enter.”
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 23:13
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And you must have a digging tool in your equipment so that when you relieve yourself you can dig a hole and cover up your excrement.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 23.14
- Joshua 2:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And it was reported to the king of Jericho: “Behold, some men of Israel have come here tonight to spy out the land.”
Read word by word - Joshua 2:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
So the king of Jericho sent to Rahab and said, “Bring out the men who came to you and entered your house, for they have come to spy out the whole land.”
Read word by word - Job 3:21
· BSB · 1 occurrence
who long for death that does not come, and search for it like hidden treasure,
Read word by word - Job 11:18
· BSB · 1 occurrence
You will be secure, because there is hope, and you will look around and lie down in safety.
Read word by word - Job 39:21
· BSB · 1 occurrence
He paws in the valley and rejoices in his strength; he charges into battle.
Read word by word - Job 39:29
· BSB · 1 occurrence
From there he spies out food; his eyes see it from afar.
Read word by word - Psalms 7:15
· BSB · 1 occurrence
He has dug a hole and hollowed it out; he has fallen into a pit of his own making.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 7.16
- Psalms 35:7
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For without cause they laid their net for me; without reason they dug a pit for my soul.
Read word by word - Ecclesiastes 10:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
He who digs a pit may fall into it, and he who breaches a wall may be bitten by a snake.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 13:7
· BSB · 1 occurrence
So I went to Perath and dug up the loincloth, and I took it from the place where I had hidden it. But now it was ruined—of no use at all.
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