Canopy
חֻפָּהStrong’s H2646chuppah (chup-pah)
Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Chuppah is the Hebrew word usually translated “from chamber his”, “canopy” and “from chamber her”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
“Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race.”
Meaning
- Chamber, room, canopy, closetcanopy · chamber · divine protection (fig.)
How it's translated
- from chamber his 1
- a canopy 1
- from chamber her 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 1
- Isaiah 1
- Joel 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Isaiah 4:5And the LORD will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night: for upon all the glory shall be a defence.
- Joel 2:16Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.
Hebrew dictionary
חֻפָּה chuppah · canopy
1) chamber, room, canopy, closet 1a) canopy 1b) chamber 1c) divine protection (fig.)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “canopy” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
CANOPY, noun
- A covering over a throne, or over a bed; more generally, a covering over the head.
- In architecture and sculpture, a magnificent decoration serving to cover and crown an altar, throne, tribunal, pulpit, chair or the like.
All definitions and other forms of “canopy”
CANOPY, verb transitive
To cover with a canopy
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.