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Strong's Hebrew #2658 - חָפַּר chaphar (to dig)


Original Word: חָפַּר
Transliteration: chaphar
Definition: to dig, search for
Part of Speech: Verb
Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-far')
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

dig, paw, search out, seek

A primitive root; properly, to pry into; by implication, to delve, to explore -- dig, paw, search out, seek.


Englishman's Concordance

1) to dig, search for
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to dig
1a2) to search, search out, explore
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 714

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. חָפַר verb dig, search for (Arabic id.; Aramaic חֲפַר, , id.; Late Hebrew חֵפֶר act of digging) —

Qal Perfect ׳ח Job 39:29; וְחָפַרְתָּ֫ Job 11:18; וְחָפַרְתָּ֫ה Deuteronomy 23:14; חָפַרְתִּי Genesis 21:30; חָֽפְרוּ Genesis 26:18 2t.; חָפָ֑רוּ Genesis 26:32; חֲפָרוּהָ Numbers 21:18; Imperfect וַיַּחְמֹּר Genesis 26:18,22; וַיַּחְמְּרֵהוּ Psalm 7:16; וָאֶחְמֹּר Jeremiah 13:7; יַחְמְּרוּ Job Job 39:21 (but read יַחְמֹּר so ᵐ5 ᵑ9 ᵑ6 Di) Deuteronomy 1:22; וַיַּחְמְּרוּ Genesis 26:19 2t.; וַיַּחְמְּרֻהוּ Job 3:21; Infinitive construct לַחְמֹּר Joshua 2:2,3+ Isaiah 2:20 (compare below); Participle חֹפֵר Ecclesiastes 10:8; —

1 dig:

a. a well, with accusative בְּאֵר Genesis 21:30 (E), Genesis 26:15,18 (twice in verse); Genesis 26:19,21,22,32 (J), Numbers 21:18 (E); compare Exodus 7:24 (E); dig (a hole, implied as object) Deuteronomy 23:14; a pit, with hostile purpose, as snare or trap, figurative of malicious plan, with accusative בּוֺר Psalm 7:16 ("" כָּרָה); so with accusative גומץ Ecclesiastes 10:8, compare [שַׁחַת] לְנַפְשִׁי ׳ח Psalm 35:7; of horse, dig, i.e. paw the ground, יַחְמֹּר בָּעֵמֶק Job 39:21 (so read, see above) he paweth in the valley (compare Arabic hoof).

b. dig for something hidden, with accusative Job 3:21 (figurative of longing for death), Jeremiah 13:7 (no object expressed)

2 search, search out, explore, with accusative הָאָרֶץ Joshua 2:3 (twice in verse) (JE), Deuteronomy 1:22; of eagle, search for food, with accusative אֹכֶל ׳ח Job 39:29, with especially reference to keen vision ("" מֵרָחוֺק עֵינָיו יַבִּיטוּ); so = search or look carefully about before going to rest Job 11:18 (no object). — לַחְמֹּר Isaiah 2:20 see חֲפַרְמָּרָה below


Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 2658. חָפַר (chaphar) — 22 Occurrences

Genesis 21:30
HEB: לְעֵדָ֔ה כִּ֥י חָפַ֖רְתִּי אֶת־ הַבְּאֵ֥ר
NAS: that it may be a witness to me, that I dug this
KJV: they may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well.
INT: witness for dug well likewise

Genesis 26:15
HEB: הַבְּאֵרֹ֗ת אֲשֶׁ֤ר חָֽפְרוּ֙ עַבְדֵ֣י אָבִ֔יו
NAS: servants had dug in the days
KJV: servants had digged in the days
INT: the wells which had dug servants his father's

Genesis 26:18
HEB: וַיָּ֨שָׁב יִצְחָ֜ק וַיַּחְפֹּ֣ר ׀ אֶת־ בְּאֵרֹ֣ת
NAS: Then Isaac dug again the wells
KJV: And Isaac digged again the wells
INT: again Isaac dug the wells of water

Genesis 26:18
HEB: הַמַּ֗יִם אֲשֶׁ֤ר חָֽפְרוּ֙ בִּימֵי֙ אַבְרָהָ֣ם
NAS: which had been dug in the days
KJV: of water, which they had digged in the days
INT: of water which had been dug the days Abraham

Genesis 26:19
HEB: וַיַּחְפְּר֥וּ עַבְדֵֽי־ יִצְחָ֖ק
NAS: servants dug in the valley
KJV: servants digged in the valley,
INT: dug servants Isaac's

Genesis 26:21
HEB: וַֽיַּחְפְּרוּ֙ בְּאֵ֣ר אַחֶ֔רֶת
NAS: Then they dug another well,
KJV: And they digged another well,
INT: dug well another

