חֻפָּה
chupa · canopy, bridal chamber
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H2646 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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chupa (חֻפָּה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “canopy, bridal chamber”.
Bridal chamber, canopy: the covered place prepared for the newly married.
How to say it
chu·pa
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
- A room prepared for newlyweds.
- A roof that covers and protects.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- canopy ×2
- chamber ×1
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Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Psalms 19:5
and it is like a bridegroom coming out of his chamber; it rejoices like a mighty man to run the path.
- Isaiah 4:5
And YHWH will create over the whole site of Mount Zion and over her convocations a cloud by day and smoke and the brightness of a flaming fire by night; for over all the glory there will be a canopy.
- Joel 2:16
Gather the people, consecrate the assembly, bring together the elders, gather the children and those nursing at the breasts; let the bridegroom go out from his room, and the bride from her canopy.