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hebrew #2244 - חָבָא chaba (to withdraw)


Original Word:חָבָא
Transliteration: chaba
Definition:to withdraw, hide
Part of Speech:Verb
Phonetic Spelling:(khaw-baw')
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

held, hide self, do secretly

A primitive root (compare chabab); to secrete -- X held, hide (self), do secretly.

see HEBREW chabab


Englishman's Concordance

1) to withdraw, hide
1a) (Niphal) to hide oneself
1b) (Pual) to be forced into hiding
1c) (Hiphil) to hide
1d) (Hophal) to be hidden
1e) (Hithpael)
1e1) to hide oneself, draw back
1e2) to draw together, thicken, harden
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: a primitive root [compare H2245]
Same Word by TWOT Number: 588

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[חָבָא] verbwithdraw, hide (not in

Qal); compare also חבה (Late Hebrew id.; Arabic ; Ethiopic Assyrian —abû DlPr 175; ᵑ7 Ethpa`al hide oneself) —

Niph`alPerfect3masculine singular נֶחְבָּאJudges 9:5 + 1 Samuel 10:22; 2 Samuel 17:9 (both may be participle); נַחְבֵּאתָGenesis 31:37; ׳וְנַחְ consecutive 1 Samuel 19:2; נֶחְבְּאוּֿJoshua 10:27; נֶחְבָּ֑אוּJob 29:8,10; Imperfect2masculine singular תֵּחָבֵאJob 5:21; Infinitive constructהֵחָבֵא2Chronicles 18:24; Daniel 10:7; Participle plural (compare also above) נֶחְבְּאִיםJoshua 10:17, etc. — hide oneself in fear Genesis 3:10 (J), Joshua 10:16,17,27 (all J E), Judges 9:5; 1 Samuel 19:2; 2 Samuel 17:9; Amos 9:3; 2Chronicles 18:24; Daniel 10:7; from modesty 1 Samuel 10:22; compare Job 29:8; also לָ֫מָּה נַחְבֵּאתָ לִבְרֹחַGenesis 31:27 (E), i.e. why didst thou flee secretly? passive, be hiddenJob 29:10קול נְגִידִיםנְחְבָ֑אוּ ("" ולשׁונם לְחִכָּם דָּבֵ֑קָה, compare also see 9) i.e. in reverence,=hushed (so we speak of a veiled voice); be hidden for protection בִּשׁוֺט לָשׁוֺןJob 5:21.

Pu`alPerfect3plural חֻבְּאוּhave been hidden (=are made to hide themselves, Di on the passage) Job 24:4.

Hiph`ilPerfect3masculine singular suffix הֶחְבִּיאָ֑נִיIsaiah 49:2; 3feminine singular הֶחְבְּאַ֔תָֹהJoshua 6:17, compare Ges§ 75, Rem. 21 ai. 624 ff. etc.; Imperfectוַיַּחְבִּיאֵם1 Kings 18:4; 3feminine singular וַתַּחְבִּא2 Kings 6:29; וָאַחְבִּא1 Kings 18:13; — hide, transitive, with accusative Joshua 6:17,25; 1 Kings 18:4,13; 2 Kings 6:29; metaphor, of divine protection Isaiah 49:2׳בְּצֵל יָדוֺ ה.

Hoph`alPerfect be hiddenהָחְבָּ֑אוּIsaiah 42:22 (בְּבָתֵּי כלאים), i.e. imprisoned.

Hithpa`elPerfectהִתְחַבְּאוּ1 Samuel 14:11; Imperfectיִתְחַבֵּא1 Samuel 23:23; ׳וַיִּתְGenesis 3:8; יִתְחַבָּ֑אוּJob 38:30; וַיִּתְחַבְּאוּ1 Samuel 13:6; Participleמִתְחַבֵּא2 Kings 11:3 2t.; מִתְחַבְּאִים1 Samuel 14:22; 1 Chronicles 21:20; —

1draw back, hide oneself, usually with בְּ local; Genesis 3:8 (J), 1 Samuel 13:6; 1 Samuel 14:11,22; 1 Samuel 23:23; 2 Kings 11:3; 1 Chronicles 21:20; 2Chronicles 22:9,12.

2draw together, thicken, harden, of water becoming ice Job 38:30כאבן׳מים יִתְחַ.


Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 2244. חָבָא (chaba) — 33 Occurrences

Genesis 3:8
HEB:לְר֣וּחַ הַיּ֑וֹם וַיִּתְחַבֵּ֨א הָֽאָדָ֜ם וְאִשְׁתּ֗וֹ
NAS: and his wife hid themselves from the presence
KJV: and his wife hid themselves from the presence
INT: the cool of the day hid and the man and his wife

Genesis 3:10
HEB:עֵירֹ֥ם אָנֹ֖כִי וָאֵחָבֵֽא׃
NAS: because I was naked; so I hid myself.
KJV: [was] naked; and I hid myself.
INT: was naked I hid

Genesis 31:27
HEB: לָ֤מָּה נַחְבֵּ֙אתָ֙ לִבְרֹ֔חַ וַתִּגְנֹ֖ב
NAS: did you flee secretly and deceive
KJV: Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away
INT: Why secretly flee and deceive

Joshua 6:17
HEB:בַּבַּ֔יִת כִּ֣י הֶחְבְּאַ֔תָה אֶת־ הַמַּלְאָכִ֖ים
NAS: because she hid the messengers
KJV: she and all that [are] with her in the house, because she hid the messengers
INT: the house because hid the messengers whom

Joshua 6:25
HEB:הַזֶּ֑ה כִּ֤י הֶחְבִּ֙יאָה֙ אֶת־ הַמַּלְאָכִ֔ים
NAS: day, for she hid the messengers
KJV: [even] unto this day; because she hid the messengers,
INT: to this for hid the messengers whom

Joshua 10:16
HEB:הַמְּלָכִ֣ים הָאֵ֑לֶּה וַיֵּחָבְא֥וּ בַמְּעָרָ֖ה בְּמַקֵּדָֽה׃
NAS: had fled and hidden themselves in the cave
KJV: fled, and hid themselves in a cave
INT: kings now these and hidden the cave Makkedah

Joshua 10:17
HEB:חֲמֵ֣שֶׁת הַמְּלָכִ֔ים נֶחְבְּאִ֥ים בַּמְּעָרָ֖ה בְּמַקֵּדָֽה׃
NAS: have been found hidden in the cave
KJV: are found hid in a cave
INT: the five kings hidden the cave Makkedah

Joshua 10:27
HEB:הַמְּעָרָ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר נֶחְבְּאוּ־ שָׁ֑ם וַיָּשִׂ֜מוּ
NAS: where they had hidden themselves, and put
KJV: them into the cave wherein they had been hid, and laid
INT: the cave they had hidden themselves and put

Judges 9:5
HEB:הַקָּטֹ֖ן כִּ֥י נֶחְבָּֽא׃ ס
NAS: was left, for he hid himself.
KJV: was left; for he hid himself.
INT: the youngest for hid

1 Samuel 10:22
HEB:הִנֵּה־ ה֥וּא נֶחְבָּ֖א אֶל־ הַכֵּלִֽים׃
NAS: Behold, he is hiding himself
KJV: answered, Behold, he hath hid himself among the stuff.
INT: Behold himself is hiding by the baggage

1 Samuel 13:6
HEB:נִגַּ֖שׂ הָעָ֑ם וַיִּֽתְחַבְּא֣וּ הָעָ֗ם בַּמְּעָר֤וֹת
NAS: then the people hid themselves in caves,
KJV: then the people did hide themselves in caves,
INT: were distressed the people hid the people caves

1 Samuel 14:11
HEB:הַחֹרִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר הִתְחַבְּאוּ־ שָֽׁם׃
NAS: where they have hidden themselves.
KJV: out of the holes where they had hid themselves.
INT: of the holes they have hidden in it

1 Samuel 14:22
HEB:אִ֨ישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל הַמִּֽתְחַבְּאִ֤ים בְּהַר־ אֶפְרַ֙יִם֙
NAS: of Israel who had hidden themselves in the hill country
KJV: of Israel which had hid themselves in mount
INT: the men of Israel had hidden the hill of Ephraim

1 Samuel 19:2
HEB:וְיָשַׁבְתָּ֥ בַסֵּ֖תֶר וְנַחְבֵּֽאתָ׃
NAS: in a secret place and hide yourself.
KJV: in a secret [place], and hide thyself:
INT: and stay A secret and hide

1 Samuel 23:23
HEB:הַמַּֽחֲבֹאִים֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יִתְחַבֵּ֣א שָׁ֔ם וְשַׁבְתֶּ֤ם
NAS: where he hides himself and return
KJV: of all the lurking places where he hideth himself, and come ye again
INT: the hiding he hides in it and return

2 Samuel 17:9
HEB:עַתָּ֤ה הֽוּא־ נֶחְבָּא֙ בְּאַחַ֣ת הַפְּחָתִ֔ים
NAS: he has now hidden himself
KJV:Behold, he is hid now in some pit,
INT: has now himself hidden one of the caves

1 Kings 18:4
HEB:מֵאָ֣ה נְבִאִ֗ים וַֽיַּחְבִּיאֵ֞ם חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים אִישׁ֙
NAS: prophets and hid them by fifties
KJV: prophets, and hid them by fifty
INT: A hundred prophets and hid fifties a

1 Kings 18:13
HEB:נְבִיאֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה וָאַחְבִּא֩ מִנְּבִיאֵ֨י יְהוָ֜ה
NAS: of the LORD, that I hid a hundred
KJV: of the LORD, how I hid an hundred
INT: the prophets of the LORD hid prophets of the LORD

