To shield
חׇפַףStrong’s H2653chophaph (cho-phaph)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Chophaph is the Hebrew word usually translated “covers”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“And of Benjamin he said, The beloved of the LORD shall dwell in safety by him; and the Lord shall cover him all the day long, and he shall dwell between his shoulders.”
Meaning
- (Qal) to cover, enclose, shelter, shield, surround
How it's translated
- covers 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Deuteronomy 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
חׇפַף chophaph · to shield
(Qal) to cover, enclose, shelter, shield, surround
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “shield” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SHIELD, verb transitive
- To cover, as with a shield; to cover from dasnger; to defend; to protect; to secure form assault or injury.
- To ward off; to defend against; as clothes shield one from the cold.
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.