Chaphar חָפַר

Chaphar (Hebrew חָפַר, Strong's H2658) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to search”. It occurs 22 times in 21 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Chaphar, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

• Genesis 21:30
  And he said, For these seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that they may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well.He replied, “You are to accept the seven ewe lambs from my hand as my witness that I dug this well.”
• Genesis 26:15
  For all the wells which his father’s servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth.So the Philistines took dirt and stopped up all the wells that his father’s servants had dug in the days of his father Abraham.
• Genesis 26:18
  And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them.Isaac reopened the wells that had been dug in the days of his father Abraham, which the Philistines had stopped up after Abraham died. And he gave these wells the same names his father had given them.
• Genesis 26:19
  And Isaac’s servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.Then Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and found a well of fresh water there.
• Genesis 26:21
  And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah.Then they dug another well and quarreled over that one also; so he named it Sitnah.
• Genesis 26:22
  And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now the Lord hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.He moved on from there and dug another well, and they did not quarrel over it. He named it Rehoboth and said, “At last the LORD has made room for us, and we will be fruitful in the land.”
• Genesis 26:32
  And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac’s servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had digged, and said unto him, We have found water.On that same day, Isaac’s servants came and told him about the well they had dug. “We have found water!” they told him.

Exodus

• Exodus 7:24
  And all the Egyptians digged round about the river for water to drink; for they could not drink of the water of the river.So all the Egyptians dug around the Nile for water to drink, because they could not drink the water from the river.

Numbers

• Numbers 21:18
  The princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged it, by the direction of the lawgiver, with their staves. And from the wilderness they went to Mattanah:The princes dug the well; the nobles of the people hollowed it out with their scepters and with their staffs.” From the wilderness the Israelites went on to Mattanah,

Deuteronomy

• Deuteronomy 1:22
  And ye came near unto me every one of you, and said, We will send men before us, and they shall search us out the land, and bring us word again by what way we must go up, and into what cities we shall come.Then all of you approached me and said, “Let us send men ahead of us to search out the land and bring us word of what route to follow and which cities to enter.”
• Deuteronomy 23:13
  And thou shalt have a paddle upon thy weapon; and it shall be, when thou wilt ease thyself abroad, thou shalt dig therewith, and shalt turn back and cover that which cometh from thee:And you must have a digging tool in your equipment so that when you relieve yourself you can dig a hole and cover up your excrement.

Joshua

• Joshua 2:2
  And it was told the king of Jericho, saying, Behold, there came men in hither to night of the children of Israel to search out the country.And it was reported to the king of Jericho: “Behold, some men of Israel have come here tonight to spy out the land.”
• Joshua 2:3
  And the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab, saying, Bring forth the men that are come to thee, which are entered into thine house: for they be come to search out all the country.So the king of Jericho sent to Rahab and said, “Bring out the men who came to you and entered your house, for they have come to spy out the whole land.”

Job

• Job 3:21
  Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;who long for death that does not come, and search for it like hidden treasure,
• Job 11:18
  And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.You will be secure, because there is hope, and you will look around and lie down in safety.
• Job 39:21
  He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men.He paws in the valley and rejoices in his strength; he charges into battle.
• Job 39:29
  From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off.From there he spies out food; his eyes see it from afar.

Psalms

• Psalm 7:15
  He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.He has dug a hole and hollowed it out; he has fallen into a pit of his own making.
• Psalm 35:7
  For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.For without cause they laid their net for me; without reason they dug a pit for my soul.

Ecclesiastes

• Ecclesiastes 10:8
  He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.He who digs a pit may fall into it, and he who breaches a wall may be bitten by a snake.

Jeremiah

• Jeremiah 13:7
  Then I went to Euphrates, and digged, and took the girdle from the place where I had hid it: and, behold, the girdle was marred, it was profitable for nothing.So I went to Perath and dug up the loincloth, and I took it from the place where I had hidden it. But now it was ruined—of no use at all.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).