Word

חָבָא

châbâʼ · H2244 · Hebrew · 34 occurrences

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Meanings

to freeze

Process by which liquids become solid, caused by low temperatures during cold weather

Examples
Job 38:30 “Water becomes hard like stone, And the surface of the deep is imprisoned.
to hide oneself

The action by which humans go to a location where they will not be readily seen by others, in order to be safe from danger or to attack someone else

Examples
Genesis 3:8 Now they heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden.
Genesis 3:10 He said, “I heard the sound of You in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid myself.”
Joshua 2:16 And she said to them, “Go to the hill country, so that the pursuers will not encounter you, and hide yourselves there for three days until the pursuers return. Then afterward you may go on your way.”
to hide someone

The action by which humans cause someone else to go to a location where that person will not be readily seen by others, in order to keep that person out of danger or to remove him or her from public life

Examples
Joshua 6:17 “But the city shall be designated for destruction, it and everything that is in it belongs to the LORD; only Rahab the prostitute and all who are with her in the house shall live, because she hid the messengers whom we sent.
Joshua 6:25 However, Rahab the prostitute and her father’s household and all she had, Joshua spared; and she has lived in the midst of Israel to this day, because she hid the messengers whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.
1 Kings 18:4 for when Jezebel killed the prophets of the LORD, Obadiah took a hundred prophets and hid them by fifties in a cave, and provided them with bread and water.)
to act in secret

Action by which humans act in a such a way that other people do not notice

Examples
Genesis 31:27 “Why did you flee secretly and deceive me, and did not tell me, so that I might have sent you away with joy and with songs, with tambourine and with lyre;
to hide, to protect

Causative action by which someone keep someone else from (physical or non-physical) harm

Examples
Job 5:21 “You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, And you will not be afraid of violence when it comes.
Isaiah 49:2 He has made My mouth like a sharp sword, In the shadow of His hand He has concealed Me; And He has also made Me a sharpened arrow, He has hidden Me in His quiver.
Literally: to hide oneself (of one's voice); hence: action by which humans refrain from speaking ((one's) voice hides > to refrain from speaking)

Examples
Job 29:10 The voices of the prominent people were hushed, And their tongues stuck to their palates.

How it’s used In 7 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

34 occurrences in 15 groups

Not stated: he, she or it 7
Not stated: they 6
Not stated (participle) 4
הוּאhe, she, it 3
Not stated: you (one person) 3
Other words · 10 groups that occur once or twice (12) 12

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

6 occurrences in 5 groups

מֲלְאָךְmessenger, angel 2
בֵּןson 1
אִישׁman, person, each 1
נִיme 1
הֶםthem 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

17 occurrences in 18 groups

בin/on/with+ מְעָרָהcave 4
Other words · 17 groups that occur once or twice (19) 19

With adverbsAdverbs

6 occurrences in 3 groups

שָׁםthere 4
יַחַדtogether 1
עַתָּהnow 1

Named alongside itApposition

1 occurrences in 1 groups

אִישׁman, person, each 1

What is done to itIt is the object

2 occurrences in 1 groups

הָיָהto be, to become 2

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

2 occurrences in 2 groups

בin/on/with 1
לto/for 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Near synonyms 6 words

חָפַשׂ châphas · H2664 · to search, to examine, to look for: חָבָא (châbâʼ, H2244) focuses on hiding or concealing oneself or things, including doing something secretly, while חָפַשׂ (châphas, H2664) is broader, covering searching and disguise but also including "hide" as one of its senses; the two genuinely overlap in the sense of concealment.
עָלַם ʻâlam · H5956 · to go into hiding, hypocrite: Both denote concealment or hiding as verbs of covering something from view.
חָבָה châbâh · H2247 · to hide oneself: Both lexemes denote concealment/hiding actions with nearly identical glosses ("hide (self)"). This is genuine same-language near-synonymy—two distinct Hebrew roots expressing the same core action.
סָתַר çâthar · H5641 · to be hidden, to hide oneself: Both denote the action of hiding or concealing, two distinct Hebrew verbs that could substitute for one another in contexts of concealment.
כָּסָה kâçâh · H3680 · to cover, to be covered, to cover oneself: Both lexemes genuinely express concealment/hiding senses and could substitute in contexts where concealment is the core meaning.
צָפַן tsâphan · H6845 · to lurk, to lie in wait, to ambush: Both words denote hiding and concealment, sharing the core sense of keeping something hidden or secret; the senses "hide," "secret" and "privily" appear across them.

In the other Testament 1 word

κρύπτω krýptō · G2928 · to keep safe, to cause to be protected, to protect: Greek κρύπτω emphasizes the act of covering or concealing something, while Hebrew חָבָא focuses on the state of being hidden or the action of hiding oneself; both share the core semantic domain of concealment.

