Hebrew Study
Strong’s Concordance H2659
A readable Hebrew dictionary entry from Strong’s Concordance. Definitions help with word study; the meaning in a verse still depends on context.
Word study
- Source
- Strong’s Concordance
- Transliteration
- chapher
- Pronunciation
- khaw-fare'
- Occurrences
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- Strong’s number
- H2659
- Brief meaning
- Figuratively, to be ashamed, disappointed, causatively, to shame
- Source renderings
- be ashamed, be confounded, be brought to confusion (unto shame), come (be put to) shame, bring reproach
- Root word
- a primitive root (perhaps rath. the same as H2658 through the idea of detection): to blush
- Full definition from the source
- Figuratively, to be ashamed, disappointed; causatively, to shame, reproach. Root word: a primitive root (perhaps rath. the same as H2658 through the idea of detection): to blush.
- Digital-source-added cross-reference note
- H2658
Source info
Source and edition
James Strong, Strong's Hebrew Bible Dictionary (1890); Bible Foundation text source; Michael Grier's 1996 ASCII e-text; CrossWire module 1.2.
View the 1890 print witnessView preserved source wording
02659\ 2659 chapher khaw-fare' a primitive root (perhaps rath. the same as 2658 through the idea of detection): to blush; figuratively, to be ashamed, disappointed; causatively, to shame, reproach:--be ashamed, be confounded, be brought to confusion (unto shame), come (be put to) shame, bring reproach. see HEBREW for 02658