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To do secretly

חָפָאStrong’s H2644

chapah (cha-pah)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

Chapah is the Hebrew word usually translated “did secretly”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“And the children of Israel did secretly those things that were not right against the LORD their God, and they built them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.”
2 Kings 17:9 KJV
Meaning
  1. (Piel) to cover, do secretly
How it's translated
  • and they did secretly 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • 2 Kings 1

1 book in all.

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    Hebrew dictionary

    חָפָא chapah · to do secretly

    (Piel) to cover, do secretly

    From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

    Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.