To search
חָפַשׂStrong’s H2664chaphas (cha-pha-s)
Appears in 20 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Chaphas is the Hebrew word usually translated “disguised himself”, “searched” and “disguise myself”. It appears in 20 verses of the Old Testament.
“And she said to her father, Let it not displease my lord that I cannot rise up before thee; for the custom of women is upon me. And he searched, but found not the images.”
Meaning
- To search, search for, to search out, disguise oneself(Qal) · (Niphal) to be searched out, be exposed · (Piel) to search, search through, search for · (Pual) to be searched for, be sought out · (Hithpael)
How it's translated
- and he disguised himself 4
- and he searched 2
- i will disguise myself 2
- and i will search out 1
- and they will search 1
- search 1
- he disguised himself 1
- it disguises itself 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Kings 3
- Proverbs 3
- Genesis 2
- 1 Samuel 2
- 2 Chronicles 2
- Psalms 2
12 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 44:12And he searched, and began at the eldest, and left at the youngest: and the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.
- 1 Samuel 23:23See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he hideth himself, and come ye again to me with the certainty, and I will go with you: and it shall come to pass, if he be in the land, that I will search him out throughout all the thousands of Judah.
- 1 Samuel 28:8And Saul disguised himself, and put on other raiment, and he went, and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night: and he said, I pray thee, divine unto me by the familiar spirit, and bring me him up, whom I shall name unto thee.
- 1 Kings 20:6Yet I will send my servants unto thee to morrow about this time, and they shall search thine house, and the houses of thy servants; and it shall be, that whatsoever is pleasant in thine eyes, they shall put it in their hand, and take it away.
- 1 Kings 20:38So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with ashes upon his face.
- 1 Kings 22:30And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and enter into the battle; but put thou on thy robes. And the king of Israel disguised himself, and went into the battle.
Hebrew dictionary
חָפַשׂ chaphas · to search
1) to search, search for, to search out, disguise oneself 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to search for 1a2) to think out, devise 1a3) to search, test 1b) (Niphal) to be searched out, be exposed 1c) (Piel) to search, search through, search for 1d) (Pual) to be searched for, be sought out 1e) (Hithpael) 1e1) to disguise oneself 1e2) to let oneself be searched for
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “search” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SEARCH, verb transitive
serch
- To look over or through for the purpose of finding something; to explore; to examine by inspection; as, to search the house for a book; to search the wood for a thief.“Send though men, that they may search the land of Canaan” Numbers 13:2
- To inquire; to seek for.
- To probe; to seek the knowledge of by feeling with instrument; as to search a wound.
- To examine; to try. Psalms 139:23
All definitions and other forms of “search”
SEARCH, verb intransitive
serch.
- To seek; to look for; to make search
- To make inquiry; to inquire.
SEARCH, noun
serch.
- A seeking or looking for something that is lost, or the place of which us unknown; with for or after; as a search for lost money; a search for mines of gold and silver; a search after happiness or knowledge.
- Inquiry; a seeking.
- Quest; pursuit for finding.
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.