חֻפָּה
chuppâh · H2646 · Hebrew · 3 occurrences
Thing
Meanings
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tent, canopy, pavilion
Temporary construction made of cloth; erected for a newly married couple
ExamplesPsalm 19:5 Which is like a groom coming out of his chamber; It rejoices like a strong person to run his course.
Joel 2:16 Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, Assemble the elders, Gather the children and the nursing infants. Have the groom come out of his room And the bride out of her bridal chamber.
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covering, canopy
Process by which a phenomenon manifests itself as a kind of covering in a certain area, and provides protection to those who are under its influence
ExamplesIsaiah 4:5 then the LORD will create over the entire area of Mount Zion and over her assemblies a cloud by day, and smoke, and the brightness of a flaming fire by night; for over all the glory will be a canopy.
How it’s used In 3 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- הוּhis 1
- הּher 1
What it is said to bePredicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- כָּבוֹדglory, honor 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- מִןfrom 3
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 2 words
- חֶדֶר cheder · H2315 · room, chamber
- Hebrew חֶדֶר (ḥeder) denotes an inner chamber or room, overlapping with חֻפָּה in the sense of an enclosed private space. Both can refer to protected interior spaces, though חֻפָּה carries more specific bridal/canopy connotations while חֶדֶר is more general.
- סֹךְ çôk · H5520 · booth, hut, lair
- Hebrew סֹךְ (sōk) refers to a booth or pavilion structure providing shelter/covering, similar to חֻפָּה as a protective canopy or tent-like structure. Both denote temporary or ceremonial sheltering structures.
In the other Testament 2 words
- νυμφών nymphṓn · G3567 · wedding hall
- Greek νυμφών (nymphōn) refers to a bridal chamber or wedding hall, directly corresponding to the Hebrew חֻפָּה which denotes the marriage chamber or canopy under which a wedding takes place (Joel 2:16, Psalm 19:5). This is a standard translation equivalent in the LXX tradition.
- ταμεῖον tameîon · G5009 · inner room, storeroom, treasure room
- Greek ταμεῖον (tameion) denotes an inner chamber or closet, matching the 'chamber/closet' sense of חֻפָּה. Used for private, enclosed spaces (Matthew 6:6), this corresponds to the protective enclosure aspect of the Hebrew term.
Semantic domains 3 entries
- Constructions001003002
- The word denotes an enclosed chamber or canopy, as in Joel 2:16's reference to the bridal chamber and Isaiah 4:5's canopy over Mount Zion.
- Safe002003003019
- חֻפָּה denotes a canopy or covering that provides shelter or enclosure, illustrated at Isaiah 4:5 ("the LORD will create...a canopy") and, by extension, the bridal chamber of Joel 2:16 ("the bride out of her bridal chamber") — a genuine sense of a sheltering or enclosed space.
- Names of People003001007
- This code is inherited from the shared homograph on this spelling, the personal name Huppah; this entry's own occurrences denote a chamber or canopy, not a person.
Word family 6 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H2646. chuppah I. חֻמָּה noun feminine canopy, chamber (as covering, enclosing) —…
I. חֻמָּה noun feminine canopy, chamber (as covering, enclosing) — absolute ׳ח Isa 4:5; suffix תֻמָּתוֺ Psa 19:6; חֻמָּתָהּ Joe 2:16; —
1 canopy, ח ׳עלכֿלכּֿבוד Isa 4:5 over all glory a canopy (for protection).
2 chamber, of bridegroom Psa 19:6 (metaphor of sunrising); of bride Joe 2:16 (|| חֶדֶר of bridegroom).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 3 entries
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
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