חָבָה
cha.vah
“to hide”
Definition
to secrete
a primitive root (compare H2245 (חָבַב));
- to withdraw, hide, hide oneself 1a) (Qal) to withdraw 1b) (Niphal) to hide oneself, remain hidden, withdraw
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Occurrences
חָבָה appears 5 times in the Old Testament.
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Key Passages
Micaiah replied, “You will soon see, on that day when you go and hide in an inner room.”
So the king got up in the night and said to his servants, “Let me tell you what the Arameans have done to us. They know we are starving, so they have left the camp to hide in the field, thinking, ‘When they come out of the city, we will take them alive and enter the city.’”
Go, my people, enter your roomsand shut your doors behind you.Hide yourselves a little whileuntil the wrath has passed.
But I will strip Esau bare;I will uncover his hiding places,and he will be unable to conceal himself.His descendants will be destroyedalong with his relatives and neighbors,and he will be no more.
“Go to the hill country,” she said, “so that your pursuers will not find you. Hide yourselves there for three days until they have returned; then go on your way.”
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