חָפֵר
cha.pher
“be ashamed”
Definition
to blush; figuratively, to be ashamed, disappointed; causatively, to shame, reproach
a primitive root (perhaps rather the same as H2658 (חָפַר) through the idea of detection);
- to be ashamed, be confounded, be abashed, feel abashed 1a) (Qal) to be ashamed, be abashed 1b) (Hiphil) to display shame, demonstrate shame, cause embarrassment
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Grammar & Morphology
Verb
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Hebrew Verb
Occurrences
חָפֵר appears 13 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Surely you will be ashamed of the sacred oaksin which you have delighted;you will be embarrassed by the gardensthat you have chosen.
The land mourns and languishes;Lebanon is ashamed and decayed.Sharon is like a desert;Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves.
The mother of seven will grow faint;she will breathe her last breath.Her sun will set while it is still day;she will be disgraced and humiliated.And the rest I will put to the swordin the presence of their enemies,”declares the LORD.
They are confounded because they had hoped;their arrival brings disappointment.
The righteous hate falsehood,but the wicked bring shame and disgrace.
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.