Semantic domains 5 entries

Solid002001001058: חָבָא can describe concealment among solid, tangible cover, as the man and woman hide themselves among the trees of the garden.
Hide002002001010: The verb's core sense is hiding oneself, as Adam hides from the presence of the LORD God after eating the fruit.
Non-Know002004002008: The hiding the word describes is meant to keep something from being known or discovered.
Safe002003003019: Concealment can also function as a means of seeking safety or protection from danger.
Non-Speak002004001009004: The word further covers doing something secretly, keeping a matter unspoken and undisclosed.

Word family 2 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

חָבָאchâbâʼ · H2244מַחֲבֵא machăbêʼ · H4224 · hiding-place · 2×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H2244. chaba [חָבָא] verb withdraw, hide (not in Qal); compare also חבה (Late Hebrew id.;…

H2244. chaba
[חָבָא] verb withdraw, hide (not in
Qal); compare also חבה (Late Hebrew id.; Arabic ; Ethiopic Assyrian —abû DlPr 175; ᵑ7 Ethpa`al hide oneself) —
Niph`al Perfect3masculine singular נֶחְבָּא Jdg 9:5 + 1Sa 10:22; 2Sa 17:9 (both may be participle); נַחְבֵּאתָ Gen 31:37; ׳וְנַחְ consecutive 1Sa 19:2; נֶחְבְּאוּֿ Jos 10:27; נֶחְבָּ֑אוּ Job 29:8, Job 29:10; Imperfect2masculine singular תֵּחָבֵא Job 5:21; Infinitive construct הֵחָבֵא2Ch 18:24; Dan 10:7; Participle plural (compare also above) נֶחְבְּאִים Jos 10:17, etc. — hide oneself in fear Gen 3:10 (J), Jos 10:16-17, Jos 10:27 (all J E), Jdg 9:5; 1Sa 19:2; 2Sa 17:9; Amo 9:3; 2Ch 18:24; Dan 10:7; from modesty 1Sa 10:22; compare Job 29:8; also לִבְרֹחַ נַחְבֵּאתָ לָ֫מָּה Gen 31:27 (E), i.e. why didst thou flee secretly? passive, be hidden Job 29:10 נְחְבָ֑אוּ נְגִידִים קול (|| דָּבֵ֑קָה לְחִכָּם ולשׁונם, compare also see 9) i.e. in reverence, = hushed (so we speak of a veiled voice); be hidden for protection לָשׁוֺן בִּשׁוֺט Job 5:21.
Pu`al Perfect3plural חֻבְּאוּ have been hidden (= are made to hide themselves, Di on the passage) Job 24:4.
Hiph`il Perfect3masculine singular suffix הֶחְבִּיאָ֑נִי Isa 49:2-3;feminine singular הֶחְבְּאַ֔תָֹה Jos 6:17, compare Ges§ 75, Rem. 21 a Köi. 624 ff. etc.; Imperfect וַיַּחְבִּיאֵם 1Ki 18:4; 1Ki 18:3feminine singular וַתַּחְבִּא 2Ki 6:29; וָאַחְבִּא 1Ki 18:13; — hide, transitive, with accusative Jos 6:17, Jos 6:25; 1Ki 18:4, 1Ki 18:13; 2Ki 6:29; metaphor, of divine protection Isa 49:2 ה יָדוֺ ׳בְּצֵל.
Hoph`al Perfect be hidden הָחְבָּ֑אוּ Isa 42:22 (כלאים בְּבָתֵּי), i.e. imprisoned.
Hithpa`el Perfect הִתְחַבְּאוּ 1Sa 14:11; Imperfect יִתְחַבֵּא 1Sa 23:23; ׳וַיִּתְ Gen 3:8; יִתְחַבָּ֑אוּ Job 38:30; וַיִּתְחַבְּאוּ 1Sa 13:6; Participle מִתְחַבֵּא 2Ki 11:3 2Ki 11:2t.; מִתְחַבְּאִים 1Sa 14:22; 1Ch 21:20; —
1 draw back, hide oneself, usually with בְּ local; Gen 3:8 (J), 1Sa 13:6; 1Sa 14:11, 1Sa 14:22; 1Sa 23:23; 2Ki 11:3; 1Ch 21:20; 2Ch 22:9, 2Ch 22:12.
2 draw together, thicken, harden, of water becoming ice Job 38:30 יִתְחַ ׳מים כאבן.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 5 entries

Solid1 occurrence Hide29 occurrences Safe2 occurrences Non-Speak1 occurrence Non-Know1 occurrence

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0