The meaning of “חָפֵר”
Understanding châphêr reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
be ashamed, be confounded, be brought to confusion (unto shame), come (be put to) shame, bring reproach. - to blush - fi...
חָפֵר
be ashamed, be confounded, be brought to confusion (unto shame), come (be put to) shame, bring reproach. - to blush - figuratively, to be ashamed, disappointed - causatively, to shame, reproach 1) 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
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Job 6:20 | “They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed.” Word: חָפֵר (châphêr) | |
| Psalms 40:14 | “Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.” Word: חָפֵר (châphêr) | |
| Proverbs 19:26 | “He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.” Word: חָפֵר (châphêr) | |
| Isaiah 33:9 | “The earth mourneth and languisheth: Lebanon is ashamed and hewn down: Sharon is like a wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits.” Word: חָפֵר (châphêr) | |
| Jeremiah 50:12 | “Your mother shall be sore confounded; she that bare you shall be ashamed: behold, the hindermost of the nations shall be a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.” Word: חָפֵר (châphêr) |
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