chafas · search

What it means

chafas (חָפַשׂ) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “search”.

Carefully, examine; in another form, disguise oneself.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To go through something carefully.
2. To change one's look so as not to be recognized.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• Search ×5
• disguised himself ×5
• I will search ×3
• I will disguise myself ×2
• he searched ×2
• disfigured ×1
• has been searched out ×1
• people are sought out ×1
• searches ×1
• searching ×1
• others ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Genesis×2
• 1 Samuel×2
• 1 Kings×4
• 2 Kings×1
• 2 Chronicles×3
• Job×1
• Psalms×3
• Proverbs×3
• Lamentations×1
• Amos×1
• Obadiah×1
• Zephaniah×1

• Genesis 31:35

  She said to her father, “Do not let my lord be angry that I cannot rise before you, for the way of women is upon me.” So he searched but did not find the teraphim.

• Genesis 44:12

  He searched, beginning with the oldest and finishing with the youngest, and the cup was found in Benjamin’s bag.

• 1 Samuel 23:23

  See and find out about all the hiding places where he hides there, and come back to me with sure information, and I will go with you; and if he is in the land, I will search him out among all the thousands of Judah.”

• 1 Samuel 28:8

  Saul disguised himself and put on other clothes, and he went, and two men with him; they came to the woman by night. And he said, “Please divine for me by calling up the dead, and bring up for me the one I name to you.”

• 1 Kings 20:6

  But about this time tomorrow I will send my servants to you, and they will search your house and the houses of your servants; and it will be that everything desirable in your eyes they will put in their hand and take it away.’”

• 1 Kings 20:38

  The prophet went and waited for the king by the road, and disguised himself with a bandage over his eyes.

• 1 Kings 22:30

  The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “I will disguise myself and go into the battle; but you, wear your robes.” And the king of Israel disguised himself and went into the battle.

• 2 Kings 10:23

  Jehu and Jonadab son of Rechab went into the house of Baal, and he said to the worshipers of Baal, “Search and see that there is not here with you any of the servants of YHWH, but only the worshipers of Baal.”

• 2 Chronicles 18:29

  The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “I will disguise myself and go into the battle; but you, wear your robes.” And the king of Israel disguised himself and they went into the battle.

• 2 Chronicles 35:22

  But Josiah did not turn his face away from him, but to fight against him he disguised himself, and did not listen to the words of Neco from the mouth of Elohim; and he came to fight in the valley of Megiddo.

• Job 30:18

  With great force my garment is disfigured; like the collar of my tunic it binds me.

• Psalms 64:6

  They search out injustices: “We have completed a thoroughly searched-out plan.” And the inward part of each one and the heart are deep.

• Psalms 77:6

  I remember my song in the night; with my heart I speak, and my spirit searches:

• Proverbs 2:4

  if you seek her like silver, and search for her like hidden treasures,

• Proverbs 20:27

  The lamp of YHWH is the breath of a man, searching all the inner rooms of the belly.

• Proverbs 28:12

  When the righteous rejoice, great is the splendor, but when the wicked rise, people are sought out.

• Lamentations 3:40

  Let us search our ways and examine them, and let us return to YHWH.

• Amos 9:3

  And if they hide on the top of Carmel, from there I will search out and take them; and if they conceal themselves from my sight on the floor of the sea, from there I will command the snake, and it will bite them.

• Obadiah 1:6

  How Esau has been searched out, his hidden treasures sought out!

• Zephaniah 1:12

  And it will happen at that time that I will search Jerusalem with lamps, and I will call to account the men who are congealed on their dregs, who say in their heart, ‘YHWH will not do good, nor will he do evil.’

And 3 more times.