חָבָה cha.vah H2247
“withdraw; hide; hide oneself” — Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
Same root: Related words from the same root: 1 more word + 2 names of people or places
Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) lists these under the root ch-b-h (חבה) (same root, per BDB). “Built from” = Strong's (1890) agrees. Related words can still differ in meaning.
- חֶבְיוֹן chev.yon H2253 “hiding; hiding-place; veil; envelope” same root (per BDB) · built from H2247 (per Strong's) in 1 verse
2 names of people or places from this root
- חֲבַיָה cha.vay.yah H2252 “Chabajah, an Israelite” same root (per BDB) in 2 verses
- נַחְבִּי nach.bi H5147 “Nachbi, an Israelite” same root (per BDB) · built from H2247 (per Strong's) in 1 verse
Rendered in BSB as: hide yourselves ×2, and hide ×1, to hide ×1, to conceal himself ×1 (5 links)
Each verse shows the form used there and its grammar in plain English. What do these terms mean?
Full definitions (source + licence)
Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) [dmn/h.ad.aa (base)]
[חָבָה] vb. withdraw, hide Qal withdraw into privacy Niph. withdraw, hide oneself
Public domain text (BDB 1906); digitisation CC BY 4.0 – credit "Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project"
Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890) [H2247]
Origin: a primitive root (compare H2245); Meaning: to secrete KJV renders it: hide (self).
Public domain (James Strong, 1890/1894; file marked <rights>Public Domain</rights>)
5 verse(s)
- Joshua 2:16 “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.”ve./nach.be.Tem – niphal (done to the subject) · perfect + waw-consecutive (and …, usually future or ongoing) · you (plural)verse | pericope | chapter
Hc/VNq2mp - 1 Kings 22:25 Micaiah replied, “You will soon see, on that day when you go and hide in an inner room.”le./he.cha.Veh – 'to / for' + niphal (done to the subject) · infinitive construct ('to …' / '…-ing')verse | pericope | chapter
HR/VNcc - 2 Kings 7:12 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.’”le./he.cha.Veh – 'to / for' + niphal (done to the subject) · infinitive construct ('to …' / '…-ing')verse | pericope | chapter
HR/VNcc - Isaiah 26:20 Go, my people, enter your rooms and shut your doors behind you. Hide yourselves a little while until the wrath has passed.cha.Vi – qal (simple action) · imperative (a command) · you (one man)verse | pericope | chapter
HVqv2ms - Jeremiah 49:10 But I will strip Esau bare; I will uncover his hiding places, and he will be unable to conceal himself. His descendants will be destroyed along with his relatives and neighbors, and he will be no more.ve./nech.Bah – niphal (done to the subject) · perfect + waw-consecutive (and …, usually future or ongoing) · he / itverse | pericope | chapter
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