חָפַר (châphar) — Dig

Strong's H2658 is tagged on 22 words in 21 verses across 9 books of the word-by-word Hebrew and Aramaic Old Testament text on this site. It first appears in Genesis 21:30 and last appears in Jeremiah 13:7.

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Books where it appears most

Verses (all 21)

• Genesis 21:30 — חָפַרְתִּי — I dug
• Genesis 26:15 — חָפְרוּ — they had dug
• Genesis 26:18 — וַיַּחְפֹּר — and he dug
• Genesis 26:19 — וַיַּחְפְּרוּ — and they dug
• Genesis 26:21 — וַיַּחְפְּרוּ — and they dug
• Genesis 26:22 — וַיַּחְפֹּר — and he dug
• Genesis 26:32 — חָפָרוּ — they had dug
• Exodus 7:24 — וַיַּחְפְּרוּ — and they dug
• Numbers 21:18 — חֲפָרוּהָ — which they dug it
• Deuteronomy 1:22 — וְיַחְפְּרוּ — so they may spy out
• Deuteronomy 23:13 — וְחָפַרְתָּה — and you will dig
• Joshua 2:2 — לַחְפֹּר — to spy out
• Joshua 2:3 — לַחְפֹּר — to spy out
• Job 3:21 — וַיַּחְפְּרֻהוּ — and they dug for it
• Job 11:18 — וְחָפַרְתָּ — and you will be well protected
• Job 39:21 — יַחְפְּרוּ — they paw
• Job 39:29 — חָפַר — it spies out
• Psalms 7:15 — וַיַּחְפְּרֵהוּ — and he has dug it
• Psalms 35:7 — חָפְרוּ — they have dug
• Ecclesiastes 10:8 — חֹפֵר — one who digs
• Jeremiah 13:7 — וָאֶחְפֹּר — and I dug

Related entries

Entries whose derivation names this word: H1662 גַּת־הַחֵפֶר (Gath-ha-Chêpher), H2659 חָפֵר (châphêr), H2660 חֵפֶר (Chêpher), H2661 חֲפֹר (chăphôr).

Counts and verses come from the word-by-word tagging of the original-language text published on this site (STEPBible data, CC BY 4.0). They count tagged words, not English translations.