2 Kings 6:29
HEB:בְּנֵךְ֙ וְנֹ֣אכְלֶ֔נּוּ וַתַּחְבִּ֖א אֶת־ בְּנָֽהּ׃
NAS: that we may eat him'; but she has hidden her son.
KJV: that we may eat him: and she hath hid her son.
INT: your son may eat has hidden her son

2 Kings 11:3
HEB:בֵּ֣ית יְהוָ֔ה מִתְחַבֵּ֖א שֵׁ֣שׁ שָׁנִ֑ים
NAS:So he was hidden with her in the house
KJV:And he was with her hid in the house
INT: the house of the LORD was hidden six years

1 Chronicles 21:20
HEB:בָּנָ֛יו עִמּ֖וֹ מִֽתְחַבְּאִ֑ים וְאָרְנָ֖ן דָּ֥שׁ
NAS: sons [who were] with him hid themselves. And Ornan
KJV: sons with him hid themselves. Now Ornan
INT: sons with hid and Ornan was threshing

2 Chronicles 18:24
HEB:חֶ֥דֶר בְּחֶ֖דֶר לְהֵחָבֵֽא׃
NAS: an inner room to hide yourself.
KJV: into an inner chamber to hide thyself.
INT: an inner room to hide

2 Chronicles 22:9
HEB:וַֽיִּלְכְּדֻ֜הוּ וְה֧וּא מִתְחַבֵּ֣א בְשֹֽׁמְר֗וֹן וַיְבִאֻ֣הוּ
NAS: and they caught him while he was hiding in Samaria;
KJV: and they caught him, (for he was hid in Samaria,)
INT: caught he was hiding Samaria brought

2 Chronicles 22:12
HEB:בְּבֵ֣ית הָֽאֱלֹהִ֔ים מִתְחַבֵּ֖א שֵׁ֣שׁ שָׁנִ֖ים
NAS:He was hidden with them in the house
KJV:And he was with them hid in the house
INT: the house of God was hidden six years

Job 5:21
HEB:בְּשׁ֣וֹט לָ֭שׁוֹן תֵּחָבֵ֑א וְֽלֹא־ תִירָ֥א
NAS:You will be hidden from the scourge
KJV:Thou shalt be hid from the scourge
INT: the scourge of the tongue will be hidden and you will not be afraid

Job 24:4
HEB:מִדָּ֑רֶךְ יַ֥חַד חֻ֝בְּא֗וּ עֲנִיֵּי־ אָֽרֶץ׃
NAS: of the land are made to hide themselves altogether.
KJV: of the earth hide themselves together.
INT: the road altogether to hide humble of the land

Job 29:8
HEB:רָא֣וּנִי נְעָרִ֣ים וְנֶחְבָּ֑אוּ וִֽ֝ישִׁישִׁים קָ֣מוּ
NAS: saw me and hid themselves, And the old men
KJV: saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged
INT: saw the young and hid and the old arose

Job 29:10
HEB:קוֹל־ נְגִידִ֥ים נֶחְבָּ֑אוּ וּ֝לְשׁוֹנָ֗ם לְחִכָּ֥ם
NAS: of the nobles was hushed, And their tongue
KJV: The nobles held their peace,
INT: the voice of the nobles was hushed and their tongue to their palate

Job 38:30
HEB:כָּ֭אֶבֶן מַ֣יִם יִתְחַבָּ֑אוּ וּפְנֵ֥י תְ֝ה֗וֹם
NAS: Water becomes hard like stone,
KJV: The waters are hid as [with] a stone,
INT: stone Water becomes and the surface of the deep

Isaiah 42:22
HEB:וּבְבָתֵּ֥י כְלָאִ֖ים הָחְבָּ֑אוּ הָי֤וּ לָבַז֙
NAS: in caves, Or are hidden away in prisons;
KJV: in holes, and they are hid in prison
INT: houses prisons are hidden have become A prey

Isaiah 49:2
HEB:בְּצֵ֥ל יָד֖וֹ הֶחְבִּיאָ֑נִי וַיְשִׂימֵ֙נִי֙ לְחֵ֣ץ
NAS: of His hand He has concealed Me; And He has also made
KJV: of his hand hath he hid me, and made
INT: the shadow of his hand has concealed made arrow

Daniel 10:7
HEB:עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם וַֽיִּבְרְח֖וּ בְּהֵחָבֵֽא׃
NAS: on them, and they ran away to hide themselves.
KJV: upon them, so that they fled to hide themselves.
INT: on ran to hide

Amos 9:3
HEB: וְאִם־ יֵחָֽבְאוּ֙ בְּרֹ֣אשׁ הַכַּרְמֶ֔ל
NAS: Though they hide on the summit
KJV:And though they hide themselves in the top
INT: Though hide the summit of Carmel

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