חָבָה
chava · hide
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H2247 · appears 5 times in the Bible
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chava (חָבָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “hide”.
Oneself, take cover so as not to be found.
How to say it
cha·va
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
- Conceal oneself, take cover.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Where it appears
- Joshua 2:16
She said to them, “Go to the hill country, or the pursuers will come upon you. Hide there three days until the pursuers return, and afterward you may go on your way.”
- 1 Kings 22:25
Micaiah said, “Look, you will see it on that day, when you go into a room within a room to hide.”
- 2 Kings 7:12
The king got up in the night and said to his servants, “Let me tell you what Aram has done to us. They know that we are hungry, and they have gone out of the camp to hide in the field, saying, ‘When they come out of the city, we will seize them alive and get into the city.’”
- Isaiah 26:20
Go, my people, enter your rooms, and shut your doors behind you; hide yourself for a little moment, until the indignation passes.
- Jeremiah 49:10
For I have stripped Esau bare; I have uncovered his hiding places, and he will not be able to hide himself; his offspring is devastated, and his brothers and his neighbors, and he is no more.