Genesis 26:22
HEB: וַיַּעְתֵּ֣ק מִשָּׁ֗ם וַיַּחְפֹּר֙ בְּאֵ֣ר אַחֶ֔רֶת
NAS: from there and dug another
KJV: And he removed from thence, and digged another
INT: moved there and dug well another

Genesis 26:32
HEB: הַבְּאֵ֖ר אֲשֶׁ֣ר חָפָ֑רוּ וַיֹּ֥אמְרוּ ל֖וֹ
NAS: which they had dug, and said
KJV: the well which they had digged, and said
INT: the well which had dug and said have found

Exodus 7:24
HEB: וַיַּחְפְּר֧וּ כָל־ מִצְרַ֛יִם
NAS: the Egyptians dug around
KJV: And all the Egyptians digged round about
INT: dug all Egyptian

Numbers 21:18
HEB: בְּאֵ֞ר חֲפָר֣וּהָ שָׂרִ֗ים כָּר֙וּהָ֙
NAS: which the leaders sank, Which the nobles
KJV: The princes digged the well,
INT: the well sank the leaders dug

Deuteronomy 1:22
HEB: אֲנָשִׁים֙ לְפָנֵ֔ינוּ וְיַחְפְּרוּ־ לָ֖נוּ אֶת־
NAS: before us, that they may search out the land
KJV: before us, and they shall search us out the land,
INT: men before may search the land and bring

Deuteronomy 23:13
HEB: בְּשִׁבְתְּךָ֣ ח֔וּץ וְחָפַרְתָּ֣ה בָ֔הּ וְשַׁבְתָּ֖
NAS: outside, you shall dig with it and shall turn
KJV: thyself abroad, thou shalt dig therewith, and shalt turn back
INT: sit outside shall dig and shall turn to cover

Joshua 2:2
HEB: מִבְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לַחְפֹּ֥ר אֶת־ הָאָֽרֶץ׃
NAS: here tonight to search out the land.
KJV: of Israel to search out the country.
INT: the sons of Israel to search the land

Joshua 2:3
HEB: לְבֵיתֵ֔ךְ כִּ֛י לַחְפֹּ֥ר אֶת־ כָּל־
NAS: for they have come to search out all
KJV: for they be come to search out all the country.
INT: your house for to search all the land

Job 3:21
HEB: לַמָּ֣וֶת וְאֵינֶ֑נּוּ וַֽ֝יַּחְפְּרֻ֗הוּ מִמַּטְמוֹנִֽים׃
NAS: but there is none, And dig for it more than
KJV: for death, but it [cometh] not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;
INT: death there and dig hidden

Job 11:18
HEB: יֵ֣שׁ תִּקְוָ֑ה וְ֝חָפַרְתָּ֗ לָבֶ֥טַח תִּשְׁכָּֽב׃
NAS: is hope; And you would look around and rest
KJV: hope; yea, thou shalt dig [about thee, and] thou shalt take thy rest
INT: there is hope look securely and rest

Job 39:21
HEB: יַחְפְּר֣וּ בָ֭עֵמֶק וְיָשִׂ֣ישׂ
NAS: He paws in the valley, and rejoices
KJV: He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth
INT: paws the valley and rejoices

Job 39:29
HEB: מִשָּׁ֥ם חָֽפַר־ אֹ֑כֶל לְ֝מֵרָח֗וֹק
NAS: From there he spies out food;
KJV: From thence she seeketh the prey,
INT: there spies food afar

Psalm 7:15
HEB: בּ֣וֹר כָּ֭רָֽה וַֽיַּחְפְּרֵ֑הוּ וַ֝יִּפֹּ֗ל בְּשַׁ֣חַת
NAS: a pit and hollowed it out, And has fallen
KJV: a pit, and digged it, and is fallen
INT: A pit has dug and hollowed fallen the hole

Psalm 35:7
HEB: רִשְׁתָּ֑ם חִ֝נָּ֗ם חָפְר֥וּ לְנַפְשִֽׁי׃
NAS: for me; Without cause they dug a pit
KJV: [which] without cause they have digged for my soul.
INT: their net cause dug my soul

Ecclesiastes 10:8
HEB: חֹפֵ֥ר גּוּמָּ֖ץ בּ֣וֹ
NAS: He who digs a pit may fall
KJV: He that diggeth a pit shall fall
INT: digs A pit may fall

Jeremiah 13:7
HEB: וָאֵלֵ֣ךְ פְּרָ֔תָה וָאֶחְפֹּ֗ר וָֽאֶקַּח֙ אֶת־
NAS: to the Euphrates and dug, and I took
KJV: to Euphrates, and digged, and took
INT: went to the Euphrates and dug took the waistband

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