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חֹ֫פֶשׁStrong’s H2667chophesh (cho-phesh)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Chophesh is the Hebrew word usually translated “material”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“Dedan was thy merchant in precious clothes for chariots.”
Meaning
- Widespread, fabric for horseback riding, saddle-blanket, saddle-cloths; meaning uncertain
How it's translated
- material 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezekiel 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
חֹ֫פֶשׁ chophesh · spread
widespread, fabric for horseback riding, saddle-blanket, saddle-cloths; meaning uncertain
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “material” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
MATE'RIAL, adjective
[Latin materia, matter.]
- Consisting of matter; not spiritual; as material substance; material bodies.
- Important; momentous; more or less necessary; having influence or effect.
- Not formal; substantial.
- Furnishing materials; as material men.
All definitions and other forms of “material”
MATE'RIAL, noun
The substance or matter of which any thing is made; as, wool is the material of cloth; rags are the material of paper.
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.