Word

חָפֵר

châphêr · H2659 · Hebrew · 17 occurrences

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Meanings

to be ashamed

Process by which humans experience a strong emotion of shame

Examples
Job 6:20 “They were put to shame, for they had trusted, They came there and were humiliated.
Psalm 35:4 Let those be ashamed and dishonored who seek my life; Let those be turned back and humiliated who devise evil against me.
Proverbs 13:5 A righteous person hates a false statement, But a wicked person acts disgustingly and shamefully.
to be shamefaced

Literally: (one's) face is ashamed; hence: state in which a human's facial expression communicates an emotion of shame

Examples
Psalm 34:5 They looked to Him and were radiant, And their faces will never be ashamed.

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

Who or what does itSubject

16 occurrences in 12 groups

בָּקַשׁto seek, to search, to look for 3
Other words · 11 groups that occur once or twice (13) 13

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

1 occurrences in 1 groups

מִןfrom+ גַּנָּהgarden 1

With adverbsAdverbs

4 occurrences in 3 groups

יַחַדtogether 2
לֹאnot 1
אַלnot, do not 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 1 word

בּוּשׁ bûwsh · H954 · to be ashamed, to come to shame, to be put to shame: Both lexemes are shame and confusion verbs with overlapping core senses — to be ashamed, to be confounded — two distinct Hebrew words that express the same concept of shame and could substitute for each other in appropriate contexts.

Semantic domains 6 entries

Impact002001001024: This entry carries no independent "Impact" sense of its own; every genuine tagged occurrence of חָפֵר describes being put to shame or humiliated (Job 6:20, Psalm 35:4, 35:26), not physical impact. The domain is bundle-shared with the homographic root חָפַר ("to dig"). See חָפַר (châphar, H2658).
Exist002002002005: This entry carries no independent "Exist" sense of its own; its genuine occurrences uniformly describe being ashamed or humiliated, not existing or ceasing to exist. The domain is bundle-shared with a related sense.
See002004001005: This entry carries no independent "See" sense of its own; its genuine occurrences describe being ashamed, not seeing. The domain is bundle-shared with the homographic root חָפַר (châphar, H2658) ("to search out," a form of visual/perceptual seeking). See חָפַר (châphar, H2658).
Search002002001016: This entry carries no independent "Search" sense of its own; every genuine tagged occurrence describes shame or humiliation (Psalm 34:6, 40:15, Isaiah 1:29, 24:23), not searching. The domain is bundle-shared with the homographic root חָפַר (châphar, H2658) ("to dig, search out"). See חָפַר (châphar, H2658).
Wish002004002001001: This entry carries no independent "Wish" sense of its own; its genuine occurrences describe shame or humiliation, not desire or wishing. The domain is bundle-shared with the homographic root חָפַר (châphar, H2658). See חָפַר (châphar, H2658).
Shame002001002025: The word denotes being put to shame or confounded, as in Job 6:20's and Psalm 35:4's and 35:26's repeated pleas that enemies be ashamed and humiliated.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H2659. chapher II. [חָפֵר] verb be abashed, ashamed (חֲפַר ᵑ7 Pro 13:5, מַחְמְּרָנָא one…

H2659. chapher
II. [חָפֵר] verb be abashed, ashamed (חֲפַר ᵑ7 Pro 13:5, מַחְמְּרָנָא one causing shame Pro 19:26; Syriac , especially Aph`el be ashamed, put to shame; Arabic be bashful, shy, bashful; Ethiopic be ashamed, blush) —
Qal Perfect3feminine singular חָֽפְרָה Jer 50:12; וְחָֽפְרָה consecutive Isa 24:23; וְחָפֵ֑רָה Jer 15:9; חָֽפְרוּ Psa 71:24; וְחָֽפְרוּ consecutive Mic 3:7; Imperfect יַחְמְּרוּ Psa 35:4 Psa 35:4t.; יֶחְמָּ֑רוּ Psa 34:6; וַיֶּחְמָּ֑רוּ Job 6:20; תַּחְמְּרוּ Isa 1:29; — be abashed, ashamed, said of face Psa 34:6 (avoided by looking to ׳י); elsewhere always || בּוֺשׁ, of enemies of righteousness Psa 71:24; Psa 35:4; Psa 35:26; Psa 40:15 = Psa 70:3; Psa 83:18; of idolaters Isa 1:29; diviners Mic 3:7; of distressed Jerusalem Jer 15:9; so of Babylon Jer 50:12; of moon Isaiah 24:33; be put to shame (disappointment), of caravans looking for water Job 6:20.
Hiph`il Perfect הֶחְמִּיר Isa 33:9; Imperfect יַחְמִּיר Pro 13:5; תַּחְמִּ֫ירִי Isa 54:4; Participle מַחְמִּיר Pro 19:26; — display shame, figurative of Lebanon Isa 33:9 (|| קָמַ֑ל 'dried up' Che); of Israel Isa 54:4 (|| בּוֺשׁ Qal); of an unfilial son, cause shame Pro 19:26 (|| מֵבִישׁ); compare Pro 13:5 of wicked (|| יבאישׁ: see באשׁ
Hiph`il above).

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

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